Page:A memoir of the last year of the War of Independence, in the Confederate States of America.djvu/94

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     ỌGWỤ WIINCHESTER. 

Ndagwurugwu Pike otu maịl ndịda nke Winchester, wee gafee n'okporo ụzọ Royal Royal dịka otu ebe dị anya na ndịda-ọwụwa anyanwụ nke obodo ahụ, na-agba ọsọ n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ, n'akụkụ ndịda nke obodo ahụ. Ụzọ Berryville, gafere okporo ụzọ ahụ obere oge tupu ọ banye n'ime Opequon. Red Bud Run gafere n'okporo ụzọ Martinsburg ihe dị ka maịl na ọkara n'ebe ugwu Winchester, wee gbaga n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ, n'akụkụ ugwu nke okporo ụzọ Berryville, ruo Opequon. Ya mere Ramseur nọ na nkuku obtuse nke okporo ụzọ Martinsburg na Front Royal hibere. N'ihu na n'aka nri ya, n'ebe dị anya, obodo ahụ mepere emepe. Ebe Abraham si na ndagwurugwu dị omimi gafere, ma n'ofe ya, n'aka nri, dị elu nke mepere emepe, na nkwụsịtụ. okporo ụzọ Front Royal na Millwood. N'aka ekpe Ramseur, obodo ahụ gbadara na Red Bud, na e nwere ụfọdụ patches nke osisi ndị na-enye ndị agha mkpuchi. N'ebe ugwu nke Red Bud, mba ahụ na-emeghe nke ọma, na-enye ụlọ ọrụ maka mmegharị nke ụdị agha ọ bụla. N'akụkụ Opequon, n'ihu, okporo ụzọ Berryville na-agafe na ndagwurugwu nke nwere ugwu na osisi n'akụkụ nke ọ bụla, nke mere ka ndị iro ahụ nwee ike. ime ka ndi-agha-ya wezuga onwe-ha n'okpuru ebe-nkpuchi, ma kpuchie ha n'ebe agha di iche iche. Etinyere ogbunigwe Nelson n'ahịrị Ramseur, na-ekpuchi ụzọ a ga-esi mee ya, yana Lomax nwere. Ndị agha ịnyịnya Jackson na akụkụ nke Johnson nọ n'aka nri, na-ekiri ndagwurugwu Abraham's Creek na Front Royal ụzọ gafere, ebe Fitz Lee nọ n'aka ekpe, gafee Red. Bud, ya na ndị agha ịnyịnya ya na batrị nke ụgbọ agha ịnyịnya, na otu ndị agha ịnyịnya Johnson na-ekiri oge n'etiti aka ekpe Ramseur na Red Bud. Ndị agha ndị a na-ejide ndị agha isi nke ndị iro ruo mgbe ngalaba Gordon na Rodes si na ebe nchekwa Stephenson bịarutere. Ngalaba Gordon rutere na mbụ, obere oge ka elekere iri gachara, AM, ma tinye ya n'okpuru mkpuchi n'azụ otu osisi n'azụ oge dị n'etiti ahịrị Ramseur na Red Bud, e wepụrụ ndị agha ịnyịnya Johnson n'aka nri. Ịmara na ọ gaghị eme anyị ichere ihe ịma jijiji nke ndị iro Mwakpo, a gwara Gordon ka o nyochaa ala dị n'aka ekpe, iji buso ndị iro agha ọgụ.