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ỌGWỤ WIINCHESTER.
ọnọdụ n'otu osisi dị n'ihu ya, na mgbe ọ na-emekọrịta ihe, Rodes na ndị brigades atọ ya rutere, e wee zie ya ka ọ bụrụ n'aka nri Gordon n'azụ nke ọzọ. osisi. Mgbe a na-egbu mmegharị a, anyị chọpụtara na ogidi ndị iro dị arọ, bụ ndị a chịkọtara n'okpuru mkpuchi n'etiti Red Bud na okporo ụzọ Berryville, na-aga ịwakpo Ramseur n'akụkụ aka ekpe ya, ebe ike ọzọ kwagidere ya n'ihu. Ọ bụ oge ihe egwu dị nso na nke na-akpali akpali, ebe ọ na-agaghị ekwe omume ngalaba Ramseur, nke dị naanị ihe dị ka 1,700 muskets, iguzogide nnukwu ike na-aga imegide ya. Naanị nke ohere maka anyị bụ ịtụba Rodes na Gordon n'akụkụ ogidi ndị na-aga n'ihu, ma e nyere ha iwu ka ha gaa n'ihu ozugbo maka mbuso agha ahụ. Ha gara n'ihu n'ọtụtụ ụdị galant site n'ime ọhịa banye n'ala mepere emepe, ma were oke ume wakpoo, ebe ogbunigwe Nelson n'aka nri, na Braxton n'aka ekpe, meghere ọkụ na-emebi emebi. Ma Evans Brigade nke ngalaba Gordon, nke dị n'akụkụ aka ekpe nke ndị agha anyị, natara akwụkwọ nlele site na kọlụm nke ndị iro, na a manyere azụ site n'ime ọhịa si n'azụ nke ọ gara n'ihu, ndị iro na-esote azụ nke ọhịa ahụ, na n'ime musket nke akụkụ asaa nke ngwa agha Braxton nke na-enweghị nkwado. Nke a kpatara nkwụsịtụ n'ihu anyị na ọnọdụ ahụ dị oke egwu, n'ihi na o doro anya na ọ gwụla ma a chụpụrụ ike a azụ ụbọchị ahụ efunahụla. Egbe Braxton, nke ugbu a bụ naanị olile anya anyị, kwụsiri ike kwụ ọtọ, na, n'okpuru nlekọta onwe nke Lieutenant Colonel Braxton na Colonel T. H. Carter, onye isi nke ogbunigwe mgbe ahụ, meghere mkpọsa na ndị iro. Ọkụ a dị nnọọ ngwa ngwa ma ziekwa ya nke ọma nke na ndị iro ahụ kụdara, kwụsị ma malite ịla azụ, hapụ ọkọlọtọ agha n'ala, nke e ji mkpọtu gbagburu onye bu ya. Naanị mgbe ahụ, Battle's brigade of Rodes ' division, bụ nke rutere na e hiwere n'ahịrị maka nzube nke ịga n'ihu na nkwado nke ndị ọzọ nke nkewa, gara n'ihu na-ekpochapụ n'ime ọhịa, na-anya onye iro n'ihu ya, mgbe Evans ' a kpọkọtara brigade ma weghachi ya na ebubo ahụ. Mgbasa ozi anyị-
