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OGWU WICHESTER,
anọwo na-ekiri ya n'okporo ụzọ Martinsburg, na ndị ozu Crook, bụ ndị na-adịghị etinye aka, na-aga n'ihu n'otu oge ahụ n'akụkụ ahụ, n'akụkụ ugwu nke Red Bud, na, tupu ike a dị egwu, Patton brigade nke ndị agha na-agba ọsọ na Payne's brigade. A manyere ndị agha ịnyịnya n'okpuru Fitz Lee azụ. Ọtụtụ ndị agha ndị agha ndị iro ahụ zarazie n'okporo ụzọ Martinsburg ruo kpọmkwem sket Winchester, si otú ahụ na-erute n'azụ akụkụ aka ekpe anyị. A kpaliri ndị agha abụọ ọzọ nke Wharton n'oge abụọ ngwa ngwa gaa n'aka ekpe na azụ, na, na-eme ka ndị agha agha ndị iro na-ebu agha, na enyemaka. nke ogbunigwe Eze, na ụfọdụ egbe Braxton nke tụgharịrị n'azụ, nwere ihe ịga nke ọma ịkwọghachi ya azụ. General Breckenridge tụbara nkewa ahụ n'ahịrị, n'azụ nke aka ekpe anyị na n'akụkụ aka nri ya na okporo ụzọ Martinsburg, na ebubo ọzọ nke ihe ndị agha ịnyịnya nke ndị iro bụ nke a jụrụ ajụ nke ọma. Ma ọtụtụ n’ime ndị ikom nọ n’ihu anyị, mgbe ha nụrụ ọkụ dị n’azụ, ma chee na ha nọ n’akụkụ nakwa na a gaje ibipụ ha,* malitere ịla azụ, si otú ahụ kpata nnukwu mgbagwoju anya. N'otu oge ahụ, Crook gara n'ihu megide aka ekpe anyị, na Gordon tụbara Evans brigade n'ahịrị iji zute ya, mana ọgba aghara dị n'ahịrị n'ihu bịara dị ukwuu, na, mgbe nguzogide siri ike, brigade ahụ manyere ịla ezumike nka. Nke ahịrị n'ihu niile ahapụla ugbu a, mana ọtụtụ akụkụ nke ndị ikom ahụ gbakọtara wee guzobe n'azụ ahịrị na-enweghị mmasị nke ọrụ ara, nke emere na mpụga Winchester. n'ime afọ mbụ nke agha ahụ, na, site n'enyemaka nke ngwa agha nke e weghachitere n'ọnọdụ a, e jidere ọganihu nke ndị agha ndị iro. Ngalaba Wharton jigidere nzukọ ya n'aka ekpe, Ramseur wee daa azụ n'usoro dị mma n'aka nri. Ndị agha ịnyịnya nke Wickham esiwo n'aka nri bute, ma nọkwa n'ọnọdụ na Fort Hill dị nnọọ ná mpụga Winchester na ọdịda anyanwụ. Mgbe ngwa agha anyị lebachara n'ihu ndị agha ndị iro anyị, a kọọrọ m na ndị iro anyị agbaala n'akụkụ aka nri anyị. ma dịka m maara na nke a bụ ihe a na-eme n'ụzọ zuru oke ma na-atụ anya mmegharị dị otú ahụ site n'aka ndị agha ịnyịnya n'okporo ụzọ Royal Royal, e nyere m iwu ịla ezumike nká, ma chọpụta ozugbo na nke ahụ.
