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BATTLES OF THE WILDERNESS. 17

Onya dị ukwuu n'ụkwụ, bụ nke mere ka ọ nwee nkwarụ maka ubi ruo ọnwa ụfọdụ.

N'oge ehihie, a na-enwe nnukwu ọgụ n'akụkụ ahịrị dum, ọtụtụ mgbalị e mere site na onye iro, na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma, iji nwetaghachi ọnọdụ nke o si a chụpụrụ; na ọgụ ahụ ruru na nke General Lee nri, n'okporo ụzọ Plank. Gordon were ọnọdụ ahụ nke o nwetara, n'aka nri, ruo mgbe ọchịchịrị gasịrị, mgbe ọ e wepụrụ ya n'akụkụ aka ekpe, na ebe ya nwere akụkụ nke ngalaba Rodes.

Ndị agha zutere, na mmalite nke agha ahụ, bụ nke ise. ozu, n'okpuru Warren; ma ndị agha ndị ọzọ bụ wetara ya enyemaka. Na njedebe nke ụbọchị ahụ, Ewells ndị ozu ejiriwo ihe karịrị otu puku ndị mkpọrọ, ma e wezụga imerụ ndị iro ahụ nnukwu mfu n'ime ndị gburu na ndị merụrụ ahụ. Ndị iro gbahapụrụ mgbọ ogbunigwe abụọ, dị nnọọ n'ihu ebe aka nri Johnson na Rodes'ekpe sonyere, ndị agha anyị mechara chekwaba ya..

Mgbe mwepu nke ndị agha Gordon n'aka nri, ngalaba m niile dị n'aka ekpe nke okporo ụzọ na-esi na pike, na ndọtị nke ahịrị Johnson.e Brigades niil m emewo omume mara mma; wega: emela n'ihu, n'oge mgbagwoju anya, na mmalite nke ọgụ ahụ, e ji ike dị ukwuu na ezipụ mee ya, ma dị nnọọ n'oge iji gbochie nnukwu ọdachi

N'isi ụtụtụ nke ubosi isii, agha ahụ maliteghachiri, ma lụso nnukwu ọgụ n'ihu nke ndị bi na ya. Brigade Pegram (ugbu a n'okpuru iwu nke Colonel Hoffman, nke 31st Virginia Regiment); mana ọ mara mma a jụrụ ajụ, dị ka ọtụtụ mwakpo sochiri anya n'otu ebe.

Mwakpo ndị a na-adịgide adịgide, nke mere na ndị ọchịchị abụọ nke ngalaba Johnson kwagara n'azụ nke brigade Pegram, maka nzube nke ịkwado ya; na, mgbe a na-enye onyinye iji belata ya, na-atụ egwu na mgboagha ya ga-agwụ, ndị ikom nke ndi brigade ahụ rio arịọ ka e kwe ka ha nọrọ n'ọkwa ha.