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          Arụmarụ na Ndagwurugwu. 

osimiri n'elu na n'okpuru, na Rodes' na Ramseur's nkewa ụzọ okporo ụzọ si Harper's Ferry.

Na 18th, onye iro ahụ, na-agafe na Snicker's Gap, pụtara n'ikpere mmiri nke Shenandoah, na e nwere ụfọdụ esemokwu. N'ehihie, otu kọlụm dị arọ nke ndị agha ya mere mgbawa na Parker's Ford, otu maịl n'okpuru ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, wee gafee, mgbe ọ kwọchara ụgbọ mmiri nke otu narị ndị ikom n'oge ahụ. Breckenridge kpaliri ngalaba Gordon na Echol n'ihu, ma jide ndị iro na nleba anya, ebe e si n’aka ekpe kpọpụta ngalaba nke Rodes, ma buso ya agha ma kpụga ya n’osimiri ahụ, na-enwe nnukwu mfu na nnukwu mgbagwoju anya.

Na 19th, isi ndị iro ka nọ n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Shenandoah, obere ogidi na-agbago elu na ala osimiri ahụ, iji mee ka ọ gafee. Imboden, ya na ndị agha ịnyịnya nke McCausland, guzogidere ma chụọ ya azụ otu n'ime ogidi ndị a, nke nwara ịgafe n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Berry, na-enwe nnukwu ọnwụ nye ndị iro. Ịnyịnya ndị agha Vaughan bụ ebe e si na South-western Virginia butere, obere ndị agha ya arịgoro ugbu a. Na nke a ụbọchị m nwetara ozi na otu kọlụm dị n'okpuru Averill na-esi Martinsburg na-aga Winchester, na, dị ka ọnọdụ m nọ n'akụkụ Berryville hapụrụ ụgbọ oloko m kpughee njem n'azụ site na Martinsburg na Harper's Ferry, ekpebiri m itinye uche m n'akụkụ Strasburg, ya mere. iji mee ka m nwee ike itinye ụgbọ oloko na nchekwa, wee pụọ ma wakpo ndị iro. A malitere mmegharị a n'abalị nke 19th; Ngalaba Ramseur, nke nwere batrị nke ogbunigwe, na-ezigara na Winchester, iji kpuchie ebe ahụ megide Averill, ebe a na-ewepụ ụlọ ahịa, na ndị ọrịa na ndị merụrụ ahụ, na ngalaba ndị ọzọ na-agafe Millwood na White Post na Yalley Pike na Newtown. na Middletown,

Ndị agha Vaughan na Jackson nọ na-ekiri Averill, na, n'ehihie nke 20th., a kọọrọ General Ramseur, site n'aka General Vaughan, na Averill nọ na ebe nchekwa Stephenson, ya na ike dị ala, nke nwere ike ịbụ okpu.