Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Turner akanga ari mufundisi kwemakore maviri. Achangobva kuenda kubasa, akabatwa nechirwere chemabayo uye akapedza mwedzi yakawanda ari muchipatara achipora. Akadzokera kukambani yake muna May 1864, nguva pfupi vasati vapinda muhondo yavo yokutanga, Hondo yeWilson's Wharf paRwizi rwaJames. Kubva muna May kusvika muna December, boka rake rakabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwakapoteredza Petersburg neRichmond, Virginia. Pakupera kwegore racho, vakarwa mukurwisa kukuru kwezvikepe zvinokambaira pamusoro peFort Fisher
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