美国内战（1990）

The Civil War S01E02

Part 4 Jan. 16, 2022, 8:19 p.m.

但你必须行动。”
but you must act."
“总统非常冷酷的拍电报给我，
"The President very coolly telegraphed me
“他认为我最好马上突破敌人的防线。
"that he thought I had better break the enemy's lines at once.
我很想回复他，你最好过来自己去干。”
I was much tempted to reply that he had better come and do it himself."
乔治.麦克莱伦
George McClellan.
“筑起土堆把我们和敌人隔开，
我觉得真是莫名其妙。
"I don't see the sense of piling up earth to keep us apart.
“如果我们从来不与敌接战，
战争什么时候才能结束？
"If we don't get at each other some time, when will the war end?
我的想法是停止挖土，去战斗。”
My plan would be to quit ditching and go to fighting."
但麦克莱伦选择继续挖土。
But McClellan chose to dig in.
因为他稳扎营盘，要在约克镇打一场围城战，
As he settled in for a siege of Yorktown,
北军的菲尔.卡尼将军便把他的长官
叫作“弗吉尼亚爬山虎”。
Union General Phil Kearny took to calling his commander the Virginia creeper.
半岛战役期间，麦克莱伦紧走慢走
During the Peninsula campaign, McClellan's working his way
登上约克-詹姆士半岛，他来到一条溪水前。
up the York-James Peninsula, and he came to a stream.
他和随员坐在那儿
And he and his staff were sitting there
心想这河有多深呢，要是不得不涉水过去的话。
wondering how deep it was, if they had to march across it.
随行的一名下级军官卡斯特——
And Custer, who was a junior officer on his staff--
他刚从西点军校毕业，大概还只是个上尉——
just graduated from West Point, a captain, I think--
骑着他的马就到了河中间，在马鞍上转身
rode out into midstream, sat on his horse, and turned around in the saddle
朝麦克莱伦说，“这就是河水的深度，将军。”
and said McClellan, "This is how deep it is, General."
♪♪ 我看见恩主显现于营火♪♪
♪♪ I have seen him in the watch-fires ♪♪
《我们的孩子》
♪♪ 我看见恩主显现于营火♪♪
♪♪ I have seen him in the watch-fires ♪♪
《我们的孩子》
♪♪ 在连绵营地中 ♪♪
♪♪ of a hundred circling camps ♪♪
《我们的孩子》
♪♪ 在连绵营地中 ♪♪
♪♪ of a hundred circling camps ♪♪
♪♪ 他们为他修起圣坛 ♪♪
♪♪ They have builded him an altar ♪♪
♪♪ 披着夜晚的雾霭与露水 ♪♪
♪♪ in the evening dews and damps ♪♪
♪♪ 我能读到他的公正判决 ♪♪
♪♪ I can read his righteous sentence ♪♪
♪♪ 在晦暗昏灯中 ♪♪
♪♪ by the dim and flaring lamps ♪♪
♪♪ 我主恩领迈进♪♪
♪♪ his day is marching on ♪♪
“一个男人怎能不心气渐失，
"A man's conceit dwindles
“当他蜷进粗布衬衫，裤子太短，
"when he crawls into an unteasled shirt, trousers too short
“后面鼓鼓囊囊，衣服的两边都太长，
"and baggy behind, coat too long at both ends and
“一顶帽子象饲料袋似的没了形状。
"a cap as shapeless as a feedbag.
“照片里他们每一个人，
"A photograph of any one of them,
“身上满是黄色尘土或者泥块，
"covered with yellow dust or mosaics of mud,
“无论南北，都可以用照片来装饰自家的壁炉，
"could ornament any mantel, north or south,
作为我们的孩子的真实写照。”
as a true picture of our boy."
南北双方士兵的平均身高是5英尺8英寸，平均体重143磅。
North and South, the average soldier was 5'8" tall and weighed 143 pounds.
他战死的几率是1/65，
his chance of dying in combat was 1 in 65,
受伤的几率是1/10。
of being wounded, 1 in 10.
1/13的人会生病而死。
1 in 13 would die of disease.
士兵的平均年龄是25岁。
The average age of a soldier was 25.
征兵的最小年龄是18岁，
The minimum age for enlistment was 18,
但征兵官并不严格把关。
But recruiting officers were not particular.
登记当鼓手的男孩最年轻的不过9岁。
Drummer boys as young as 9 signed on.
在联邦军队中，有10万名以上的
There were more than 100,000 soldiers in the Union army
士兵还不到15岁。
who were not yet 15 years old.
照片上的男孩威廉.布莱克被征召时还不到12岁。
William Black was not yet 12 when he enlisted.
在战斗中左臂中弹时，
Shot in the left arm during battle,
他被认为是战争中最年轻的伤员。
he was thought to be the youngest combat soldier wounded in the war.
“在我们团，几乎每个行业、每个专业和职业都有其代表性，
"Almost every known trade, profession, or calling has its representatives in our regiment--
“裁缝、木匠、石匠、泥水匠、铸工和吹玻璃工，
"tailors, carpenters, masons, and plasterers, molders and glassblowers
“炼铁工和轧钢工，机械师和建筑师，
"puddlers and rollers,machinists and architects,
“印刷工、装订工和出版商，
"printers, bookbinders and publishers,
“太平绅士、政客、商人，
"gentlemen of leisure, politicians, merchants,
“立法委员、法官、律师、医生、牧师。”
"legislators, judges, lawyers, doctors, preachers.
“某些坏家伙会要求豁免权，他们是记录在案的
"Some malicious fellow might ask the privilege of completing the catalogue
“囚犯、懒汉、无业游民、酒鬼和赌徒，
"by naming jailbirds, idlers, loafers, drunkards, and gamblers--
“但我们要说声对不起，并拒绝给予特许。”
but we beg his pardon and refuse the license."
“所有家庭生活中的用品，
"All the appliances of home life
“一应俱全的进入了我们的营地，
"which are possible are being introduced into our encampment--
“一份周刊报纸，一套摄影设备，
"a weekly newspaper, a photographic establishment,
“一个戒酒会和一个基♥督♥教协会。”
"a temperance league, and a Christian Association.
“我们有邮局、信箱、邮政管♥理♥员♥和邮车。
"We have a post office, letter box, postmaster, and mail carrier.
“小伙子们写的信比他们收到的要多得多。
"Our boys write vastly more letters than they receive.
“你很难想象那些等待邮递员的人的急切心情，
"You can hardly imagine the eagerness with which the mailman is looked for,
“收到一封信时的喜悦，
"the delight on the reception of a letter,
“那些失望的转身走开的人
"the sadness, sometimes even to tears,
伤心难过，有时甚至流下眼泪。”
with which those who are disappointed turn away."
A.M.斯图尔特牧师
Reverend A.M. Stewart.
对当兵的来说，军旅生涯意味着一段
For the enlisted man, army life mean period of tedium
不时被极度恐怖所打破的乏味生活，
punctuated by moments of extreme terror.
也意味着长♥期♥远离家园和亲人。
It also meant long absences from family and home.
“1862年7月。密西西比州图博洛。
"July 1862. Tupelo, Mississippi.
“亲爱的姐姐们，
"Dear Sisters,
“如果能看见你们并聊一会，我就会是世界上最开心的人，
"I would be the gladdest person in the world to see you and talk with you a while,
“因为这里除了男人我谁也看不到，而且他们似乎很不友好。
"For I see nobody here but men, and they appear to be very sorry company.
我想我在家里，会比世界上任何地方都过的更愉快。”
I think that I could enjoy myself at home better than anywhere else in the world."
本杰明.斯塔布斯
Benjamin Stubbs.
对于那些携家属到驻地的军官们来说，
For those officers who took their families with them to camp,
生活稍微好过一些。
life was somewhat better.
“西南部确实发生了一次大战，
"There has been a great battle indeed in the Southwest,
“一场两天的战斗，
"a conflict of two days,
“近身肉搏，命运变幻，大军对垒。
"closely fought and with varying fortune and by great armies.
它似乎理应在历史上最高规格的战役中占有一席之地。”
It seems entitled to a place among the first-class battles of history."
《夏洛》
它似乎理应在历史上最高规格的战役中占有一席之地。”
It seems entitled to a place among the first-class battles of history."
《夏洛》
乔治.坦普顿.斯特朗
George Templeton Strong.
《夏洛》
《夏洛》
战斗在4月初打响。树木开始长出新叶，
It was fought in early April. The trees were leafed out,
一路是曲折蜿蜒的羊肠小道。
and the roads were meandering cow paths.
没人分得清南北东西。
Nobody knew north from south, east from west.
他们以前大多从未参加过战斗，特别是南方人。
They had never been in combat before, most of them, especially on the Southern side.
因此那真是一场混战，一场凶残的格斗，
So it was just a disorganized, murderous fistfight,
10万人互相厮杀。
100,000 men slamming away at each other.
4月初，当麦克莱伦继续在约克镇前稳坐钓♥鱼♥台♥，
In early April, as McClellan continued to sit in front of Yorktown,
4万2千人的北军在尤利西斯.格兰特将军的指挥下，
42,000 Union troops under General Ulysses S. Grant
在田纳西河西侧匹兹堡码头附近安营扎寨。
were encamped on the west side of the Tennessee River near Pittsburg landing.
格兰特侵入田纳西实际上将该州一分为二，
Grant's invasion of Tennessee had practically cut the state in two,
现在他正等待俄亥俄州的唐.卡洛斯.布伊尔的军队加入。
And now he was waiting for Don Carlos Buell's army of the Ohio to join him.
他们会师后，就直插密西西比的心脏地带。
Their combined forces were then to plunge into the heart of Mississippi.
但布伊尔滞留在22英里外的密西西比州的科林斯，
But Buell was late, and at Corinth, Mississippi, 22 miles away,
南军西部战区司令
the commander of the western department of the Confederate army,
爱尔伯.西德尼.姜斯顿，认为没理由再等下去。
Albert Sidney Johnston, saw no reason to wait.
他们的军队仍然势均力敌，
Their armies were still evenly matched,
他会进攻并终结格兰特的入侵。
and he would attack and end Grant's invasion.
“今晚我们会在田纳西河边饮马，”
"Tonight we will water our horses in the Tennessee,"
姜斯顿在4月6日早晨对他的参谋们说。
Johnston told his staff officers on the morning of April 6.
南军悄悄的移♥动♥到北军的防线。
The Confederates quietly moved toward the Union lines.
“那是一个最美的早晨....
"It was a most beautiful morning...
“像是星期天在乡下的家里一样。
"It really seemed like Sunday in the country at home.
“小伙子们分散在营地周围，
"The boys were scattered around camp,
“擦亮他们的毛瑟枪，
"polishing and brightening their muskets and
“刷洗他们的鞋子、外套和裤子以接受检阅。”
brushing up and cleaning their shoes, jackets, and trousers for inspection."
列兵利安得.史迪威
Private Leander Stilwell.
威廉.特库姆塞.谢尔曼统领着一个联邦师，
At the head of one Union Division was William Tecumseh Sherman,
他摆脱了之前一年送他返家时的那种忧郁情绪。
who had shaken off the melancholy that had sent him home the previous year.
他的俄亥俄人部队驻扎在一座小山上，
His Ohioans were encamped on a hill
离一个叫作“夏洛”的原木建造的卫理公会小教堂不远，
not far from a little log-built Methodist Church called Shiloh
这时第6密西西比步兵团发起了攻击。
when the 6th Mississippi attacked.
“我看见穿灰色和棕色衣服的人在营地里跑来跑去。
"I saw men in gray and brown clothes running through the camp.
“我还看见某种别的东西，我以前从未见过的东西。
"and I saw something else, too, something I had never seen before.
“某种艳俗的带有红色条纹的东西...一面叛军旗帜。”
A gaudy sort of thing with red bars...a rebel flag."
“我们在又一次突击中蜂拥而入，
他们的阵线开始动摇和溃散。
"We were crowded in one more charge and their lines waver and break.
“他们在混乱中撤退...我们一片欢腾，
"They retreat in wild confusion...We were jubilant,
军官们无法控制他们的士兵来守住阵地。”
And the officers could not curb their men to keep them in line."
山姆.沃特金斯
Sam Watkins.
战斗沿3英里的前线展开。