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他们是害人虫,我把他们当作间谍对待,事实上他们就是。”
They are a pest, and I treat them as spies, which, in truth, they are."
他确信如果他把他们都杀了,早餐前地狱那边会有消息传来。
He was convinced if he killed them all, there would be news from hell before breakfast.
家人朋友管他叫“康普”。
Family and friends called him "cump."
他手下叫他“比利大叔”。
His men called him "uncle Billy."
在战争中他冷酷无情。
He was ruthless in war.
现在格兰特把他宏大战略中第二重要的部分托付给他——
Now Grant entrusted his friend with the second most important part of his Grand strategy--
夺取亚特兰大,粉碎南军约瑟夫.E.姜斯顿指挥的
to seize Atlanta and smash the combined Confederate armies
田纳西军团和密西西比军团的联军。
of Tennessee and Mississippi under Joseph E. Johnston.
在华盛顿,林肯连任的机会渺茫。
In Washington, Lincoln's chances for re-election were slim.
“我要被打败了,”林肯在那个夏天写道,
"I'm going to be beaten," Lincoln wrote that summer,
“除非有重大变化发生,否则会败得很惨。”
"and unless some great change takes place, badly beaten."
随着格兰特在彼得斯堡陷入僵局,谢尔曼必须取胜。
With Grant stalled at Petersburg, Sherman had to win.
[鼓声]
[drums beating]
谢尔曼还是一名年轻中尉时,曾部分勘测过乔治亚州。
Sherman had surveyed parts of Georgia as a young lieutenant.
“我比叛军还要了解乔治亚,”他写道。
"I knew Georgia better than the rebels did," he wrote.
他知道在那里打仗会是分散和零星的战斗。
He knew fighting there would be scattered and sporadic,
他称之为“一场印第安式的大战”。
"A big Indian war," he called it.
约瑟夫.E.姜斯顿,这位迎战谢尔曼的南军指挥官,
Joseph E. Johnston, the Confederate commander who now faced Sherman,
是杰弗逊.戴维斯总统深感厌恶的人,
was heartily disliked by President Jefferson Davis,
但他几乎受到部下的顶礼膜拜。
But he was very nearly worshiped by his men.
“我不相信他的军队里有哪位士兵不心甘情愿为他而死。
"I do not believe there was a soldier in his army but would gladly have died for him.
“有他在,每个人都是他的士兵。
"With him, everything was his soldiers.
他会供养他的士兵,即使整个国家都在挨饿。”
He would feed his soldiers if the country starved."
山姆.沃特金斯
Sam Watkins.
火力和补给处于劣势,兵力对比差不多是以一敌二,
Outgunned, out supplied, and outnumbered almost 2 to 1,
约瑟夫.姜斯顿只能寄望于减慢谢尔曼的前进步伐,
Joseph Johnston could only hope to slow Sherman's advance
也许诱使他发动某种注定失败的正面进攻,
and perhaps lure him into making the kind of doomed frontal attack
那将有利于动摇林肯的总统竞选。
that would help swing the election against Lincoln.
[火车汽笛声]
[train whistle blows]
但谢尔曼的进军是战略上的杰作。
But Sherman's advance was a masterpiece of planning.
数小时之内,
In a matter of hours,
他的工兵就替换了被烧毁的桥梁,修复了被破坏的铁路线。
his engineers replaced burned bridges and repaired ripped up rail lines.
当内森.内德福德.福雷斯特捣毁了谢尔曼后方一条隧♥道♥时,
When Nathan Nedford Forrest's raiders collapsed a tunnel in Sherman's rear,
一位疲惫的南军士兵对此不以为然。
One weary southern private was not impressed.
他说,“谢尔曼也许随身带着一条备用隧♥道♥。”
"Sherman," he said, "probably carried a spare tunnel with him."
他缓慢而无情的逼迫姜斯顿撤出了多尔顿...
Slowly, relentlessly, he forced Johnston out of Dalton...
[爆♥炸♥声]
[boom]
雷萨卡...
Resaca...
[爆♥炸♥声]
[boom]
卡斯维尔...
Cassville...
[爆♥炸♥声]
[boom]
阿♥拉♥图纳...
Allatoona...
[爆♥炸♥声]
[boom]
新希望教堂。
New Hope Church.
[爆♥炸♥声]
[boom]
一名投降的南军告诉俘获他的人,
A surrendering Confederate told his captors,
“谢尔曼永远不会下地狱。
"Sherman will never go to hell.
就算守卫森严,他也会绕到魔鬼的侧翼建造天堂。”
He'll flank the devil and make heaven in spite of the guards."
“6月14日。
"June 14th.
“昨天我们杀死了波克将军,
"We killed general Polk yesterday
今天也进展顺利。”
and made good progress today."
威廉.特库姆塞.谢尔曼
William Tecumseh Sherman.
在亚特兰大南面的肯尼索山,南军挖掘战壕。
At Kennesaw Mountain, north of Atlanta, the Confederates dug in.
6月27日,
On June 27th,
1万3千名北军向山头猛冲,被敌人打退。
13,000 Union men stormed up the mountain and were hurled back.
一名南军回忆说,北军“似乎是走上来送死,
The Federals "seemed to walk up and take death," a southerner remembered,
“冷静得如同他们是机械人或木头人。”
"as coolly as if they were automatic or wooden men."
“我听人们说,假如他们在战斗中
"I've heard men say that if they killed a Yankee
“杀了个北方佬,他们都察觉不到。
"during the war, they were unaware of it.
“我很满意在这个值得纪念的日子里,
我们团每个人都杀了20到100名敌人。
"I'm satisfied that on this memorable day every man in our regiment killed 20 to 100 each.
要做的事只是装弹和射击。”
All that was necessary was to load and shoot."
北军损失了3千人,南军仅损失750人。
The Union lost 3,000 men, the Confederates only 750.
一位副官警告谢尔曼,“再多一两次
这样的冲锋,这支部队就打光了。”
"One or two more such assaults," an aide warned Sherman, "would use up this army."
谢尔曼从未承认他在肯尼索山犯了错误,
Sherman never admitted he had made a mistake at Kennesaw Mountain,
但他再也没有这么做过。
but he never repeated it either.
他不情愿的回归他缓慢的侧翼机动战术,
Reluctantly, he returned to his slow flanking maneuvers,
逼迫姜斯顿退回与亚特兰大城视野所及的地方。
forcing Johnston back to within sight of Atlanta itself,
但在那里他陷入停顿,正如格兰特那样。
But there, he stalled, just like Grant.
两个月残酷的战斗造成了一模一样的僵局。
Two months of relentless fighting had resulted in identical stalemates.
谢尔曼在亚特兰大以北受阻。
Sherman was stopped north of Atlanta.
格兰特和李将军在彼得斯堡城外相持不下。
Grant and Lee were deadlocked outside Petersburg.
没有某处确定性的胜利,
Without a decisive victory somewhere,
亚伯拉罕.林肯断定他会在秋季选举中失败。
Abraham Lincoln was sure to lose the fall election.
时间不多了。
Time was running out.
“凯蒂.迪格斯小姐,
"Miss Kitty Diggs,
“我希望你明白,玛丽是我的孩子,
"I want you to understand that Mary is my child,
“她是我天赋的权利。
"and she is a God-given right of my own.
“只要你愿意,你占有她多久都行,
"And you may hold on to her as long as you can,
“但我警告你要记住一点,
"but I warned you to remember this one thing
“你不让我和孩子在一起越久,
"that the longer you keep my child from me,
“你就会在地狱里煎熬越久,越快下地狱。
"the longer you will have to burn in hell and the quicker you'll get there.
“我有信心从你手中夺回玛丽。
"I have no fears about getting Mary out of your hands.
“整个政♥府♥都在为我撑腰,而你无依无靠。”
"This whole government gives cheer to me, and you cannot help yourself."
斯波茨伍德.赖斯
Spotswood Rice
导演:肯.伯恩斯
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