美国内战（1990）

The Civil War S01E01

Part 7 Jan. 16, 2022, 8:19 p.m.

En route to Washington,
总统专列分别在克利夫兰、
the president's train stopped at Cleveland,
水牛城、奥尔巴尼和纽约逗留。
Buffalo, Albany, and New York.
在费城，得知密谋暗♥杀♥的警告后，
In Philadelphia, warned of plots to kill him,
林肯宣称自己宁愿被暗♥杀♥，
Lincoln declared he would rather be assassinated
也不愿看见美国国旗上少一颗星星。
than see a single star removed from the American flag.
2天后，
Two days later,
他很不情愿的取消了
he reluctantly canceled plans
庆祝他抵达华盛顿的计划，
for a grand arrival in Washington
而是裹着披巾，在黎明时分
and slipped into the capital by train at dawn,
由2名武装士兵护送乘坐火车悄悄进入首都。
wrapped in a shawl and protected by two armed guards.
就职典礼那天，华盛顿天气阴冷。
Inauguration day in Washington was cloudy and cold.
庞大、焦虑的人群聚集在尚未竣工的圆顶之下。
A large, tense crowd gathered beneath the unfinished dome.
国会山四处有大炮布防。
Cannon guarded the Capitol grounds.
房♥顶也安排了狙击手。
Sharp shooters lined the roof.
林肯保证不会干涉奴隶制，
Lincoln promised not to interfere with slavery,
但否认各州自行宣布独♥立♥的权力，
but he denied the right of any state to secede,
并宣誓要维护联邦完整，
vowed to defend federal installations,
并直接与南方对话。
and spoke directly to the south.
“此刻内战的决定权不在我手里，
"In your hands, my dissatisfied countrymen,
“而是在你们手里，
"and not in mine,
“我心存不满的同胞们。
"is the momentous issue of civil war.
“政♥府♥不会攻击你们。
"The government will not assail you.
“除非你们把自己变成侵略者，
"You can have no conflict
“否则便不会有冲突。
"without being yourselves the aggressors.
“我们不是敌人，而是朋友。
"We are not enemies, but friends.
“我们不能成为敌人。
"We must not be enemies.
“尽管可能群情激愤，
"Though passion may have strained,
“我们也绝不能扯断友爱的纽带。
"It must not break our bonds of affection.
“记忆这根神秘的琴弦，
"The mystic chords of memory,
“从每个战场和爱国者的坟墓
"stretching from every battlefield
“延伸到每个家庭、每个人心中，
"and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone
“遍及这片广阔的土地，
"all over this broad land,
“终会壮大这首联邦的合唱曲，
"will yet swell the chorus of the union,
“当我们天性中善良的天使再次拨动琴弦，
"when again touched, as surely they will be,
“曲声定会悠然响起。”
"by the better angels of our nature."
萨姆特堡即将开战
1851年4月12日早晨4点30分
“我不会假装要去睡觉。
"I do not pretend to go to sleep.
“我如何能安眠？
"How can I?
“如果安德森在4点前没有接受条件，
"If Anderson does not accept terms at 4:00,
“他们就会下令对他开火。
"the orders are he shall be fired upon.
“我数到4，圣麦克教堂在敲钟报时。
"I count 4-- St. Michael Chimes.
“我开始心怀希望。”
"I begin to hope."
“加农炮隆隆响起——
"The heavy booming of a cannon--
“我跳下床来趴到地上，
"I sprang out of bed and on my knees, prostrate,
“我从未这么虔诚的祈祷。”
"I prayed as I have never prayed before."
内战开始于1861年4月12日4点30分。
The civil war began at 4:30 a.m. on the 12th of April, 1861.
皮埃尔.古斯塔夫.图坦特.博雷加德将军
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
命令南军炮兵开始向萨姆特堡开火，
ordered his confederate gunners to open fire on Fort Sumter,
那一刻，
at that hour,
只隐约看到查尔斯顿港外的一个黑影。
only a dark shape out in Charleston Harbor.
南军指挥官博雷加德自己就是个炮手，
Confederate commander Beauregard was a gunner,
曾是西点军校的炮兵学生，技术娴熟，
so skilled as an artillery student at West Point
甚至做导师的助理时还被多挽留1年。
that his instructor kept him on as an assistant for another year.
而那位导师就是罗伯特.安德森少校，
That instructor was Major Robert Anderson,
此刻正是萨姆特堡的联邦指挥官。
union commander inside Fort Sumter.
“压抑数月甚至数年的憎恨，
"All the pent-up hatred of the past months and years
“就是这些加农炮的雷鸣般的巨响。
"is voiced in the thunder of these cannon.
“人们似乎在为他们认为
"And the people seem almost beside themselves
“已经赢得的自♥由♥而欢欣鼓舞。”
"in the exultation of a freedom they deem already won."
开第一枪的信♥号♥♥
The signal to fire the first shot
由一个叫艾德蒙.拉菲的平民发出，
was given by a civilian, Edmund Ruffin,
他是一个弗吉尼亚州的农夫兼编辑，
a Virginia farmer and editor
已经鼓吹独♥立♥20年。
who had preached secession for 20 years.
他说，“当然啦，
"Of course," He said,
“我非常愿意从军。”
"I was delighted to perform the service."
34小时之后，萨姆特堡挂出的一面白旗，
34 hours later, a white flag over the fort
结束了这场战斗。
ended the bombardment.
唯一的伤亡是1匹北军战马。
The only casualty had been a confederate horse.
这场并不血腥的战斗，
It was a bloodless opening
便是美国历史上最血腥的战争的开始。
to the bloodiest war in American history.
“南军向萨姆特堡开出的第一炮，
"The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter
“如同给奴隶制敲响了丧钟。
"sounded the death knell of slavery.
“第一个开火的人，
"They who fired it
“就是这个国家涌现出的
"were the greatest practical abolitionists
“最积极的废奴主义者。”
"this nation has produced."
“4月13日。
"April 13.
“内战终于还是打起来了。
"So civil war is inaugurated at last.
“上帝站在正义的一边。”
"God defend the right."
4月14日。《蒙哥马利每日广♥告♥》。
14 April. Montgomery Daily Advertiser.
“昨日萨姆特堡投降的消息，
"The intelligence that Fort Sumter
“给南方每一个追求真理的人
"has surrendered to the confederate forces yesterday
“带来内心的阵阵喜悦。
"sent a thrill of joy to the heart of every truth friend of the south.
“每个南方人的脸上更愉快，
"The face of every southern man was brighter,
“脚步更轻快，言行举止
"His step lighter, and his bearing prouder
“比以往更加自信。”
"than it had been before."
喧闹的志愿者游♥行♥经过法尼尔厅，
（独♥立♥战争中爱国者集♥会♥场所，位于波士顿）
Jubilant volunteers marched past Faneuil Hall,
希望报萨姆特堡的一箭之仇。
eager to avenge Fort Sumter.
在巴尔的摩，
In Baltimore,
反林肯人士在大街上横冲直闯。
anti-Lincoln men rampaged through the streets.
在里士满，一群暴徒来到州议会大厦，
In Richmond, a mob marched on the statehouse,
撕毁星条旗，
tore down the stars and stripes,
悬挂星杠旗。
（南方邦联国旗）
and raised the stars and bars.
弗吉尼亚已毫无疑问将要脱离联邦。
There was no longer any doubt that Virginia would secede.
在纽约，10万人涌入♥联♥邦广场，
And in New York, 100,000 people crowded union square,
萨姆特堡的旗帜在那里飘扬。
where the Sumter flag now flew.
沃尔特.惠特曼，
Walt Whitman,
是业余诗人和《布鲁克林标准报》记者，
sometime a poet and journalist of the Brooklyn Standard
对这个消息深感震惊。
was stunned by the news.
“我们把过去的一切都留在了萨姆特堡，”他说。
"All the past we leave behind with Sumter," He said.
“如果不是真的有深仇大恨，
"woe to those who began this war
“真该为开战的人感到悲哀。”
"if they were not in bitter earnest."
玛丽.切斯纳特
Mary chesnut.
《叛国者和爱国者》
“我和爸爸正在摘玉米的时候，
"Father and I were husking out corn
“威廉.科瑞穿过田野走来。
"when William Corry came across the field.
他兴奋的说，
He was excited and said,
“乔纳森，叛军向萨姆特堡开火了。
"Jonathan, the rebels have fired upon Fort Sumter
“爸爸脸色一下变白了，说不出一句话来。”
"Father got white and couldn't say a word."
西奥多.F.厄普森
Theodore F. Upson.
“4月15日。事态升级。
"April 15. Events multiply.
“总统发布一个公告
"The President is out with a proclamation
“要招募7万5千名志愿兵。
"calling for 75,000 volunteers.
“据说随后几天还要征募20万人。”
"It is said 200,000 more will be called within a few days."
在萨姆特陷落那天，
On the day Sumter fell,
联邦的常备军只有不到1万7千人，
the regular army of the United States consisted of fewer than 17,000 men,
其中大多数还驻扎在遥远的西部。
most of whom were stationed in the far west.
只有2位将军有过带兵打仗的经验，
Only two of its generals had ever commanded an army in the field,
而他们都已到了垂暮之年。
and both were long past their prime.
温菲尔德.斯科特是墨西哥战争中的英雄，
Winfield Scott, the hero of the Mexican war,
被称为“吹牛皮老头”的他，
"Old fuss and feathers,"
早已胖得连马都上不去。
was too fat even to mount a horse.
“我们连队到哪里待遇都是最好的。
"We was treated as good as company could be at every station.
“在好多地方都得到姑娘们的亲吻，
"We got kisses from the girls at a good many places,
我们会投桃报李。”
and we returned the same to them."
赫拉克勒斯.斯坦纳
Hercules Stanard.
“我还领到了这辈子
"I've got the best suit of clothes
“穿过的最好的衣服。”
"I ever had in my life."
在北方，成百成千的人赶来应征...
In the north, they came by hundreds and by thousands...
从马萨诸塞州的波士顿...
From Boston, Massachusetts...