Suddenly, without any warning, Jackson appeared at Manassas Junction. 杰克森率兵潜行,突然出现在马纳萨斯, McClellan was at once ordered to transport his army by water to the Potomac, and place it under the orders of General John Po...
But that night an even stranger-looking ship appeared at Fortress Monroe. 但是,当夜一艘看起来更为奇怪的船出现在门罗要塞, This was the Monitor, a floating fort, built of iron. She was designed by John Ericsson, a Swedish immi...
390. Plan of the Peninsular Campaign. 390.半岛战役计划 The country between the Potomac and the James was cut up by rivers, as the Rappahannock, the Mattapony, and Pamunkey, and part of it was a wilderness. 在波特马克河和詹姆斯河之间...
It fell out otherwise, for Patterson retreated and left the Confederate general, Johnston, free to go to the aid of the sorely pressed Confederates at Bull Run. 然而出现了意外,帕特森将军撤退,让南方联盟的约翰斯顿将军腾出手...
Chapter 38 Bull Run to Murfreesboro, 1861~1862 第38章 从布尔朗到莫福利保罗(1861~1862年) 386. Nature of the Conflict. 386.战争的自然条件 The overthrow of the Confederate states proved to be very difficult. 推翻南方联盟已...
385. To the Defense of Washington. 385.保卫华盛顿 The national capital was really a Southern town, for most of the permanent residents were Southerners, and the offices were filled with Southern men. 国家首都其实是一个南方人的城镇...
Finally Virginia seceded, but the western Virginians, in their turn, seceded from Virginia and two years later were admitted to the Union as the state of West Virginia. 最终弗吉尼亚人脱离了联邦,而西部的弗吉尼亚人紧接着脱离了...
But the Confederates fired on her, and she steamed away without landing the soldiers or the supplies. 但是,南方联盟的人向汽艇开枪,汽艇没有卸下士兵和给养就离开了。 Lincoln waited a month, hoping that the secessionists...
Chapter 37 The rising of the peoples,1861 第37章 民众的反映(1861年) 380. Lincoln's Inauguration. 380.林肯宣誓就职 On March 4, 1861, President Lincoln made his first inaugural address. 1861年3月4日,林肯总统发表首次就职...
377.The Confederate States of America. 377.美利坚同盟国 The next step was for these states to join together to form a confederation. 这些州下一步要聚集在一起组成一个联盟, This work was done by a convention of delegates chose...