And he said Anderson must promise not to fire on Confederate forces. If Anderson agreed to this, then Confederate guns would remain silent.(如果安德森同意的話，那么邦聯軍也不會向他開火。)

In the run-up to the commemoration, which lasted a week, white Alabamans formed “Confederate Colonel” and “Confederate Belle” chapters.(在那次維持一周的紀念活動舉辦前夕，亞拉巴馬州的白人還組建了關于“南部邦聯上校”和“南部邦聯女人”分會。)

A Confederate cannon ball hit the iron side of the Monitor and bounced away. Union sailors cheered.(南方的炮彈打在蒙尼特號戰艦的鐵皮上彈開了，北方的士兵歡呼了：維吉尼亞號的大炮對他們不會帶來危害！)

In South Carolina, where the first shots of the four-year war were fired, Confederate flags were flown from every building.(南卡羅萊納州則是四年內戰第一聲槍響之地，聯盟旗幟遍地出現。)

More and more Confederate soldiers were running away. Some returned to their homes.(越來越多的南方士兵逃跑了，有些人回到了家鄉，有些則直接向北方軍投降。)

The Sons of Confederate Veterans held a public conference of carefully selected scholars to "reassess" the legacy of Lincoln.(南方聯盟退伍軍人之子召開了一次公開會議，由精心挑選的學者組成，以“重新評估”林肯的遺產。)

Finally the Confederate army had to surrender, ending the war in May, 1865.(最后，南部邦聯軍隊不得不投降，戰爭在1865年5月結束。)

In the East, Union armies were slowly pushing forward toward their main target. That was the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.(在東部，北方軍已經推進到他們的主要目標：南方首都，位于維吉尼亞州的雷切蒙德。)

Most of the Union troops had fought bravely. They had hit the Confederate lines time after time.(絕大多數北方軍作戰很勇敢，他們一次又一次沖擊南方軍的防線。)

Nowlan’s hero, catapulted into the future, was just as resourceful as Twain’s confederate yankee thrust back into King Arthur’s court.(諾蘭筆下一躍步入未來的英雄就像吐溫筆下返搗亞瑟王宮的南部同盟軍一樣足智多謀。)