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Changes particularly in the technology of the rifle,
尤其是步槍技術的變革
which made it a much more accurate long-distance weapon.
令步槍成為更加精準的長距離武器
The war becomes a situation of long-range sharpshooting.
戰爭形勢隨即發展為遠程精確射擊
No-one would have imagined ironclad warfare and the terrific combats of the navies.
沒人能預想到裝甲戰 以及慘酷壯烈的海戰
The impact of the Industrial Revolution.we are talking about mass production of weaponry,
工業革命影響了戰爭 這里須得提及大規模兵器生產
telegraph, railroads, bringing troops to the front.
電報 將軍隊運往前線的鐵路
Certainly no-one understood what kind of masses of armies would be required.
自然 無人能理解戰爭所需兵力之巨
No-one would have comprehended black recruitment.
無人能理解非裔美國人將被征募入伍
Nobody expected 620,000 deaths, thousands and thousands of injuries,
無人能料到將有62萬名亡魂 數以千計的傷者
and utter destruction in many parts of the country.
以及遍布各處的斷壁殘垣
So you might ask if Lincoln and Jefferson Davis had seen 1865,
人們或許要問 如果林肯與杰佛遜·戴維斯能預見1865年的戰爭場景
would they have compromised in 1861?
他們是否會在1861年妥協和解
The image of Lincoln that dominates the American consciousness today,150 years after the Civil War, is Lincoln as the saviour of the Union.
今天 內戰過去150年后 美國人主流認知中的林肯形象 是一位國家救星
Lincoln's role as commander-in-chief is less well remembered.
他的另一身份 軍隊統帥 則鮮為人知
Yet hard as it is for some to accept,Abraham Lincoln prosecuted the Civil War ferociously.
而另一些人難以接受的是 亞伯拉罕·林肯在內戰中表現地相當殘忍
