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But that night an even stranger-looking ship appeared at Fortress Monroe. This was the Monitor, a floating fort, built of iron. She was designed by John Ericsson, a Swedish immigrant. When the Merrimac came back to finish the destruction of the Minnesota, the Monitor steamed directly to her. These two ironclads fought and fought. At last the Merrimac steamed away and never renewed the fight.
但是，當夜一艘看起來更為奇怪的船出現在門羅要塞，這就是"莫里特"號，它是一艘用鐵做成的浮動堡壘，由瑞典移民約翰·埃里克森設計。當"梅里麥克"號回來完成其摧毀"明尼蘇達"號任務的時候，"莫里特"號向它徑直駛來，兩艘裝有鐵甲的船開始鏖戰，最后，"梅里麥克"號逃走并且從此再也不也來挑戰。
392. The Peninsular Campaign, 1862.
392．半島戰役（1862年）
By the end of May McClellan had gained a position within ten miles of Richmond. Meanwhile, Jackson fought so vigorously in the Shenandoah Valley that the Washington government refused to send more men to McClellan, although Johnston had gone with his army to the defense of Richmond. On May 31 the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia fought a hard battle at Fair Oaks. Johnston was wounded, and Lee took the chief command. He summoned Jackson from the Valley and attacked McClellan day after day, June 26 to July 2, 1862. These terrible battles of the Seven Days forced McClellan to change his base to the James, where he would be near the fleet. At Malvern Hill Lee and Jackson once more attacked him and were beaten off with fearful loss.
到了5月，麥克里蘭已經占領距離里士滿10英里的地方，與此同時，杰克森在雪倫多亞河谷的戰役非常激烈，盡管約翰斯頓已經帶著軍隊去保衛里士滿，華盛頓政府拒絕給麥克里蘭增兵。5月31日，波特馬克軍和北弗吉尼亞軍在菲爾奧克斯展開激戰，約翰斯頓負傷，李接替他擔任司令。1862年6月26日到7月2日，他從山谷中將杰克森召集過來，日復一日地攻擊麥克里蘭。這七天的激烈戰斗迫使麥克里蘭將根據地轉移到詹姆斯河，向軍艦靠攏。在莫爾文山李和杰克森再次向他發動進攻，麥克里蘭打退了他們，但為之付出慘痛代價。
393. Second Bull Run Campaign.
393．第二次布爾朗戰役
The Army of the Potomac was still uncomfortably near Richmond. It occurred to Lee that if he should strike a hard blow at the army in front of Washington, Lincoln would recall McClellan.
波特馬克軍仍然在距離里士滿不遠的地方，令南方聯盟感到緊張。李忽然覺得如果他在華盛頓附近打一場硬仗，林肯會召回麥克里蘭。
