When confederate forces in Charleston, South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter on April 12th Lincoln announced that the South was in rebellion,
直到1861年4月12日,南卡羅來納州查爾斯頓薩姆特堡遭到南軍炮轟,林肯才宣布南方反叛
the confederacy on the other hand was merely playing for a tie it hoped to be recognised on equal basis with the union
另一方面,聯(lián)盟國只是想要打個平手,與合眾國平起平坐
and played up for British and French support by emphasising the role as the world's largest supplier of cotton.
它們強調(diào)自己作為世界上最大的棉花供應(yīng)商的角色,向英國和法國尋求支持
The North countered with the trump card of itsmassive industrial production.
而北方則是打出了自己大規(guī)模工業(yè)生產(chǎn)的王牌
Lincoln also held out the prospect of emancipating the slaves which was a little hypocritical given his own expressed feelings on the matter.
林肯也提出了解放奴隸的期望,雖然從他自己對這個問題的感情來說,這有一點虛偽

When Lincoln did issue the emancipation proclamation it freed only the slaves inthe confederate states, gee thanks Abe.
林肯提出解放奴隸的宣告時,只解放了聯(lián)盟國里的奴隸
Even then Lincoln was only trying to impress Europe and combat the copper heads who wanted to see the union let the confederacy go its own way.
即便在當時,林肯也只是在試著打動歐洲,抗擊那些同情南方的北方人,這些人希望合眾國能讓聯(lián)盟國走自己的路
The war took place all over the Eastern two thirds of America, even in places like Springfield Missouri which changed hands three times during the Civil War,
戰(zhàn)火蔓延到了美國東部三分之二的地區(qū),甚至包括密蘇里州的斯普林菲爾德,該城市在內(nèi)戰(zhàn)中三度易主
even in places like the corner of Kansas express way in Mount Vernon here in Springfield which was a scene of a cavalry charge.
甚至是在堪薩斯城的角落,斯普林菲爾德弗農(nóng)山的快速道路上都能看到騎兵