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Now it began with dashing cavalry raids and brave bayonet charges
戰爭剛開始時是騎兵突襲和激烈的白刃戰
but it ended in a grim shooting match, not all the combatants wore uniforms either,
但到了后來卻成了殘忍的射擊比賽，不是所有戰斗人員都是軍人
Missouri-ans were particularly well known for using the war as an excuse to settle old grudges.
密蘇里州尤其因其利用戰爭作為借口解決長久以來的怨恨而聞名
Thanks to innovations like the rifle musket and the iron clad monitor fire power became king.
由于來復槍和裝甲艦的發明，火藥威力無敵
The North could produce more guns, more ammunition and had more battle ready soldiers
北方能夠生產更多的槍支，更多的軍火，有更多可以參戰的戰士
thanks to the Norths superior rail road network Northern men and supplies got the front more quickly.
因為北方的鐵路更為發達，北方的人力和供需可以更快地到達前線
Meanwhile confederate president Jefferson Davis endured the agony of ruling a nation founded by states rights activist,
與此同時，聯盟國總統杰佛遜·戴維斯也忍受著統治由激進分子創立的這個國家的痛苦
realistically the confederacy never stood a real chance.
實際上，聯盟國根本就沒有戰勝的機會
On April 9th 1865 general Robert E Lee surrendered his army of Northern Virginia and the confederacy shortly afterwards disintegrated.
1865年4月9日，羅伯特·李將軍率領北弗吉尼亞的軍隊投降，聯盟國隨即解體
President Lincoln never got a chance to reassemble the union in person.
林肯總統卻沒能有機會親自重新重整合眾國
His assassination in Washington on April 14th 1865
1865年4月14日，他在華盛頓遇刺身亡
deprived of America of the only man who might have healed the terrible scars of this American near tragedy.
從此美國失去了唯一可能治愈美國這起險釀悲劇的痛苦傷痕的人
