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With the war dragging on without a clear end in sight...
由于戰爭持續拖延短期內休戰希望渺茫
Lincoln is increasingly forced to fight on a very different front-the war for public opinion.
漸漸地，林肯不得不改換另外一條戰斗陣線-- 爭取公眾支持之戰
The spread of portable cameras means for the first time gory images of the battlefield can now reach every home.
便攜式照相機的普及第一次讓血淋淋的戰地照片得以傳進千家萬戶
While these simple cameras ruled out dramatic action scenes,they're ideal for capturing the gruesome after math of battle.
盡管這些簡易相機無法捕捉下震撼的動作場面，但卻是拍攝戰后鮮血淋漓畫面的理想之選
As many as 1500 photographers flood the battlefield.
多達1500名攝影記者紛紛涌向前線
Their images are sold widely to members of the public for as little as 25 cents.
他們帶回來的圖片向廣大公眾出售，價格僅為25美分一張
It was war photography coming back from the Civil War that captured it in a way that made it real and made people recognize the really extraordinary unprecedented violence.
正是從前線拍攝回來的圖片以一種真實的方式重現了戰場實況并讓民眾意識到這是場美國有史以來殺戮最多的戰爭
America's growing newspaper mass media reproduces simple woodcuts of the images.
不斷壯大的美國報紙傳媒業大量生產這些照片轉印的木刻簡畫
More than 200 correspondents cover the war filing over 100 million words of copy.
超過200名記者參與了戰事報道發稿字數總計超過一億
This deluge of information about the war ensures the grim reality of the conflict is seared into the public consciousness.
來自前線洪水般的消息使這場戰爭的殘酷性深深地烙進了公眾意識
Never again will politicians be able to fight wars without public support.
從此政治家們要發動任何戰爭都必須先取得公眾的支持
The war means a soldier is five times more likely to die than a civilian.
這場內戰使得士兵的死亡率高達平民的五倍
Where families used to grieve for the dead at home,now men die on the battlefield.
以往喪事都在家里舉行，現在更多人戰死沙場
It forces a fundamental shift in the ritual surrounding death.
人們不得不徹底改變傳統的喪葬方式
Matt Botage dies on the battlefield in Virginia,yet his family in Bostoncan still say good-bye to their son killed 500 miles away.
馬特·波塔奇在弗吉尼亞的戰場上陣亡，但是他在波士頓的家人 仍能向500英里外犧牲的兒子告別
Even though it has taken a week for his body to travel from the battlefield,
盡管一周之后，他的遺體才從戰場被運回來
his father described how it is free from signs of decomposition.
他的父親這樣描述尸體保存完好的程度
So the marks of closely contested battle was still upon the face,the features were placid as if he were sleeping.
激烈的戰爭留存在臉上的傷痕，仍清晰可見神態安詳宛如入睡
