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Now it began with dashing cavalry raids and brave bayonet charges
战争刚开始时是骑兵突袭和激烈的白刃战
but it ended in a grim shooting match, not all the combatants wore uniforms either,
但到了后来却成了残忍的射击比赛，不是所有战斗人员都是军人
Missouri-ans were particularly well known for using the war as an excuse to settle old grudges.
密苏里州尤其因其利用战争作为借口解决长久以来的怨恨而闻名
Thanks to innovations like the rifle musket and the iron clad monitor fire power became king.
由于来复枪和装甲舰的发明，火药威力无敌
The North could produce more guns, more ammunition and had more battle ready soldiers
北方能够生产更多的枪支，更多的军火，有更多可以参战的战士
thanks to the Norths superior rail road network Northern men and supplies got the front more quickly.
因为北方的铁路更为发达，北方的人力和供需可以更快地到达前线
Meanwhile confederate president Jefferson Davis endured the agony of ruling a nation founded by states rights activist,
与此同时，联盟国总统杰佛逊·戴维斯也忍受着统治由激进分子创立的这个国家的痛苦
realistically the confederacy never stood a real chance.
实际上，联盟国根本就没有战胜的机会
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，罗伯特·李将军率领北弗吉尼亚的军队投降，联盟国随即解体
President Lincoln never got a chance to reassemble the union in person.
林肯总统却没能有机会亲自重新重整合众国
His assassination in Washington on April 14th 1865
1865年4月14日，他在华盛顿遇刺身亡
deprived of America of the only man who might have healed the terrible scars of this American near tragedy.
从此美国失去了唯一可能治愈美国这起险酿悲剧的痛苦伤痕的人
