来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第15集第15集》

"Never divide your forces in the presence of the enemy."

临敌时永远不要将你的军队分散
It's exactly what Lee had done.

而李恰恰就在临敌时分散了军力
The problem was that

问题是
the Union command was about to find out quickly.

联邦军指挥官很快就发现了这点
Lee wrapped orders around three cigars,

李将命令包裹在三支雪茄上
sent his courier out to the three corps commanders,

让通讯兵送给三个军的指挥官
over the course of more than a day, to deliver the orders.

路上要花费几天才能将命令送达
But the orders were lost, and they were found by a private

但命令弄丢了被印第安纳州军团的
in an Indiana regiment whose name was B. W. Mitchell--

一名叫B·W·米切尔的士兵发现
the 27th Indiana Volunteers to be exact--

确切地说是印第安纳第27志愿军
who picked up this bundle of three cigars,

他拾起了捆在一起的三支雪茄
with paper wrapped around it,

写着命令的纸就绑裹在上面