来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第14集第14集》

had never shouldered any kind of musket in their lives

甚至从来没有扛过枪
except possibly in a local militia,

不排除有些人可能曾是地方民兵
and only a tiny percentage of them had ever been in a militia.

他们中只有极小部分人曾当过民兵
They actually grew to kind of love McClellan at first

事实上他们一开始很喜欢麦克莱伦
because he held great parades, great parades.

是因为他的阅兵典礼非常盛大
He made them march like hell and train like hell

他的行军训练简直就是魔鬼训练
and learn how to march sideways and forward

训练他们如何行军前进
and backward and retreat and do all that stuff.

后退撤退等等
But man, when he held a parade it was cool.

但是当他举办阅兵时简直太帅了
They also hadn't seen any war yet.

这些士兵们根本没有意识到战争的逼近
He didn't move the army.

他没有转移部队
Lincoln wanted him to move it that fall,

林肯希望他秋天的时候移师