Vicksburg seemed to laugh at

维克斯堡似乎在嘲笑着
all of Grant's efforts to scorn.

格兰特将军所有的努力
Now the picture is just as somber as it was bright then.

而今的场景却和当时完全相反
It seems incredible that human power

依靠人力在短时间内扭转战局
could effect such a change in so brief a space.

真是让人觉得不可思议
Yesterday we rode on the pinnacle of success.

昨天我们才站在胜利之巅
Today absolute ruin seems to be our portion.

今天我们的四周只有断瓦残垣
The Confederacy totters to its destruction."

邦联正跌跌撞撞走向毁灭
The war isn't over.

战争还没结束
And I'll argue next week

下次我还会讲到
the Confederacy still could have won its version of victory in 1864.

64年邦联仍有机会取得他们所谓的胜利
But those battlefield successes of '63

但63年所取得的那些胜利