来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第19集 第19集》

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  took 7000 casualties in a half-hour.
  在半个小时内就产生了七千伤亡
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  And many of the men,
  而且这些人当中
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  and they'd been fighting now day after day after day,
  有许多人在日复一日的战斗中筋疲力竭了
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  and god only knows what fatalists soldiers become in that circumstance.
  可以想象 这些士兵的战斗力会是怎样
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  They were asked before the attack at Cold Harbor
  在攻打冷港之前 他们收到通知
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  to pin their names and home addresses on their shirts,
  把名字和家庭住址缝在衣服上
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  at least much of the Union army was.
  至少大部分联邦士兵都是如此
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  And they did. They had no dog tags in that war.
  他们也这么做了 当时还没有狗牌
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  They were told to pin their names on themselves
  他们就只能把自己的名字缝上
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  so they could be identified when dead.
  当他们阵亡后就能辨别身份
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  And I believe Burns uses this story in the film.
  我想伯恩斯在他的电影中用到了这段故事
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  There was one Union soldier who etched into his diary,
  有一个北军士兵在日记里写道