来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第13集 第13集》

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  it didn't mean you could see what you were shooting at,
  你甚至都不一定看得见你打的东西
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  but it was extremely deadly at 2 to 300 yards now,
  在2至300码范围内是致命的
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  in a war that's still going to be fought
  在这个年代的战争
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  with these hideous old Napoleonic tactics
  还需要靠拿破仑式的旧方法
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  of lining up men by the thousands,
  士兵们排列成一行
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  arm to arm, elbow to elbow, and simply moving across fields.
  臂碰臂 肘对肘地向战场前进
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  The defensive position with the rifled musket
  来复滑膛枪的防御地位
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  was a huge advantage, if used.
  如果利用得当 是个很大的优势
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  Many have said over and over
  许多人都重复提到
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  that the South had superior generalship in the first
  南方在初期有杰出的将领
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  especially two years of the war
  特别是战争头两年
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  and I don't think there's much question that they did.
  我认为对此毫无争议