One young Confederate officer

1861年的夏天
wrote home from the summer of 1861.

一位年轻的南方军官在家书中写道
He said, "Just throw three or four shells

"只要扔三四个炸弹
among those blue-bellied Yankees and they'll scatter like sheep."

给那些北方胆小鬼他们就会鸟兽四散"
So was the theory.

当时就这样
"It was not the improved arm but the improved man,"

"是人的水平在提高不是武器"
Wrote Governor Henry Wise of Virginia,

弗吉尼亚的州长亨利·维斯如是说
"Which would win the day." he's writing this in 1861.

他在1861年写道 "谁会赢呢"
"Let brave men advance with flint locks

"让勇敢的人带着燧发枪
and old-fashioned bayonets on the popinjays of Northern cities

和老式刺刀冲到装腔作势的北方人中去吧
and he would answer for it with his life. The Yankees,"

用生命交出答卷北方佬们"
he says, "Will break and run."

他说 "会溃军四散 "