It was a disaster for the Confederate soldiers.

对于同盟士兵而言，这是一场灾难。

Confederate soldiers fired on a church with civilians inside.

联邦军的战士向一所内有平民的教堂开了火。

There just were not enough Confederate soldiers left to fight.

剩下的同盟国将士不足以迎战。

Confederate soldiers, they fired on the church, believing it to be housing weapons.

盟军烧了教堂因为他们以为里面都是武器。

Everyone knew there had never been a cowardly Confederate soldier and they found this statement peculiarly irritating.

可是人人都知道南部联盟军队中是没有胆小鬼的，因此觉得这种说法尤其可恶。

General Chamberlain watched the first ragged Confederate soldiers coming up the road, led by Gen. John B. Gordon.

张伯伦将军看见了第一队衣衫褴褛的南方军士兵沿路走来，领头的是约翰·B.戈登将军。

He wanted to see Confederate soldiers go back to their homes to become peaceful citizens of a united country.

他希望看到联盟国的士兵返回家乡，成为统一的国家中爱好和平的公民。

Confederate soldiers surrendered in April 1865, but word didn't reach the last enslaved Black people until June 19.

南方邦联士兵于1865年4月投降，但直到6月19日，消息才传到最后一批被奴役的黑人那里。

More and more Confederate soldiers were running away. Some returned to their homes.

越来越多的联盟国士兵逃跑了，一些人回到自己的老家。

Never had Union forces won such a victory. Thirty thousand Confederate soldiers were now out of the war.

联邦军从未赢得过这样的胜利。现在，3万名联盟国士兵退出战争。

Another distinguishing feature is the engraving on their belt buckles: with “C.S.” for Confederate Soldier and “U.S.” for Union Soldier.

“C.S.”和“U.S.”。

Lee left behind a battlefield covered with Confederate dead. More than three thousand Confederate soldiers had been killed.

李将军身后留下的战场上，覆盖着联盟国将士的尸体。三千多名联盟国士兵阵亡。

The tradition began on May 30th, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers in the cemetery.

这一传统始于 1868 年 5 月 30 日，当时人们将鲜花摆放在墓地中的联邦和邦联士兵的墓前。

The UDC raised thousands of dollars to build monuments to Confederate soldiers.

UDC 筹集了数千美元来为同盟国士兵建造纪念碑。

There was a camp of Confederate soldiers nearby.

附近有一个邦联士兵营地。

The Confederate soldiers knew where the Union  soldiers were – almost precisely to a yard.

邦联士兵知道联盟士兵在哪里——几乎精确到一码。

Most are Louisiana natives-- some even descendants of the Confederate soldiers who survived the siege.

大多数是路易斯安那州本地人——有些甚至是在围困中幸存下来的同盟军士兵的后裔。

In a letter to his wife, a Confederate soldier wrote, news reached here that Vicksburg has gone up the spout.

一名南方邦联士兵在给他妻子的一封信中写道，这里传来了维克斯堡已经水泄不通的消息。

The army faced little opposition. Small groups of Confederate horse soldiers struck at the edges of the army. But they did little damage.

军队几乎没有遭到一点反抗，一小群联盟国的骑兵在军队边缘发起进攻。但是，他们并未造成什么伤亡。

It was clear that the South could not win the war. Too many Confederate soldiers had fallen in battle. None were left to take their place.

很显然，南方部队无法赢得战争的胜利。有太多的联盟国士兵在战斗中阵亡，没有人能顶替他们的空缺。