查尔斯顿市 (Charleston) 于1865年2月18日投降了

军队要来了！北方士兵来了！快！赶快打包行李了！

想像明天是1865年的2月18日，南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿市的市长马上就要向占领城市的联邦军队投降了。联邦军队在威廉．雪曼 (William T. Sherman) 的率领下，已经要攻入城里，你必须要离开了。这时，你会带着什么东西离开？衣服？喜欢的玩具？还是食物？查尔斯顿的居民只有不到一天的时间打包他们的行李。不管是用运货马车或载人马车，不管是骑马或徒步，查尔斯顿的居民必须离开他们遭到战火破坏的家园，离开这个城市。


Soldiers are coming! Yankee soldiers! Quick, pack your bags.

Imagine that tomorrow is February 18, 1865, the day the mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, will surrender control of the city to the Union Army. The Union General William T. Sherman is on his way and you have to leave. What will you take with you? Clothes? A favorite toy? Food? The citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, had less than a day to decide what to pack. In wagons and carriages, on horseback and on foot, the people of Charleston moved sadly past war-damaged buildings on their way out of the city.

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