查爾斯頓市 (Charleston) 於1865年2月18日投降了

軍隊要來了！北方士兵來了！快！趕快打包行李了！

想像明天是1865年的2月18日，南卡羅來納州查爾斯頓市的市長馬上就要向佔領城市的聯邦軍隊投降了。聯邦軍隊在威廉‧雪曼 (William T. Sherman) 的率領下，已經要攻入城裡，你必須要離開了。這時，你會帶著什麼東西離開？衣服？喜歡的玩具？還是食物？查爾斯頓的居民只有不到一天的時間打包他們的行李。不管是用運貨馬車或載人馬車，不管是騎馬或徒步，查爾斯頓的居民必須離開他們遭到戰火破壞的家園，離開這個城市。


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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