1.维克斯堡(美国密西西比州西部一城市)
1.city in western Mississippi. In 1863, during the Civil War, the city was besieged for 47 days before falling to Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant.
1.Grant captured Jackson easily. He left some troops to destroy enemy supplies. He took the remaining troops and turned back toward Vicksburg.
格兰特轻松地占领了杰克逊，他留下一部分军队摧毁敌人的补给，他带领其余部队转而进攻维克斯堡。
2.Grant moved forty thousand men to a point ten kilometers from Vicksburg. He told the men to put down their guns and take up digging tools.
格兰特将他的四万人带到距维克斯堡十公里之外的一个地方，他告诉士兵们放下手中的枪，拿起撬把。
3.Vicksburg, Mississippi, was an important, well-protected fortress for the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
在内战期间，密西西比州的威克斯堡是南方联盟一个重要，而且戒备森严的堡垒。
4.In the West, Grant was bogged down in his protracted siege of Vicksburg.
在西部，格兰特因为对威克斯堡的包围拖延较久而陷入困境。
5.Built on a strategic location halfway between Memphis and New Orleans, Vicksburg became an important stronghold during the Civil War.
内战时，维克斯堡市成为一个重要的要塞。
6.What else do you know about Vicksburg, Grant, or the many conflicts of the American Civil War?
你还知道其他什么有关威克斯堡、格兰特，或者是美国内战期间诸多冲突的故事吗？
7.Jackson was the supply base for the Confederate army defending Vicksburg.
杰克逊是南方军驻守维克斯堡的补给基地。
8.This time, he planned to sail his men past Vicksburg. They would cross the river a little downstream, turn and attack.
这次他准备绕过维克斯堡过河，他们向下运动，在下游过河，然后再转回来进攻维克斯堡。
9.Finding the newspaper, Grant's men added a paragraph declaring that Grant had indeed dined in Vicksburg and celebrated Independence Day!
当格兰特将军的手下看到那天的报纸时，他们在上头加了一段话：格兰特将军确实在威克斯堡享用大餐来庆祝独立纪念日！
10.Soon after that, the Union won another important victory, seizing Vicksburg, Mississippi.
不久，北方又在另一个战场上取得了重大的胜利，北方攻占了密西西比州的维克斯堡。