Fellow citizens, Lincoln said. We meet this evening not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. The surrender of the main army of the Confederacy gives hope of a righteous and speedy peace.

“同胞们，”林肯说。“今天晚上我们见面不是沉浸在悲伤中，而是内心充满喜悦。联盟国主力军的投降给了正义和迅速和平的希望。

Far from the battle lines, the town and its railroads provided the connecting link between the two armies of the Confederacy, the army in Virginia and the army in Tennessee and the West.

由于离前线还很远，这个城市和它的几条铁路成了南部联盟两支大军即弗吉尼亚军团和田纳西部军团之间的联系纽带。