The commander of Fort Sumter sent a message to the governor of South Carolina.

萨姆特堡的指挥官给南卡罗来纳州州长发去一封信。

Fort Sumter is famous for being the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired.

萨姆特堡因打响内战的第一枪而闻名。

At Fort Sumter, Major Robert Anderson and his men waited three hours before firing back at the Confederate guns.

在萨姆特堡，罗伯特·安德森少校和他的部下等了三个小时，才向联盟国的炮火还击。

On his second day as president, Lincoln received some bad news from Fort Sumter at Charleston, South Carolina.

在林肯担任总统的第二天，他从南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿的萨姆特堡收到一些坏消息。

One of his first stops was Fort Sumter, a former military position in waters just off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina.

他的第一站是萨姆特堡，南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿海岸边水域的前军事阵地。

This offer was carried to Fort Sumter a few minutes before midnight, April eleventh.

4月11日午夜前几分钟，这个提议被送到了萨姆特堡。

The commander of the naval force, Captain Gustavus Fox, had hoped to move the soldiers to Sumter in small boats.

海军指挥官古斯塔夫·福克斯上尉曾希望把士兵们用小船送到萨姆特堡。

The scheme was put into effect in Sumter, South Carolina, in 1912.

该计划于 1912 年在南卡罗来纳州的萨姆特生效。

The fires at Fort Sumter burned higher. And smoke filled the rooms where soldiers still tried to fire their cannons.

萨姆特堡的大火燃得更旺了，房间里烟雾弥漫，而士兵们仍在试图发射火炮。

The shelling continued all day. A big cloud of smoke rose high in the air over Fort Sumter.

炮击持续了一整天，萨姆特堡上空升起一大团烟雾。

Confederate shells continued to smash into Sumter throughout the night and into the morning of the second day.

联盟国的炮弹从晚上到第二天清晨，都继续向萨姆特堡猛烈进行攻击。

Lamon reported to Lincoln that the arrival of even a boat load of food at Sumter would lead to fighting.

拉蒙向林肯报告说，即使是一船食物抵达萨姆特堡，也会导致战斗爆发。

A month later, on April 12, 1861, Southern soldiers fired on Union soldiers at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

一个月后，即 1861 年 4 月 12 日， 南方士兵在南卡罗来纳州萨姆特堡向联盟士兵开火。

Down came the United States flag. And up went the white flag of surrender. The battle of Fort Sumter was over.

美国国旗降了下来，继而升起了投降的白旗。萨姆特堡战役就此结束。

The crisis at Fort Sumter,on April 12-14,1861, forced the President and Congress to turn from negotiations to problems of warfare.

——1861 年 4 月 12 日至 14 日发生在萨姆特堡的危机迫使总统和国会从谈判转向战争问题。

And southerners expected hunger would force the soldiers to leave. But Lincoln announced he was sending a ship to Fort Sumter with food.

南方人希望饥饿能迫使士兵撤离。但林肯宣布，他将派遣一艘船将食物运到萨姆特堡。

As he stood inside the large walls of Fort Sumter National Monument, Mikah Meyer looked across the water to the port at Charleston.

当他站在萨姆特堡国家纪念地的墙内时，Mikah Meyer隔着水面看向查尔斯顿港口。

As a kid, we moved to Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina, where I learned to take my game to another level.

孩童时期，我们家搬到了位于南卡罗来纳萨姆特的肖空军基地，在那里我的球技更上一层。

He told Beauregard to demand the surrender of Fort Sumter. If Major Anderson refused, then the general was to destroy the fort.

他告诉博瑞德要求萨姆特堡投降，如果安德森少校拒绝，那么就要摧毁堡垒。

Governor Pickens agreed. A Confederate boat carried Fox to Sumter. Anderson told Fox that the last of the food would be gone on April fifteenth.

皮肯斯州长同意了。南方同盟的一艘船把福克斯带到萨姆特堡。安德森告诉福克斯，最后一批食物将在4月15日用尽。