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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Davis called a meeting of his cabinet to discuss what should be done. He asked if Fort Sumter should be seized before supplies could arrive.

戴维斯召集了内阁会议，讨论应该采取的措施，他问是否应该在补给到达之前占领萨姆特堡。

He said the attempt by the United States to strengthen its force at Fort Sumter was clearly an act of aggression. And he demanded that the commander surrender.

美国试图加强在萨姆特堡的军事力量，这显然是一种侵略行为。他要求指挥官投降。

Okay, so the final four forts in the first annual best fort ever contest, or " Fort off, " are Fort Knox, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Sumter and...Fort Cozy McBlanket.

好，第一届年度最佳堡垒大赛，或简称堡垒大对决最后四强为诺克斯堡、提康德罗加堡、萨姆特堡...舒适毯堡。

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。

If an attempt is made to put more men in Fort Sumter, a war cry will be sounded from every hilltop and valley in the South.

如果企图在萨姆特堡增派更多兵员，南方每座山顶上和山谷中都会响起战争的呐喊声。"

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。

A heavy mortar roared, sending a shell high over the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. The shell dropped and exploded above Fort Sumter, a United States military base on an island in the harbor.

猛烈的迫击炮轰鸣着，炮弹高高地飞过南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿港。炮弹从空中落下，炸开了萨姆特堡，这是美国在查尔斯顿港一个岛屿上的军事基地。

On April fourth, Lincoln called Captain Fox to the White House. He told him that the government was ready to take supplies to Fort Sumter. He said Fox would lead the attempt.

4月4日，林肯把福克斯上尉叫到白宫，告诉他，政府已准备好向萨姆特堡提供补给。他说福克斯负责此次行动。