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PART 1 CHAPTER 7
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A FTER THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS IN LATE JULY, I RECEIVED A LETTER from my first cousin,
Maggie Martin. Two years younger than I, she was a companion of Mary’s. Her family lived
just a mile south of Bethel and down the road toward Lexington. Maggie was convinced she was
mighty1 attractive and thus was quite a coquette, with a porcelain2 complexion3 and her hair
twisted in brown ringlets. Her letter demonstrated how those at home had no idea of what we’d
lived through during that terrible July day in Manassas. She wrote some silliness, asking if we
were putting on plays in camp or having dance socials with local girls, and if there were very
many tall boys like me. She said she loved to see tall boys having to stoop lower to put their
arms around girls, and she complained there now was nothing but “little bits” of boys left at
home. What could I possibly say in response?
I could have told her about arriving at Bull Run on July 21 in the midst of cannons4 bellowing5,
artillery7 rounds blasting, and smoke on the field that blinded my vision. And that we were the
victors of a one-day battle that we believed had won the Southern states the right to secede8. I
could have told her that.
But there wasn’t much else I could say that she could bear to hear. I couldn’t tell her that the
night before dawn on July 21 was the worst I had ever spent. For eighteen hours we marched
north from Winchester to the quiet village of Piedmont Station, located at a railroad junction9.
We waited there until the next morning when freight trains arrived to carry our horde10
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mighty
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porcelain
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complexion
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n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
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cannons
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n.加农炮,大炮,火炮( cannon的名词复数 ) | |
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bellowing
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bellow
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v.吼叫,怒吼;大声发出,大声喝道 | |
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artillery
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secede
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v.退出,脱离 | |
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junction
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horde
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n.群众,一大群 | |
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jittery
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adj. 神经过敏的, 战战兢兢的 | |
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thighs
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prophesy
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v.预言;预示 | |
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lengthened
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(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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squatted
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spoke
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forage
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n.(牛马的)饲料,粮草;v.搜寻,翻寻 | |
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bugs
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decided
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propped
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支撑,支持,维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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buffaloes
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n.水牛(分非洲水牛和亚洲水牛两种)( buffalo的名词复数 );(南非或北美的)野牛;威胁;恐吓 | |
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lurking
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潜在 | |
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ragged
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dismantled
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拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 ); 拆卸; 废除; 取消 | |
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copper
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trifling
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adj.微不足道的;没什么价值的 | |
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silhouetted
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显出轮廓的,显示影像的 | |
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spine
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n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊 | |
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muffled
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adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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啜泣(声),呜咽(声)( sob的名词复数 ) | |
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bent
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buck
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uncertainty
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n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物 | |
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bragging
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v.自夸,吹嘘( brag的现在分词 );大话 | |
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dozed
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ambushed
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v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 );埋伏着 | |
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tormented
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guilt
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n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责 | |
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morbid
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adj.病的;致病的;病态的;可怕的 | |
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throng
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n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集 | |
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teeming
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adj.丰富的v.充满( teem的现在分词 );到处都是;(指水、雨等)暴降;倾注 | |
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rumble
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n.隆隆声;吵嚷;v.隆隆响;低沉地说 | |
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racing
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n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
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trampled
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踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯 | |
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dense
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a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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unleashed
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v.把(感情、力量等)释放出来,发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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trotted
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小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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inferno
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n.火海;地狱般的场所 | |
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thorny
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gasps
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v.喘气( gasp的第三人称单数 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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bastards
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私生子( bastard的名词复数 ); 坏蛋; 讨厌的事物; 麻烦事 (认为别人走运或不幸时说)家伙 | |
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merged
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(使)混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 ); 相融; 融入; 渐渐消失在某物中 | |
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pistons
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活塞( piston的名词复数 ) | |
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metallic
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adj.金属的;金属制的;含金属的;产金属的;像金属的 | |
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gunpowder
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n.火药 | |
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nostrils
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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leached
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v.(将化学品、矿物质等)过滤( leach的过去式和过去分词 );(液体)过滤,滤去 | |
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scurried
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cowered
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foliage
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waning
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crest
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vista
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drawn
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wagons
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jaws
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merging
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合并(分类) | |
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大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下] | |
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sopping
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cartridge
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wrenching
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n.修截苗根,苗木铲根(铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土)v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的现在分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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scrap
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regiment
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unnatural
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shredded
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wreckage
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