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PART 1 CHAPTER 11
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I N MID- FEBRUARY, SIX WEEKS AFTER WE’D LEFT ROMNEY, JIM BLUE’S father waited for an
opening in the weather and then, driving his weatherworn wagon1, braved the frozen Valley road
to haul bundles of food and clothing from our families. He also toted letters from home and
newspapers. Beards settled down on a log with the Staunton Spectator spread on his knees and a
salty ham biscuit in one hand. Contentment played across his features until he read the
headlines. “Look at this! It says the Confederate government plans to draft men for two more
years, or until the end of the war. That can’t be.”
“What’s a draft? I never heard of a draft,” McCorkle said. He spat2 toward the campfire and
scratched his ankle. All of us were peppered with red lice bites.
“I think it means they’re going after every man fit to fight and won’t let him go until they’re
finished with him. It’s something new. It’s got nothing to do with volunteering or free choice, as
I understand it,” said Jim Blue.
“Let me see that,” Zeke said. Frowning, he held the grease-stained paper before his nose for a
few minutes. “Well, I’ll be damned. If that’s not a poke3 in the eye. What about that noble
speechifying on people’s rights we heard from the new government? They must have forgotten
about all that.” He then read aloud that we could re-enlist now with our current company—that
being Company D—or we could go home, lay about for a few weeks, and then for absolute
certain, be called back to fight.
Pa also saw the news and sent me a letter outlining what he viewed to be my options. First,
he recommended that I re-enlist where I was. That way I’d remain with long-time Augusta
comrades on whom I could depend and the leaders whom I knew. Strangers wouldn’t value my
fate as highly, and new leaders would have unpredictable flaws. Jackson’s Brigade was
guaranteed to stay in Virginia. If drafted, I might be sent to Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas, or
who knows where, too far to furlough home and out of reach of home provisions. He also
speculated that anyone who deserted4 now would be in serious trouble. Pa was safe from the
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wagon
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n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车 | |
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n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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poke
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miller
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deluded
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killing
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trudged
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chattering
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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chronic
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measles
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mumps
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afterward
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creek
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harp
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jug
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protruding
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grouse
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analyzing
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perimeter
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hind
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fathomed
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理解…的真意( fathom的过去式和过去分词 ); 彻底了解; 弄清真相 | |
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terrain
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knuckles
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scouts
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侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员 | |
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ridge
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boulders
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braced
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perch
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serpentine
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dense
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laden
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toxic
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ivy
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passerby
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n.过路人,行人 | |
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seeping
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blisters
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n.水疱( blister的名词复数 );水肿;气泡 | |
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antidote
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smear
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watery
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pimples
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flopped
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v.(指书、戏剧等)彻底失败( flop的过去式和过去分词 );(因疲惫而)猛然坐下;(笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地)移动或落下;砸锅 | |
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unfamiliar
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adj.陌生的,不熟悉的 | |
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squatted
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v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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shanty
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n.小屋,棚屋;船工号子 | |
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runaways
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(轻而易举的)胜利( runaway的名词复数 ) | |
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hurled
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v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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ledge
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n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁 | |
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pigsty
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n.猪圈,脏房间 | |
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shack
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adj.简陋的小屋,窝棚 | |
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rigid
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slab
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aggravating
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pebble
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forth
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foraged
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v.搜寻(食物),尤指动物觅(食)( forage的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指用手)搜寻(东西) | |
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rammed
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stew
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drawn
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bulging
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poked
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v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交 | |
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fiddling
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sob
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clemency
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sobs
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sobbed
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bleakly
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无望地,阴郁地,苍凉地 | |
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detailed
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mow
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hawk
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prominence
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intentionally
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conceal
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