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The war was officially ended at a small town called Appomattox.

战争是在一个叫做阿波马托克斯的小镇被正式结束的。

General Grant left Appomattox Court House to return to his headquarters a few kilometers away.

格兰特将军离开阿波马托克斯法院，回到数公里外的营地。

A few hours later, General Grant rode into the crossroads village of Appomattox Court House.

数小时后，格兰特将军骑马穿过乡间小路，来到阿波马托克斯法院的一座山村。

Grant designated him to receive the first flag of surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.

将军委派他在阿波马托克斯郡府所在地接受南方的第一面降旗。

Lee met in the parlor of a modest house at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, to work out the terms for the surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, a great chapter on American life came to a close, and a great new chapter began.

李1865年4月9日在弗吉尼亚州阿波马托克斯郡府一间不大的房子里的客厅会面，制定北部弗吉尼亚李军队投降的条约时，那么，美国人生活中的一个重大史篇结束了，新的伟大篇章开始了。

"Grant captured Richmond on April 3, 1865, and accepted Lee's surrender on April 9 at Appomattox Court House"

1865年4月3日格兰特占领里奇蒙，4月9日在阿波麦托克斯县府接受李将军的投降。

As the Civil War broke out he resigned his commission and joined the forces of the South. In 1862 he was made commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, and over the next three years became famous as he led the army to a series of victories over the larger and better-equipped Union forces. He was defeated at the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and finally surrendered to General Ulysses at Appomattox Courthouse on 9 April 1865, effectively ending the war.

内战爆发之夕，他辞去了先前的委任，转而加入了南方军。1862年他被任命为北维吉尼亚联盟军司令，凭借在之后的3年多的时间里率领军队在与规模更大、装备更精良的联合军的较量中取得的一系列胜利声名鹊起。1863年葛底斯堡一役，他最终还是被击败了，并于1865年4月9日在阿波麦托克斯县府投降于格兰特将军

Finally on Saturday, April eighth, Lee's army found it could flee no farther. A Union force at Appomattox Station blocked any further movement to the west.

最后在 4 月 8 日周六，李军再也无路可走，联军在阿波马托克斯车站彻底阻断盟军西进之路。

The Potomac River flows more than six hundred kilometers from the Allegheny Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.

波托马可河发源于阿勒格尼山脉，流入大西洋的切萨皮克海湾，全长六百多公里。

Louis Napoleon, the popularly elected president, ended Tocqueville's career.

托克维尔的政治生涯终结于路易波拿巴。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。