A vote for McClellan meant a vote for stopping the war. Stopping short of victory.

对麦克莱伦的投票意味着在没有取得胜利的情况下停止战争。

It smashed McClellan's army and drove them away from Richmond.

它摧毁了麦克莱伦的军队，把他们从里士满赶走了。

Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase said McClellan should be shot. War Secretary Edwin Stanton said he should be dismissed immediately.

财政部长萨蒙·蔡斯说，麦克莱伦应该被枪杀。作战部长埃德温·斯坦顿说，他应该立即辞去职务。

General after general—McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker, and Meade—was tried and found wanting.

一位接一位的将军——麦克莱伦、波普、伯恩赛德、胡克和米德——都被试过了，但都没有胜任。

While McClellan waited to attack the Confederate capital, heavy rains began to fall. The little river began to rise.

麦克莱伦等待袭击联盟国首都时，天降大雨，小河开始上涨。

Other groups of McClellan's men were arriving in Alexandria, thirty kilometers to the east. Pope asked that they be sent to help him.

麦克莱伦的其他部队也抵达了向东30公里的亚历山大港，波普要求派军前来支援。

Lincoln was denounced and insulted by some of the very men he had appointed to positions of high power-men like McClellan, Seward, Stanton, and Chase.

林肯曾被他任命担任高位的一些人谴责和侮辱，如麦克莱伦、苏厄德、斯坦顿和蔡斯。

One of McClellan's Generals, Samuel Sturgis, greeted Pope at Centreville: I always told you, Pope, that if they gave you enough rope, you would hang yourself.

麦克莱伦手下有个将军叫塞缪尔·斯图吉斯，他在森特维尔迎接波普时说道：" 我总是告诉你，波普，如果他们给你足够长的绳子，你就会自己上吊。"

McClellan was ordered to send them immediately. But he refused to do so. He said they were not in condition to fight, and he would not send them.

麦克莱伦接到命令立即派兵，但他拒绝这样做。他说他们并未做好作战准备，也不会派兵。

Groups of McClellan's army, arriving from Alexandria, met Pope's men in Centreville. They laughed and shouted at the tired, beaten soldiers. Many said they were glad that Pope had lost.

麦克莱伦的军队从亚历山大港出发，在森特维尔与波普的部队会师。他们取笑着疲惫不堪、遭受重创的士兵，还冲他们大喊大叫。许多士兵说，他们很高兴波普战败。