How would he have occupied them?

怎样去占领那些城市呢
But what he most wanted to do, the aim of this invasion,

但他这次入侵最大的目的
was wanting to take the war out of ravaged Virginia;

便是将战场转移出已满目疮痍的弗吉尼亚
two, to threaten northern cities, especially the U.S. Capital;

第二威胁北方城市特别是美国首府
three, to try to bring about--

第三试图扭转局面
and Great Britain was on the brink of this,

当时英国差点也要进行干预
and I'll come back to that foreign policy diplomatic story a bit later--

我等下会再讲到有关这些外交政策的故事
but Great Britain was truly on the brink

但英国真是差点就要
of near recognition, at least a kind of

承认至少在某种程度上
quasi-recognition of the Confederacy,

承认南方的邦联政府
and the theory here was that

当时有这么一种推测
if the Confederate forces could

如果邦联军队能够