of all Confederate forces in the eastern theater of the war,

邦联军东部战区总司令
because Joseph E. Johnston,

因为南方军司令
who had been in command of the Confederate forces,

约瑟夫·约翰逊在七日战役的第一天
was wounded on the first day of the Seven Days,

就受伤了
and Jefferson Davis put Lee in command.

杰斐逊·戴维斯命令李将军接任指挥官
And it was in some ways Lee's aggressiveness

由于李将军在七日战役中
in the Seven Days that actually won that affair.

咄咄逼人的势头使邦联赢得胜利
And now Lee made the first fateful decision of the war, for him.

李将军将做出内战中对其至关重要的决定
After many consultations with Jefferson Davis

经过他与杰斐逊·戴维斯
and his other commanders,

以及其他司令员的多次商议之后
he made the decision to invade the North.

他决定挥师北上
And this was fateful, to say the least,

这是重大的转变