来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第19集 第19集》

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  If certain events hadn't quickly followed,
  如果不是紧接着南方投降
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  that the North collectively would've given up the war
  北方全体民众也会为了和平
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  and sued for peace.
  而主动求和的
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  But Grant developed essentially a strategy of victory,
  但是格兰特赢得了战略上的胜利
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  and here's what it was.
  这是怎么回事
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  He did it in conjunction with William Tecumseh Sherman,
  他与威廉·特库赛·谢尔曼
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  Philip Sheridan, the previous general of the army,
  菲利普·谢里登 以及原军队将军
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  Henry Halleck,
  亨利·哈勒克联手
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  and most importantly with Lincoln himself,
  最重要的是与林肯[联手]
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  and that strategy was basically this.
  大体上的战略就是这样的
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  It was first to determine that Richmond,
  首先要确保里士满
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  the capital of the confederacy,
  邦联政府所在地