The effect of Gettysburg has been greatly exaggerated by battle-oriented historians. It was not a decisive battle in the sense that it led directly to the end of the war. The capture of Vicksburg, closing the Mississippi to Rebel river traffic, choking off reinforcements and supplies to their armies is the true, strategic turning point of the war. At best, Gettysburg heralds the final Southern invasion of the North and the loss of Southern initiative in the Eastern Theater.
The July Battle was the turning point of Gettysburg war?
Gettysburg was considered to be the turning point.
The War's Turning Point
The Battle of Gettysburg.
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why was the battle of gettysburg a turning point?
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The Battle of Gettysburg 1st to 3rd July 1863 was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and was described as a turning point for the Civil War. With that said, most historians now have retracked the idea that Gettysburg was a significant turning point.
You have mixed two event: the Battle of Gettysburg, and Lincoln's delivery of the Gettysburg Address.