The South lost its ability to carry out offensive operations and went onto the strategic defensive for the rest of the war.
Northern victories that served as turning points in the war.
It is really the Siege of Vicksburg.
The actual turning point was the fall of Vicksburg at around the same time.
Actually, Vicksburg was the true turning point. Grant sealed off the Mississippi from the South, making it unusable to send reinforcements and supplies. Battle-oriented historians go for Gettysburg, but Vicksburg is the strategic turning point.
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
Northern victories that served as turning points in the war.
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
It is really the Siege of Vicksburg.
The actual turning point was the fall of Vicksburg at around the same time.
Vicksburg Gettysburg Chattanooga Atlanta
Some historians considered it the turning point, previously, but, majority opinion now considers Vicksburg to be the actual turning point.
There were two. Vicksburg on the Mississippi, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Actually, Vicksburg was the true turning point. Grant sealed off the Mississippi from the South, making it unusable to send reinforcements and supplies. Battle-oriented historians go for Gettysburg, but Vicksburg is the strategic turning point.
It destroyed Lee's ability to invade the North and swung the initiative to the North, in the East. [Vicksburg was the true strategic turning point.]
It destroyed Lee's ability to invade the North and swung the initiative to the North, in the East. [Vicksburg was the true strategic turning point.]
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
Vicksburg ended the war in the West, freeing-up Grant to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland in Chattanooga. Gettysburg marked the failure of Lee's second and last atempt to invade the North, in search of much-needed food and clothing, as well as possible recognition by the British.