When Grant was able to get his army across to the East bank of the Mississippi a few miles downstream from Vicksburg without the garrison commander noticing.
The turning point was not a battle but a siege, the Siege of Vicksburg.
Vicksburg was the true strategic and logistical turning point of the war.
being the turning point of the civil war.
What was the result of the battle of Vicksburg
The actual turning point was the fall of Vicksburg at around the same time.
It is really the Siege of Vicksburg.
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.
The true turning point of the Civil War was the seizure of Vicksburg, but it was really the result of a siege.
You probably mean the battle of Vicksburg, in the American Civil War. According to http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-vicksburg, the capture of Vicksburg marked the turning point of the war.
The surrender of Vicksburg closed the Mississippi to southern traffic, making the transportation of troops and supplies impossible.
It gave the Union control of the entire Mississippi Valley.
There were two. Vicksburg on the Mississippi, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.