Loss of credibility by Robert E. Lee, at his second and last attempt to invade the North and make the Confederacy look viable.
Gain of credibility by Gordon Meade and the Army of Potomac generally.
Major revival of Northern morale, with Gettysburg and Vicksburg triumphs announced on the same day, which was, by chance, the Fourth of July.
The battle of Gettysburg crippled the South so badly, that General Lee would never again possess sufficient forces to invade a Northern state.Lee's defeat prevented him from ever mounting another invasion of the North. The Union seized the initiative and never again relinquished it.
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A better question would be 'How many battles were fought in the North?' - because there was only one. That was Gettysburg. All the others were fought in the South.
They went to Gettysburg because they wanted to move the war up North, so they thought they would start from there.
Gettysburg was a turning point in the war because it changed the war into a defensive one for the south, and an offensive one for the north. (The war would be fought on southern soil only).
the south didnt have to defeat the union, just avoid losing
Gettysburg was the deadliest overall. The Battle of Chickamauga (just South of Chattanooga) was the deadliest 2 days of the Civil War. Arguably, if the battle at Chickamauga had lasted into the 3rd day, it would have surpassed the casualties at Gettysburg.
His popularity was down because until Gettysburg, no one could stop the incomparable Lee, and people feared Lee would win the war for the South.
No one who was a witness to the Battle of Gettysburg would doubt either the honor or the valor of the Army of Northern Virgina. The Confederate infantry who fought there belong to the Ages.
The only time that the South invaded the North was at Gettysburg, PA, in 1863.
Gettysburg was a turning point in the civil war because thenorth and south were even in there strenght and experience because they have now faught eachother andknow eachothers stratagies. and now they know how the otherside will fight and how.
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