Why where the battle of vickburg and Gettysburg significant?

Answer 1

ANSWER

Because they represented the turning point of the war in favour of the Union.

After Vicksburg the Confederacy lost the control of the Mississippi and was split into two parts and after Gettysburg the Confederate armies were pinned down to stay on the mere defensive without being able to regain any effective strategic initiative.

Answer 2

Both were victories for the Union, Gettysburg on Union soil, Vicksburg in the Confederacy. The battles ended on consecutive days in 1863: Gettysburg on July 3, Vicksburg on July 4. Together they effectively became the turning point of the war. Gettysburg was a important defeat for Lee, while Vicksburg was a significant victory for Grant.

Answer 3

In the east, Gettysburg broke the South's ability to mount invasions and permanently shifted the initiative to the North. In the West, the fall of Vicksburg closed off southern river traffic, preventing much needed reinforcements and supplies from reaching the Confederate forces.

Answer 4

Vicksburg was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. Its capture by U.S. Grant led to the liberation of the river, and the isolation of all enemy units to the West of it.

Lee's defeat at Gettysburg spelt the end of his ambitions to invade the North. His battered army would be out of action for many months.

The two Union victories happened within a few hours of each other. The Confederates stayed on the defensive for the rest of the war.

Answer 5

Gettysburg turned back Lee's raid into Pennsylvania. Vicksburg put the Mississippi Valley in northern hands. Chattanooga opened up the road to Atlanta for Sherman's invasion of Georgia.

Answer 6

They demonstrated that the Confederates were losing in the West, and had failed to invade the North.

Answer 7

Northern victories that served as turning points in the war.