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The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the turning point of the Civil War because it was the first major defeat suffered by General Robert E. Lee. Lee's army suffered very heavy casualties. Approximately a third of his army was killed, captured, or wounded during the battle, 23,231 out of 71,699 men. Lee's army never recovered from the defeat. It was never as large or as powerful as it had been before the battle and it was forced to fight on the defensive for the rest of the war.

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