How did the battle of Gettysburg affect the course of the civil war?

Answer 1

a lot of soldiers died and they did not have a lot of soldiers for the civil war....

To be honest the battle of Gettysburg was not really that important... as many would have us believe..

If I had to say anything the biggest lose was due to the lose of Stonewall Jackson. Which was a great moral lose for the Confederate Army... StoneWall Jackson was a much better leader then Robert E.. Lee ever was...(opinion) but Robert E. Lee should of left Gettysburg... when Jackson advised him... it was clearly a lose cause and a lose of Men that the Confederate army could ill afford....

Plus... It seemed up to that point that the South may actually win.. Since, they had a few big wins... and many people in the North were tired of sending their boys to fight, die and lose.... Clearly, Lincoln needed a win so that he could give his Emancipation Proclamation speech... to do so before Gettysburg would of made it seem like , as one person stated, as a death howl before they lose..

Answer 2

It was the furthest North that Confederate forces invaded. If the Union had lost, the Confederates would have been able to march on Washington DC fairly well unopposed. The losses of men and material crippled the South for the remainder of the war. The Union was well equipped to replace any materials that were lost and were in a better position to replace troops, aKHSgdfnjabds

Answer 3

it was the first battle where many people died

Answer 4

The South could never again mount an invasion of the North. The initiative shifted to the North.

Answer 5

Confederate General Lee lost an estimated 40,000 men at Gettysburg and the South (Confederacy) didn't have the population to replenish those losses.

Answer 6

well i think it gaved us more freedom