Federal Forces were solidly entrenched in easily defensible positons on the high ground with good interior lines of communication, able to readily reinforce threatened points. They were well supplied, and had good morale, with the added incentive of defending their home territory. Confederate commander Robert E. Lee ordered Pickett to mount what was, in essence, a suicidal assault against the center of the Union line, uphill, against superior numbers of well-motivated defenders.
The Battle of Gettysburg Place where the battle was fought: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The battle was a Union (North) victory.
It was a Union victory, sometimes considered to be a "decisive victory" (meaning it had a major impact on how the war ended).
Lincoln felt that the victory of the Battle of Gettysburg had a purpose and that it would be a new start where people would all be equal. He felt the battle was a good thing and that the Union would win the war.
Union victory and many historians say was the turning point in the War Between the States.
The Battle of Gettysburg Place where the battle was fought: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The battle was a Union (North) victory.
It was a Union victory, sometimes considered to be a "decisive victory" (meaning it had a major impact on how the war ended).
The Battle Of Gettysburg resulted in a Union (US) victory over the Rebels (CSA)
High Casualties, Many soldiers retreating, and Confederate Victory.
1863 what month
Pickett's Charge failed, leaving Lee's forces too depleted to attempt another assault.
Lincoln felt that the victory of the Battle of Gettysburg had a purpose and that it would be a new start where people would all be equal. He felt the battle was a good thing and that the Union would win the war.
It was a Union victory; many Confederates were killed in Pickett's charge
No, the Union had several victories before the Battle of Gettysburg. This battle is perhaps the most important victory they achieved. Possibly in the East, though Antietam is another candidate. The real key to victory came in the West: Shiloh, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, The March to the Sea.
Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North and the Battle of Gettysburg which also was a Union victory. Gettysburg was fought July 1-3, and Vicksburg fell July 4, 1863.
That was Gettysburg. The Union victory on the 3rd came at the same moment as the other Union victory, far away on the Mississippi at Vicksburg.