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The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War because Confederate General Robert E. Lee's intentions was to march north and attack at the heart of the Northern Politicians who were supporting the war. By losing the battle, the South lost both morale and a tactical advantage.

Two side notes:

1) I believe if Pickette's Charge was never attempted, the South could have stacked troops at Northern weak point (instead of the strongest point) and possibly broken through the line, and changed the outcome of the battle and the war.

2) If the South had survived Gettysburg and began shelling legislative cities like Philadelphia, the North might have lost the taste for war. It had only been 50 years since British troops burned Washington in the War of 1812.

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