Gettysburg Turning Point

The battle at Gettysburg was a defining moment in the Civil War not only because of the battle itself, but what prevailed with civilian opposition, and the events that changed the trajectory of the battle. The Turning Point of the War on July 1, 1863, the Union Army of the Potomac engaged the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia which had advanced into the north.

Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War. It was the most famous and important Civil War Battle to occur over three hot summer days in July in the humble market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg was the confrontation between two major American Cultures the North and the South. The cause of the Civil war was the clash of these two cultures. The Confederacy had an agricultural economy producing tobacco, corn, and cotton, with many large plantations owned by a few very rich white males. These owners lived off the sweat of sharecroppers and slaves, charging high rates for the use

Opposition also came from those who did not like the fact that they were fighting for the rights of slave. However, their way of thinking was misguided, the war was to restore the Union not to end slavery. As the war advanced it became increasingly more expensive to support and as the war progressed and began to cause more casualties civilian’s incapable of serving in the war had to take over the jobs left vacant by soldiers in the war. During the first day of battle some 50,000 soldiers of 15,500 were killed, wounded, captured or missing. This day ranks 12th bloodiest battle of the Civil War. The second day of battle was the largest and extortionate of the three days. This battle involved at least 100,000 soldiers of which 20,000 were killed, wounded, captured or missing. This battle ranks as the 10th bloodiest battle of the Civil War, more casualties than the Battle of