How Gettysburg Became the Civil War’s Turning Point

How Gettysburg Became the Civil War’s Turning Point

Immortalized by Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle in American history. Union commander George Meade’s Army of the Potomac’s successful defense prevented Confederate General Robert E. Lee from marching on Washington. Alongside the contemporaneous Siege of Vicksburg, Gettysburg is considered the major turning point in the course of the American Civil War. Lee was forced on the defensive while U…