Gettysburg was said to be the turning point of the American Civil War and is also known as the most famous and important Civil War Battle that occurred over three summer days from July 1-July 3, 1863 around a small market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg was the clash between the two major divisions of the North (Union) and the South (Confederates). The Confederacy had an agricultural economy producing tobacco, corn, and cotton, with many large plantations …showed first 75 words of 1260 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1260 total…the Battle of Gettysburg things went continually downhill for the South. The day after Gettysburg, On July fourth, 1863, Union General Ulysses S. Grant took control of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River. Union General William T. Sherman marched through the South, annihilating everything in their path. On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. 610,000 Americans were killed during the Civil War. They died for a cause. They died to save the Union.