The Battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the Civil war not only because the Union forces won but the effects they had. The Battle of Gettysburg was the war when General Lee planned to advance into northern territory to make the north feel weak. According to Document B, both sides had horrific casualties. But the casualties were only half of it. Even though both had almost the same amount of hurt and dead they had different amount of soldiers in the beginning. The Union forces had about 918,000 soldiers while the confederate had only 278,000. Because of their army size the casualties did not faze the Union, but was a huge problem for the south. After Lee’s failed attempt to beat the union not only did the south lose moral but
