Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point?
By the year 1863, the Civil War would have been in its third year. The Confederate General (General Robert E. Lee) had taken a train to go to Richmond . Where he would met with President Jeff Davis to discuss his plane on how to invade the North. President Davis agreed with Lee’s plan to invade the North . In the middle of June there were rumors going around on how General Robert E. Lee was moving this army to North. The North began to panic. Many people were heading to train depot to get out of town. While the townspeople of Gettysburg waited and worried for their invasion. On July 1,1863 the battle has began and it was only 4 days long. The Union army marched from Virginia just to try and catch up with Lee in the last two week of June. Both armies had around the same amount of people which was estimated around 75,000. Though this numbers later decreased based on the killed, wounded, and missing.
Both of the armies started with the same amount of soldiers which was around 75,000. In Document B, one of the groups that made up the total number of casualty were the killed .The Union's total killed was 3,155 while the Confederate’s total …show more content…
The Confederate had a total of 20,650-25,000 or 30%- 34% soldiers that either killed, wounded, or missing. In this is finally able to show that the Confederates were the ones who were the most hurt based on the number or percentage of soldier that were not able to fight in the Battle of Gettysburg. It also shows why the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point. The reason why the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point was because of the number of soldier each side (Union and Confederate) had. If the numbers for the Confederate would have been bad then their might have been a different outcome of the battle, instead of the Union winning the
By the year 1863, the Civil War would have been in its third year. The Confederate General (General Robert E. Lee) had taken a train to go to Richmond . Where he would met with President Jeff Davis to discuss his plane on how to invade the North. President Davis agreed with Lee’s plan to invade the North . In the middle of June there were rumors going around on how General Robert E. Lee was moving this army to North. The North began to panic. Many people were heading to train depot to get out of town. While the townspeople of Gettysburg waited and worried for their invasion. On July 1,1863 the battle has began and it was only 4 days long. The Union army marched from Virginia just to try and catch up with Lee in the last two week of June. Both armies had around the same amount of people which was estimated around 75,000. Though this numbers later decreased based on the killed, wounded, and missing.
Both of the armies started with the same amount of soldiers which was around 75,000. In Document B, one of the groups that made up the total number of casualty were the killed .The Union's total killed was 3,155 while the Confederate’s total …show more content…
The Confederate had a total of 20,650-25,000 or 30%- 34% soldiers that either killed, wounded, or missing. In this is finally able to show that the Confederates were the ones who were the most hurt based on the number or percentage of soldier that were not able to fight in the Battle of Gettysburg. It also shows why the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point. The reason why the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point was because of the number of soldier each side (Union and Confederate) had. If the numbers for the Confederate would have been bad then their might have been a different outcome of the battle, instead of the Union winning the