“How was Gettysburg Turning Point in The Civil War?”
The civil war, fought from 1861 to 1865, was an extremely bloody war fought by two sides of the same coin. America was fighting itself over two opposing views in government over slavery. The northerner’s popular opinion was against slavery even though they profited from slavery just as much as the south, who wholeheartedly supported slavery mostly for the clear economic benefits. The south, also known as the Union, and the Confederacy which was another name for the north The battle of Gettysburg acted as a separating agent for the two armies, and after the battle, the north regained the upper hand. The battle was so effective for an enormous array of reasons, one of which being the geography of the battlefield, the undulating elevation of the ground made for an entire battlefield of upper ground. Secondly, death, obviously a large part of the battle, quite literally a no brainer, both armies lost a considerable amount of troops but the south lost a few hundred more brave men, dying for what most of them thought a noble cause, and that in itself is just about as noble as it gets. Finally, a dismal and yet somehow …show more content…
Both the union and Confederate armies evidently started on higher ground due to its advantages in battle. One event portraying this technique was shown by Pickett's charge, Confederate forces charged a group of union soldiers, 6,000 Confederate soldiers did not survive the charge. Although those with higher ground may not have won, it definitely helped their chances. The geography of Gettysburg, no matter how unimportant it may seem, gave the north a little bit of a leg up against the confederacy. Even then the geography couldn’t stop the colossal amount of casualties on either side of the
The civil war, fought from 1861 to 1865, was an extremely bloody war fought by two sides of the same coin. America was fighting itself over two opposing views in government over slavery. The northerner’s popular opinion was against slavery even though they profited from slavery just as much as the south, who wholeheartedly supported slavery mostly for the clear economic benefits. The south, also known as the Union, and the Confederacy which was another name for the north The battle of Gettysburg acted as a separating agent for the two armies, and after the battle, the north regained the upper hand. The battle was so effective for an enormous array of reasons, one of which being the geography of the battlefield, the undulating elevation of the ground made for an entire battlefield of upper ground. Secondly, death, obviously a large part of the battle, quite literally a no brainer, both armies lost a considerable amount of troops but the south lost a few hundred more brave men, dying for what most of them thought a noble cause, and that in itself is just about as noble as it gets. Finally, a dismal and yet somehow …show more content…
Both the union and Confederate armies evidently started on higher ground due to its advantages in battle. One event portraying this technique was shown by Pickett's charge, Confederate forces charged a group of union soldiers, 6,000 Confederate soldiers did not survive the charge. Although those with higher ground may not have won, it definitely helped their chances. The geography of Gettysburg, no matter how unimportant it may seem, gave the north a little bit of a leg up against the confederacy. Even then the geography couldn’t stop the colossal amount of casualties on either side of the