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This 10 page paper discusses the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) and why it was significant. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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course of the Civil War. This paper explains why Gettysburg was significant, what led up to it, and what resulted from it. The Significance of the Battle Simply put, Gettysburg
changed the course of the Civil War, and for that reason, is a significant event. Until that battle, the South had, in large part, been winning almost every engagement, from
the first battle at Bull Run to Malvern Hill to Chancellorsville. The first two years of the war seemed like an unbroken string of Southern victories, and the constant defeats
were causing serious morale problems in the North. There was a growing movement to end the war and let the South go its own way. Gettysburg changed that. Not
only did it provide the North with its first substantial victory, it was a victory that came at precisely the right time. The battle of Gettysburg raged from July 1-3,
1863; on July 4 of that year, far to the west, the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg finally surrendered to Grant. The Federals once again had control of the vital supply
line of the Mississippi River; that, plus news of the victory in Pennsylvania, heartened the North like nothing before. In addition, it "legitimized" the Emancipation Proclamation, which Lincoln had
signed January 1, 1863. But signing it and issuing it were two different matters, and the Battle of Fredericksburg in December, 1862, was one of the blackest days of the
war for the North. During that battle, the Union advanced against Maryes Heights, a heavily fortified held by the South (Wert). From their vantage point, which was higher than the
attacking Federals, the Southern gunners slaughtered the enemy; the casualty rate was nearly 40% (Wert). This was the last major battle of 1862, and it was such a horrific defeat
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