What was the importance of the battle of gettysburg?

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Alan Briggs

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22 January, 07:25

What was the importance of the battle of gettysburg?

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Jane Carson · Answer 1

It would determine whether General Lee's invasion of the North would be successful. He also wanted to gather supplies from the North, and hoped a major victory in Union territory would make the Union lose the will to fight.

Karter Wade · Answer 2

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863.