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by foxy312005 on January 13th, 2005

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Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War?

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  • by stryder on March 2nd, 2006

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    I would agree that the Siege of Vicksburg was probably the main truning point of the Civil War.

    One of the objectives of Lee's march into Pennsylvania was to threaten the U.S. Capital, hopefully putting pressure on the Administration to pull Ulysses Grant from the Siege of Vicksburg. The Battle of Gettysburg was a major battle, but that loss to the South as well as the fall of Vicksburg were the beginning of the end for the South.

    Even with these terrible losses, General Lee was able to fight a defensive campaign for a long time before he was eventually forced to surrender his Army at Appamatox.

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