The+Battle+of+Gettysburg

The battle of Gettysburg started on July 1st of 1863 and went until July 3rd of 1863. It took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This battle was started because there was an engagement between isolated units of the Army of Northern Virginia under Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of the Potomac under Union Maj. The significance of the Battle of Gettysburg was that first off it was the turning point of the Civil War, and it turned the war down to the South instead of the North. If the south won the battle of Gettysburg they could have a strategic position in the north to attack the capital of the union. But since the Union won they took the battle down to the south and put the south on the defensive. Approximately 95,000 Union troops were involved with the Battle of Gettysburg. Reynold's was the only union general killed during the battle. The United States had 23,055 people and out of all them 3,155 were killed, 14,531 were wounded and 5,369 were either captured or missing. THe Confederate States of America had 23,231 people and 4,708 were killed, 12,693 were wounded and 5,830 were either captured or missing. 