Gettysburg: The Decisive Battle of the Civil War
The battle of Gettysburg was an extremely important battle of the Civil War. Gettysburg was the decisive battle of the Civil War because the South lost an irreplaceable amount of troops and officers; it caused the European powers not to intervene in the war; it created dissension among the officers of the Confederacy; it strengthened the Northern population's will to continue the war, while it hurt the Southern population's will to stay in the war.
At Gettysburg, Lee lost an immense amount of men, which the Southern population could never r…
