Question

1: Why is Gettysburg still remembered as a turning point in the Civil War?

2: How many casualties were there in the Civil War? How do these numbers compare with other American wars?

Answer 1

1) "The Battle of Gettysburg has often been referred to as the “High Water Mark of the Rebellion.” Many consider it to be a turning point in the Civil War because the Union victory placed the Confederacy on the defensive and ended Gen. Robert E. Lee's most ambitious attempt to invade Union territory."

2) "Roughly 1,264,000 American soldiers have died in the nation's wars--620,000 in the Civil War and 644,000 in all other conflicts. It was only as recently as the Vietnam War that the number of American deaths in foreign wars eclipsed the number who died in the Civil War."