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07-15-2013, 06:01 PM
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RE: Gettysburg-"Turning point"of the Civil War?
While I can't agree with Bill about which loss was more important, let me add another thought to the mix. I don't think either battle was "the turning point" in the war. A turning point is usually defined as a point in which after it happens, the outcome is generally settled. I don't think it was until Grant was actually put in charge of all Union troops in 1864 that this point was reached. Grant's continued bombarding of the Confederacy exposed the various weaknesses that other Union commanders either didn't or wouldn't see and finally ended the war.
Just another thought. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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