Question

Which Civil War battle was important in that the Union army was able to stop Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north and marked the beginning of the end for the Confederate forces in the east?

A) Yorktown

B) Vicksburg

C) Shiloh

D) Gettysburg

Answer 1

This Civil War battle was the battle of Gettysburg. Robert E. Lee was repelled from the North after his second invasion attempt, and the union commander George E. Mead proved victorious. The battle took part in July of 1863, and is often regarded as the turning point for the civil war.