Gettysburg

              By 1863, the Confederacy was slowing down. Farms in the south were failing because of the increasing amount of escaping slaves and the fact that it was impossible to export products of high demand with the Union's blockade of southern ports. Because of this, they also couldn't receive any, now exhausted, supplies, and because of this soldier’s morale went down and increasingly deserted the army. Lee hoped that a win in the north could gain foreign recognition to aid the needy south. On July 1, 1863 the two major forces met at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This proved to be the bloodiest battle of the war with over 50,000 casualties and deaths. Lee's army was repelled and retreated to Virginia. It was a major win for the north and it devastated Lee's already battered army. It was the turning point of the war, and the union gained the upper hand after that.

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