Day 4 blog post what I've been learning

Today on day four in History class our class was divided into two groups. One group learned about The Battle of Vicksburg the other learned about The Battle of Gettysburg. My group learned about The Battle of Gettysburg, during which General Lee of the Confederacy fought General George Meade of the Union. The Union lost 23,000 soldiers and the Confederacy lost 28,000 soldiers, which was 1/3 of General Lee's army. The Union ended up winning this battle and halted the Confederacy's movement and plans to make Lincoln surrender with a victory in Union territory. This was a turning point because it allowed the Union to go back on the offensive in the east against the Confederacy.