The back-to-back Union victories at _____ turned the tide permanently against the South by preventing foreign aid and reopening the Mississippi to Northern trade.

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The two victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863 were crucial in turning the tide of the war against the South. Gettysburg ended General Robert E. Lee's ambitious invasion of the North and forced the Confederacy to retreat back into Virginia. Meanwhile, the fall of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in two and preventing foreign aid from reaching the South through the Gulf of Mexico.

The Back-To-Back Union Victories at _____ Turned the Tide Permanently