(A) General George Grant, Pickets Charge, Turning point for the Union
(B) General George Meade, Pickets Charge, Turning point for the Confederate
(C) General George Meade, Pickets Retreat, Turning point for the Union
(D) ** General George Meade, Pickets Charge, Turning point for the Union
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Concept note-1: -Union victory. Gettysburg ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end. The loss there dashed the hopes of the Confederate States of America to become an independent nation.
Concept note-2: -Pickett’s Charge was ultimately a futile all-out assault on an extremely fortified Union position. Many historians consider Pickett’s Charge to symbolize the turning tide of the war for the Union Army, although Lee’s army fought on for nearly two more years.