Gettysburg led to everyone believing that the South was going to win the Civil War.
The North wasn’t crushing the South like they thought they would. The South wasn’t necessarily winning but they weren’t being beaten so the perception of them “winning” came about. The South had claimed to have better military leaders and better tactics during battle. They Won the First Battle of Bull Run, the Second Battle of Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. These battles