Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 â April 4, 1968) was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.
The Battle of Saratoga was probably the most important point in the war. British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army southward from Canada in the Champlain Valley, hoping to meet a similar British force marching northward from New York City and another British force marching eastward from Lake Ontario.
Gettysburg was, by American Civil War standards, a massive battle. It's importance should not be downplayed. But it is also just a part of a larger mosaic of the war. There was great interest at the time in its outcome, but I doubt you'd find anyone in 1863 that would have called it a turning-point. I rather think Winston Churchill's quote regarding the Second Battle of El Alamein is an apt description of what was felt: Now this is not the end.