The battle went from July 1st-3rd 1863. It was such an important battle because the south losing the battle gave them little to no chance of winning the war and brought the Union that much closer to winning and ending slavery
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought on July 1–3, 1863, was the turning point of the Civil War for one main reason: Robert E. Lee's plan to invade the North and force an immediate end to the war failed.
