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Thesis: Many historians exaggerate the strategic importance of Gettysburg because of its high casualty rate, and because of Lincoln's address there. The battle was not strategically decisive in that it did not lead to an immediate end of the war, and the fact that it was fought near to northern media centers overshadowed the true strategic event: Grant's capture of Vicksburg, closing the Mississippi to enemy traffic.

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