Experts disagree on battle?s historical importance

Published June 26, 2006 4:00am ET



When tourist dollars from Civil War buffs are in play, no battle is bigger than Gettysburg.

The epic battle, which cost 51,000 lives in 1863, brings about 2 million people annually to a rural Pennsylvania town.

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