Meaning of VICKSBURG
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- [n] a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
- [n] a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves
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| | See Also: | | American Civil War, beleaguering, besieging, Magnolia State, Magnolia State, military blockade, Mississippi, Mississippi, MS, MS, siege, town, War between the States | |
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