Vicksburg - Definition
vicksburg
n 1: a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the
Mississippi River to the 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
2: a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after
being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates
surrendered [syn: Vicksburg, siege of Vicksburg]