Vicksburg — synonyms, definition

1. Vicksburg (Noun)

siege of Vicksburg

Vicksburg (Noun) — A decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered.

Vicksburg (Noun) — 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.

beleaguering besieging military blockade siege town American Civil War MS Magnolia State Mississippi United States Civil War War between the States