Vicksburg

[ viks-burg ]

/ ˈvɪks bɜrg /

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noun

a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River: important Civil War siege and Confederate surrender 1863.

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Words nearby Vicksburg

vicious circle, vicissitude, Vick, Vickers, Vickers number, Vicksburg, Vicky, Vico, Vicodin, vicomte, vicomtesse

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How to use Vicksburg in a sentence

He learned about Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Manassas, and Antietam.
Selling the Civil War to African Americans|David A. Graham|April 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
In 1933, Ben Shahn loaned Walker Evans a right-angle viewfinder, which he took on assignment to Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Furtive Photography|Philip Gefter|May 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Toward noon the sound of distant cannon began to echo around, probably from Vicksburg again.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
Of course the orderly had lied in the beginning to scare me, for General P. is too far away from Vicksburg to send an order.
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This was done to help General Grant, who was marching his army down, to get below Vicksburg.
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Both these places were captured, and in that way the river was opened all the way from St. Louis to Vicksburg.
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Pemberton confronted Grant with temporarily superior forces near Vicksburg.
Stone's River|Wilson J. Vance

British Dictionary definitions for Vicksburg

Vicksburg

/ (ˈvɪksˌbɜːɡ) /

noun

a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River: site of one of the most decisive campaigns (1863) of the American Civil War, in which the Confederates were besieged for nearly seven weeks before capitulating. Pop: 26 005 (2003 est)

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