Vicksburg

[ viks-burg ]

noun

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

Vicksburg

/ ˈvɪksˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

He learned about Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Manassas, and Antietam.

From The Daily Beast

In 1933, Ben Shahn loaned Walker Evans a right-angle viewfinder, which he took on assignment to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From The Daily Beast

Toward noon the sound of distant cannon began to echo around, probably from Vicksburg again.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

This was done to help General Grant, who was marching his army down, to get below Vicksburg.

From Project Gutenberg

Both these places were captured, and in that way the river was opened all the way from St. Louis to Vicksburg.

From Project Gutenberg

Pemberton confronted Grant with temporarily superior forces near Vicksburg.

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