siege of Vicksburg

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siege of Vicksburg - a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrenderedVicksburgAmerican Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States - civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865Magnolia State, Mississippi, MS - a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War