nnoun.locationa 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 halvesPart Holonyms:MS Magnolia State Miss. Mississippi
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nnoun.acta decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrenderedRegion:MSMagnolia StateMiss.Mississippi
Synset:Vicksburg siege of Vicksburg
Part Holonyms:American Civil War United States Civil War War between the States
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