Vicks·burg /ˈvɪksˌbɚ/
Vicksburg
n 1: a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the
Mississippi River 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
2: a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after
being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates
surrendered [syn: siege of Vicksburg]