1. A 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 halves
    
2. A decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
   - siege of Vicksburg

Type of: beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege, town

Part of: American Civil War, Magnolia State, Miss., Mississippi, MS, United States Civil War, War between the States

Encyclopedia: Vicksburg, Mississippi in the American Civil War