vicksburg meaning and definition

VICKSBURG noun

Definition of Vicksburg (noun)

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
   • synonyms: siege of Vicksburg