Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vicksburg

2 senses of vicksburg

Sense 1
Vicksburg -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 2
Vicksburg, siege of Vicksburg -- (a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered)
       INSTANCE OF=> siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade -- (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)