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

1 sense of siege of vicksburg

Sense 1
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)