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]