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Vicksburg in British English
(ˈvɪksˌbɜːɡ)
noun
a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River: site of one of the most decisive campaigns (1863) of the American Civil War, in which the Confederates were besieged for nearly seven weeks before capitulating. Pop: 26 005 (2003 est)
Vicksburg in American English
(ˈvɪksˌbɜrg)
city in W Miss., on the Mississippi River: besieged & captured by Grant in the Civil War (1863): pop. 26,000
Word origin
after Rev. Newitt Vick (?-1819), early settlerImage ofVicksburg
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