SIEGE OF VICKSBURG
Dictionary entry overview: What does siege of Vicksburg mean? • SIEGE OF VICKSBURG (noun)
The noun SIEGE OF VICKSBURG has 1 sense:
1. a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
Familiarity information: SIEGE OF VICKSBURG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SIEGE OF VICKSBURG (noun)
Meaning:
A decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
siege of Vicksburg; Vicksburg
Instance hypernyms:
beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)
Domain region:
Magnolia State; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)
Holonyms ("siege of Vicksburg" is a part of...):
American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)
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