vicksburg

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1. a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered (noun.act)

instance hypernym	:	beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege,
definition	:	the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack (noun.act)

part meronym	:	american civil war, united states civil war, war between the states,
definition	:	civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865 (noun.act)

domain region	:	magnolia state, mississippi, ms,
definition	:	a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War (noun.location)

2. 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 (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	town,
definition	:	an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city (noun.location)

part meronym	:	magnolia state, mississippi, ms,
definition	:	a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War (noun.location)

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