Vicksburg

American  

[viks-burg] / ˈvɪks bɜrg /

noun

1. a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River: important Civil War siege and Confederate surrender 1863.

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Vicksburg British  

/ ˈvɪksˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. 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)

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Example Sentences

“I have a lot of suspicion,” said Robert Favela, who uses his well to water a stand of bamboo on his 5-acre property in Vicksburg.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

“We’re here to make sure that doesn’t continue to happen,” he said during a candidates’ rally in Vicksburg.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2023

Fondomonte itself has other operations on private land in Vicksburg, near Butler Valley.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2023

On Monday afternoon, Ralph Horton was driving east along Interstate 20 to his home Tallapoosa, Ga., when he stopped in Vicksburg, Miss., for a break.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Only a strip of the river between Baton Rouge and Vicksburg was then under Confederate control.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt