siege of vicksburg

English Thesaurus

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)