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• n  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
• n  a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered

• Vicksburg
• siege of Vicksburg

News & Articles

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• Buses returned to Vicksburg as too expensive to fix
  The city of Vicksburg hasn't decided what to do with six former transit system buses that are too expensive to run or repair.
  June 14, 2013 - The Clarion-Ledger
• Vicksburg taxis to be inspected by city - WXVT-TV Delta News - More Local News and Weather WXVT.com |
  VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Vicksburg's three cab companies must have their vehicles inspected this month as part of new city regulations. The Vicksburg Post reports ( http://bit.ly/18y8N32 ) that the city's Public Transportation Board approved the new rules about two months ago.
  June 13, 2013 - WXVT 15 Greenville
• Vicksburg woman in jail for Girl Scout cookie scam
  Authorities say a Vicksburg woman armed with a copy of a Girl Scouts cookie order form allegedly bilked $1,000 from customers who thought they had placed legitimate orders.
  June 13, 2013 - The Clarion-Ledger

Quotes

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• Trace Adkins in Earthtimes
  I have been a Civil War enthusiast all my life,Adkins said. "When I visited the battlefield in Vicksburg and stood in a trench where my great-great-granddaddy stood, tears came to my eyes. As a father of five, I believe it is critical that...
• Gary Clark in KATC
  When we hired Ed from the Vicksburg paper, I knew he would sit down the first day and not miss a beat,said Gary Clark, now AP chief of bureau in Atlanta, Ga., who brought McHale to New Orleans. "Having previously worked for UPI, he was...
• Ulysses S Grant in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  The fate of the Confederacy was sealed at Vicksburg,Ulysses S. Grant wrote in his memoirs.