Individual #siege_of_Vicksburg__Vicksburg  a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
  part of:  American_Civil_War  Mississippi
  type:  siege__besieging__beleaguering__military_blockade  the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

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