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Term: Vicksburg

Located at strategic spot on Mississippi river at mouth of Yazoo; French built fort here on bluffs, but they were evicted by the Yazoo and Koroa Native tribes; later settled by Spaniards; besieged for 47 days in North's struggle for control of Mississippi river in Civil War.

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Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1859 - 1931, Washington, D.C.