Rhymes for SIEGE-OF-VICKSBURG

• 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

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

• a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

• lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head

• a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River

• an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee

• a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League

• city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries

• United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997)

• a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh

• a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery

• a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union

• a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War

• the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee

• city in western Austria; a music center and birthplace of Mozart

• a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806

• a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806

• capital of Pennsylvania; located in southern part of state

• a hat made of felt with a creased crown

• United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982)

• Canadian physicist (born in Germany) noted for contributions to understanding the structure of molecules (born in 1904)

• a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains

• a city in northern West Virginia

• a city in central Virginia

• the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701

• a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden

• a city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river

• United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)

• United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)

• United States filmmaker (born in 1947)

• United States cartoonist (born in Romania) noted for his caricatures of famous people (1914-1999)

• an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee

• United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967)

• city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port

• an industrial city and river port in northern Poland

• German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)

• United States theoretical physicist (born in 1933)

• United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997)

• a university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001)

• a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)

• a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union

• a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort

• a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia

• a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort

• a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia

• United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982)

• German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970)

• German art historian (1866-1929)

• United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)

• United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)

• United States sculptor (born in Sweden); a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929)

• A plain, coarse textile fabric made from flax, tow or jute yarns.

• Russian novelist (1891-1967)

• a town on the Hudson River in New York; in 1782 and 1783 it was George Washington's headquarters

• United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951)