deep south the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
meridian an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"
natchez a town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River
vicksburg a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
pearl river a river in Mississippi that flows southward to the Gulf of Mexico
tombigbee,
tombigbee river a river that rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows southward through western Alabama to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River
Mississippi -
a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico