Mississippi ( ()) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi

of Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico

bear the largest brunt in warfare, as measured by casualties, deprivation, or physical and psychological stress.

, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River

, Kentucky and Tennessee (via the Mississippi River) to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma

to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi

Iowa ( ()) is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River

to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas

The Battle of Gettysburg (locally ()) was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town

navy in the world and it has been estimated that in terms of tonnage of its active battle fleet alone