Two Miserable Presidents ch. 7 people and places 4th of July

This was the town in Pennsylvania where the Confederate soldiers were looking for shoes. The Union army was there, and they fought for days until the Union victory.

• Vicksburg

• Port Hudson

• Gettysburg

• Milliken's Bend

This was the first regiment of African American soldiers in the Union Army.

• First Louisiana Native Guard

• Third Ohio Regiment

• 15th Maine Infantry

• 67th Georgia Infantry

This town is was located on a hill above the Mississippi River and was key to controlling that part of the river.

• Port Hudson

• Gettysburg

• Little Round Top

• Vicksburg, Mississippi

He carried the battle flag when the black regiment attacked Port Hudson.

• Nathaniel Banks

• Anselmo Planciancios

• John Burns

• Kriz

This man was a War of 1812 veteran who joined the Union army at the age of seventy.

• Grant

• George Meade

• Anselmo Planciancios

• John Burns

This town, along with Vicksburg, was one of the last forts on the Mississippi that was still controlled by Southerners. The battle here proved that black soldiers were good soldiers.

• Port Hudson

• Gettysburg

• Milliken's Bend

• Little Round Top

The Union army had supplies here, and black soldiers succeeded in helping to win a battle here.

• Milliken's Bend

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Port Hudson

This ran down the middle of the Confederate territory. About half was controlled by the North, and the other half was controlled by the South.

• Milliken's Bend

• Ohio River

• Mississippi River

• Savannah River