Northern Army

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The Northern Army, more formally known as the Union Army, was the land force that fought for the United States (the Union) against the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

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Northern Army canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army
military land force
allegiance Union
United States government
alsoKnownAs Federal Army
Northern forces
linked to: Northern Army

Union Army
commanderTitle General-in-Chief
President of the United States
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
disbanded after the end of the American Civil War
endTime 1865
engagedIn Appomattox Campaign
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Shiloh
Overland Campaign
Siege of Vicksburg
foughtAgainst secession of Southern states
foughtFor preservation of the United States
hasCommander Abraham Lincoln
George B. McClellan
linked to: George McClellan

George G. Meade
Henry W. Halleck
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Winfield Scott
includedBranch United States Colored Troops
United States Regular Army
state volunteer regiments
language English
location Northern states
United States
border states
militaryBranch land forces
notableEvent emancipation of enslaved people in Confederate territory as armies advanced
objective defeat the Confederacy
preserve the Union
opposedBy Confederate States Army
partOf Union
United States armed forces (Civil War era)
size over one million soldiers at peak strength
startTime 1861
successor United States Army
usedConscription true

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Union Army alsoKnownAs Northern Army