Union forces in the American Civil War

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The Union forces in the American Civil War were the armies and navies of the United States that fought to preserve the Union and ultimately defeated the secessionist Confederate states between 1861 and 1865.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf belligerent in a war ⓘ
military force ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Federal forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces

Northern forces ⓘ
linked to: Northern Army

Union Army and Navy ⓘ
casualties hundreds of thousands of killed and wounded personnel ⓘ
commanderInChief Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1865 ⓘ
engagedIn Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Chattanooga ⓘ
Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
Battle of Fort Henry ⓘ
linked to: Fort Henry campaign

Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
Overland Campaign ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
Red River Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Red River campaign

Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
goal defeat of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
preservation of the Union ⓘ
hasPart Union Army ⓘ
Union artillery units ⓘ
Union cavalry units ⓘ
Union infantry units ⓘ
United States Colored Troops ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
United States Revenue Cutter Service vessels ⓘ
militia units ⓘ
regular United States Army units ⓘ
state volunteer regiments ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
ideology Unionism ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
legalBasis Enrollment Act of 1863 ⓘ
Militia Act of 1862 ⓘ
acts of the United States Congress ⓘ
notableCommander David D. Porter ⓘ
linked to: David Dixon Porter

David G. Farragut ⓘ
George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

George G. Meade ⓘ
Henry W. Halleck ⓘ
Philip H. Sheridan ⓘ
linked to: Philip Sheridan

Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
opposedBy Confederate forces in the American Civil War ⓘ
partOf Union war effort ⓘ
recruitedFrom African American volunteers ⓘ
Northern states ⓘ
border states loyal to the Union ⓘ
immigrant populations ⓘ
responsibleFor blockade of Confederate ports ⓘ
defense of border states ⓘ
occupation of Confederate territory ⓘ
protection of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
result victory in the American Civil War ⓘ
significantEvent surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
startTime 1861 ⓘ
subordinateTo United States federal government ⓘ
supremeCommander President of the United States ⓘ
usedStrategy Anaconda Plan ⓘ
usedTechnology ironclad warships ⓘ
railroads for troop movement ⓘ
telegraph communications ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument → dedicatedTo → Union forces in the American Civil War ⓘ
Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, United States → namedAfter → Union (United States) during the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Union forces in the American Civil War
Union occupation of Alexandria, Virginia → partOf → Union military operations in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Union forces in the American Civil War
Northern Army → partOf → United States armed forces (Civil War era) ⓘ
linked to: Union forces in the American Civil War
North Carolina Unionists → partOf → Unionists in the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Union forces in the American Civil War
John Geyser → hasPerspectiveOn → Union side of the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Union forces in the American Civil War
Massachusetts 44th Volunteer Infantry Regiment → militaryTheater → Union operations in the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Union forces in the American Civil War
Augustus E. Willson → militaryConflictContext → American Civil War (youth during the conflict) ⓘ
linked to: Union forces in the American Civil War
Henry H. Crocker → partOf → United States Army forces in the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Union forces in the American Civil War