Union Army

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The Union Army was the land-based military force of the United States (the North) during the American Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union and ultimately defeat the Confederacy.

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Generate an image of the Union Army (The Union Army was the land-based military force of the United States (the North) during the American Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union and ultimately defeat the Confederacy.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeFrom 1861 ⓘ
activeUntil 1865 ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Federal Army ⓘ
Northern Army ⓘ
branchOf United States War Department ⓘ
commanderInChief Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Andrew Johnson ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
contributedTo abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
demobilization gradual mustering out after 1865 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
includes United States Colored Troops ⓘ
United States Regular Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army

United States Volunteers ⓘ
state militia units mustered into federal service ⓘ
legalBasis acts of the United States Congress ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Chattanooga ⓘ
Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
notableCampaign Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
Overland Campaign ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
notableCommander Ambrose Burnside ⓘ
George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

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

Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
notableEvent surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
opposedBy Confederate States Army ⓘ
partOf United States Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryObjective defeat of the Confederacy ⓘ
preservation of the Union ⓘ
recruitmentMethod conscription ⓘ
voluntary enlistment ⓘ
role land warfare ⓘ
sizePeakStrength over 1,000,000 soldiers ⓘ
subdivision Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
Army of the Frontier ⓘ
Army of the Gulf ⓘ
Army of the James ⓘ
Army of the Mississippi ⓘ
Army of the Missouri ⓘ
Army of the Ohio ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Army of the Shenandoah ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
successor United States Army ⓘ

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George B. McClellan → servedIn → Union Army ⓘ
subject linked to: George McClellan
William R. Shafter → partOf → Union Army during the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Union Army
Louisa May Alcott → employer → Union Army ⓘ
James A. Garfield → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
Union County, South Dakota → namedAfter → Union (United States) in the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Union Army
Chester A. Arthur → servedIn → Union Army ⓘ
Benjamin Harrison → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
Union Square (San Francisco) → namedAfter → Union Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Union Square
Union → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
Hiram Revels → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
Sherman’s March to the Sea → ledBy → Union Army of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Union Army
Appomattox Campaign → combatant → Union Army ⓘ
William McKinley → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
Henry Lee Higginson → memberOf → Union Army ⓘ
Philip Sheridan → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
Frank Furness → servedIn → Union Army ⓘ
Dorothea Dix → employer → Union Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Dix
Barbara Frietchie → associatedWith → Union Army ⓘ
Fort Jefferson → garrisonedBy → Union Army ⓘ
Deep Cut → opposedBy → Union Army ⓘ
Brawner Farm → associatedWith → Union Army ⓘ
Robert Anderson → allegiance → Union Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Major Robert Anderson
Boston Corbett → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
McLean House → eventParticipant → Union Army ⓘ
George B. McClellan → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Little Mac
Young Napoleon → associatedWith → Union Army ⓘ
Isaac Jones Wistar → memberOf → Union Army ⓘ
Army of the Potomac → branch → Union Army infantry ⓘ
linked to: Union Army
Cushman K. Davis → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
Edmund G. Ross → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ