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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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