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.

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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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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