Union forces

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Union_forces

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:color	blue
gptkbp:commanderInChief	gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1865
gptkbp:established	1861
gptkbp:foughtIn	gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh gptkb:Siege_of_Vicksburg gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Donelson
gptkbp:goal	preserve the Union abolish slavery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Union forces
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Yankees gptkb:Federals
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant gptkb:George_G._Meade gptkb:Philip_Sheridan gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman George B. McClellan
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation gptkb:Surrender_at_Appomattox gptkb:Battle_of_Atlanta gptkb:Battle_of_Chattanooga gptkb:Battle_of_Wilderness gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor gptkb:Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House gptkb:Battle_of_Petersburg gptkb:March_to_the_Sea gptkb:Capture_of_New_Orleans gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay gptkb:Blockade_of_Southern_ports
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Iron_Brigade gptkb:United_States_Colored_Troops gptkb:Army_of_the_Cumberland gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac gptkb:Army_of_the_Tennessee gptkb:Irish_Brigade gptkb:Monitor_warships gptkb:Navy's_Mississippi_Squadron
gptkbp:opposedBy	Confederate forces
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Union_Army gptkb:Union_Navy
gptkbp:size	over 2 million soldiers enlisted
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:CSS_Albemarle gptkb:CSS_General_Lovell gptkb:CSS_General_Price gptkb:CSS_General_Sterling_Price gptkb:CSS_General_Sumter gptkb:CSS_Jackson gptkb:CSS_Missouri gptkb:CSS_Morgan gptkb:CSS_Palmetto_State gptkb:Devil's_Den gptkb:Kingdom_of_Callaway_incident gptkb:William_T._Glassell
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6