Union

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belligerent in war political entity side in civil conflict

The Union was the federal government and Northern states of the United States that opposed the seceding Confederate states during the American Civil War.

Aliases (2)

Union (preservation of the Union during the American Civil War) ×1
the Union ×1

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	belligerent in war → political entity → side in civil conflict →
alliance	Border states loyal to the Union →
alsoKnownAs	Federal government → United States → United States of America (Union) → the North →
capital	Washington, D.C. →
commanderInChief	Abraham Lincoln → Andrew Johnson →
conflict	American Civil War →
continent	North America →
country	United States of America →
currency	United States dollar →
demographicFeature	larger population than the Confederacy →
economicFeature	more industrialized than the Confederacy →
endTime	1865 →
executiveBody	United States federal government →
goal	prevent secession of Southern states → restore federal authority over seceded states →
governmentForm	federal republic →
headOfGovernment	Abraham Lincoln → Andrew Johnson →
headOfState	Abraham Lincoln → Andrew Johnson →
ideology	Unionism → preservation of the United States →
includedState	California → Connecticut → Delaware → Illinois → Indiana → Iowa → Kansas → Kentucky → Maine → Maryland → Massachusetts → Michigan → Minnesota → Missouri → Nevada → New Hampshire → New Jersey → New York → Ohio → Oregon → Pennsylvania → Rhode Island → Vermont → West Virginia → Wisconsin →
language	English →
laterGoal	abolition of slavery in rebelling states →
leaderTitle	President of the United States →
legalBasis	United States Constitution →
legislativeBody	United States Congress →
militaryBranch	Union Army → Union Marine Corps → Union Navy → Union Volunteers →
navalStrength	maintained naval blockade of Confederate ports →
notableCommander	George B. McClellan → George G. Meade → Philip H. Sheridan → Ulysses S. Grant → William Tecumseh Sherman → Winfield Scott →
opposed	Confederacy → Confederate States of America →
result	victory in the American Civil War →
significantEvent	Appomattox Campaign → Battle of Gettysburg → Emancipation Proclamation → Siege of Vicksburg →
startTime	1861 →
statusAfterWar	preserved United States as a single nation-state →
transportInfrastructure	extensive railroad network →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army of the Potomac → Edward Dickinson Baker → Henry W. Halleck → Nathaniel Lyon → South Atlantic Blockading Squadron → Ulysses S. Grant → Union Army → William R. Shafter →	allegiance
Battle of Antietam → Battle of Gettysburg → Battle of Gettysburg → Sherman’s March to the Sea →	belligerent
American Civil War → Confederate States of America →	opponent
Battle of Monocacy →	combatant
American Civil War →	hasParticipant
American Civil War Museum →	hasPerspective
Union County, Tennessee ("Union (preservation of the Union during the American Civil War)") →	namedAfter
Lost Cause ideology ("the Union") →	portraysAsAggressor
Anaconda Plan →	usedBy