Union

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf belligerent in war
political entity
side in civil conflict
alliance Border states loyal to the Union
alsoKnownAs Federal government
United States of America
surface form: United States

United States of America
surface form: 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 US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
demographicFeature larger population than the Confederacy
economicFeature more industrialized than the Confederacy
endTime 1865
executiveBody United States government
surface form: 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, United States
surface form: California

Connecticut
Province of Delaware
surface form: Delaware

Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan (most of state)
surface form: Michigan

Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey, United States
surface form: 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
United States Marine Corps
surface form: Union Marine Corps

Union Navy
United States Volunteers
surface form: Union Volunteers
navalStrength maintained naval blockade of Confederate ports
notableCommander George McClellan
surface form: George B. McClellan

George G. Meade
Philip Sheridan
surface form: Philip H. Sheridan

Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Winfield Scott
opposed Confederate States of America
surface form: 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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Union County namedAfter Union
subject surface form: Union County, New Mexico
USS Monitor allegiance Union
brigadier general (Irvin McDowell) allegiance Union
subject surface form: Irvin McDowell
Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie allegiance Union
subject surface form: Ranald S. Mackenzie
Commodore Henry A. Walke allegiance Union
subject surface form: Henry A. Walke
Henry allegiance Union
subject surface form: George Henry Thomas
John Sedgwick allegiance Union
James H. Ford allegiance Union