Northern Army

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Union Army military land force

The Northern Army, more formally known as the Union Army, was the land force that fought for the United States (the Union) against the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

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Label	Occurrences
Northern Army canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union Army ⓘ military land force ⓘ
allegiance	Union ⓘ United States government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Federal Army ⓘ Northern Army ⓘ surface form: Northern forces Union Army ⓘ
commanderTitle	General-in-Chief ⓘ President of the United States ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
disbanded	after the end of the American Civil War ⓘ
endTime	1865 ⓘ
engagedIn	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ Atlanta Campaign ⓘ Battle of Antietam ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ Battle of Shiloh ⓘ Overland Campaign ⓘ Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
foughtAgainst	secession of Southern states ⓘ
foughtFor	preservation of the United States ⓘ
hasCommander	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ George McClellan ⓘ surface form: George B. McClellan George G. Meade ⓘ Henry W. Halleck ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ Winfield Scott ⓘ
includedBranch	United States Colored Troops ⓘ United States Army regulars ⓘ surface form: United States Regular Army state volunteer regiments ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Northern states ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States border states ⓘ
militaryBranch	land forces ⓘ
notableEvent	emancipation of enslaved people in Confederate territory as armies advanced ⓘ
objective	defeat the Confederacy ⓘ preserve the Union ⓘ
opposedBy	Confederate States Army ⓘ
partOf	Union ⓘ Union forces in the American Civil War ⓘ surface form: United States armed forces (Civil War era)
size	over one million soldiers at peak strength ⓘ
startTime	1861 ⓘ
successor	United States Army ⓘ
usedConscription	true ⓘ

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Union Army → alsoKnownAs → Northern Army ⓘ