Union Army

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army military organization

The Union Army was the land-based military force of the United States (the North) during the American Civil War, fighting to preserve the Union and ultimately defeat the Confederacy.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Union Army canonical	346
Union Army during the American Civil War	4
Union (American Civil War)	3
Union Army (American Civil War)	2
Union Army of the United States	2
United States Army (Union)	2
Union (United States) in the American Civil War	1
Union Army (American Civil War, as a clerk in the War Department)	1
Union Army (informal roles)	1
Union Army (symbolically)	1
Union Army generals	1
Union Army ground forces	1
Union Army infantry	1
Union Army of Georgia	1
Union Army officers of the American Civil War	1
Union forces	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ military organization ⓘ
activeFrom	1861 ⓘ
activeUntil	1865 ⓘ
allegiance	Union ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
alsoKnownAs	Federal Army ⓘ Northern Army ⓘ
branchOf	United States Department of War ⓘ surface form: United States War Department
commanderInChief	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ Andrew Johnson ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
contributedTo	abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
demobilization	gradual mustering out after 1865 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
includes	United States Colored Troops ⓘ United States Army ⓘ surface form: United States Regular Army United States Volunteers ⓘ state militia units mustered into federal service ⓘ
legalBasis	acts of the United States Congress ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Antietam ⓘ Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ surface form: Battle of Chattanooga Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ Battle of Shiloh ⓘ Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
notableCampaign	Atlanta Campaign ⓘ Overland Campaign ⓘ Peninsula Campaign ⓘ Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
notableCommander	Ambrose Burnside ⓘ George McClellan ⓘ surface form: George B. McClellan George G. Meade ⓘ Henry W. Halleck ⓘ Joseph Hooker ⓘ Philip Sheridan ⓘ surface form: Philip H. Sheridan Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ Winfield Scott ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Appomattox Court House ⓘ surface form: surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House
opposedBy	Confederate States Army ⓘ
partOf	United States Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryObjective	defeat of the Confederacy ⓘ preservation of the Union ⓘ
recruitmentMethod	conscription ⓘ voluntary enlistment ⓘ
role	land warfare ⓘ
sizePeakStrength	over 1,000,000 soldiers ⓘ
subdivision	Army of the Cumberland ⓘ Army of the Frontier ⓘ Army of the Gulf ⓘ Army of the James ⓘ Army of the Mississippi ⓘ Army of the Missouri ⓘ Army of the Ohio ⓘ Army of the Potomac ⓘ Army of the Shenandoah ⓘ Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
successor	United States Army ⓘ

Referenced by (369)

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

George McClellan → servedIn → Union Army ⓘ

subject surface form: George B. McClellan

William R. Shafter → partOf → Union Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Army during the American Civil War

Louisa May Alcott → employer → Union Army ⓘ

Oliver Otis Howard → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery → associatedWith → Union Army ⓘ

Rutherford B. Hayes → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

James A. Garfield → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Union County, South Dakota → namedAfter → Union Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union (United States) in the American Civil War

Chester A. Arthur → servedIn → Union Army ⓘ

Benjamin Harrison → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Union Square → namedAfter → Union Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Union Square (San Francisco)

Union → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Hiram Revels → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Sherman’s March to the Sea → ledBy → Union Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Army of Georgia

Civil War Unknowns Monument → commemorates → Union Army ⓘ

Appomattox Campaign → combatant → Union Army ⓘ

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park → belligerent → Union Army ⓘ

Charles Appleton Longfellow → servedIn → Union Army ⓘ

Lester Frank Ward → militaryService → Union Army ⓘ

William McKinley → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Benjamin F. Butler → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Confederate States Army → opposedBy → Union Army ⓘ

Henry Lee Higginson → memberOf → Union Army ⓘ

Garrett farm near Port Royal, Virginia, United States → associatedWith → Union Army ⓘ

Military Division of the Mississippi → partOf → Union Army ⓘ

Philip Sheridan → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman → hasPerspective → Union Army ⓘ

John Marshall Harlan → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Frank Furness → servedIn → Union Army ⓘ

Valley Campaign of 1862 → belligerent → Union Army ⓘ

Dix → employer → Union Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Dorothea Dix

Barbara Frietchie → associatedWith → Union Army ⓘ

William Conant Church → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

The Battle Hymn of the Republic → associatedWith → Union Army ⓘ

Fort Jefferson → garrisonedBy → Union Army ⓘ

Deep Cut → opposedBy → Union Army ⓘ

Brawner Farm → associatedWith → Union Army ⓘ

Major Robert Anderson → allegiance → Union Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Anderson

Boston Corbett → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

McLean House → eventParticipant → Union Army ⓘ

McClellan’s Own Story → mainSubject → Union Army ⓘ

Little Mac → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

subject surface form: George B. McClellan

Young Napoleon → associatedWith → Union Army ⓘ

Isaac Jones Wistar → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Isaac Jones Wistar → memberOf → Union Army ⓘ

Lewis Henry Douglass → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Army of the Potomac → branch → Union Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Army infantry

Cushman K. Davis → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ

Edmund G. Ross → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ