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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Union (American Civil War) 3
Union (United States) in the American Civil War 1
Union Army during the American Civil War 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 (72)

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

Rutherford → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Rutherford B. Hayes
Union → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
William F. Cody → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
William McKinley → militaryBranch → Union Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union (United States) in the American Civil War
Union Square → namedAfter → Union Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Union Square (San Francisco)
Union City, Georgia → namedFor → Union Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union (American Civil War)
Deep Cut → opposedBy → Union Army ⓘ
William R. Shafter → partOf → Union Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Army during the American Civil War
this entity surface form: Union (American Civil War)
this entity surface form: Union (American Civil War)
Chester A. Arthur → servedIn → Union Army ⓘ
Frank Furness → servedIn → Union Army ⓘ
George McClellan → servedIn → Union Army ⓘ
subject surface form: George B. McClellan
Gatling guns → usedBy → Union Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Gatling gun