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Union army

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union army, Federal army, or Northern army. It proved essential to the restoration and preservation of the United States as a working, viable republic.

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Commander-in-Chief
President Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) President Andrew Johnson (1865)
Commanding General
MG Winfield Scott (1841–1861) MG George B. McClellan (1861–1862) MG Henry W. Halleck (1862–1864) GA Ulysses S. Grant (1864–1869)
Country
United States
Engagements
Fort Sumter · First Bull Run · Wilson's Creek · Forts Henry and Donelson · Shenandoah
March
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Part of
U.S. Department of War

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Army administration and issues

Military tactics

Desertions and draft riots

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Union army

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related to Major organizations · 55
Union army → Ambrose, Army, Banks, Benjamin Butler, Burnside, Carolinas, Cumberland, David Hunter, Don Carlos Buell, Eastern Theater, Edward Canby, Edward Ord, Foster, George, George Henry Thomas, Georgia, Grant, Gulf, Henry, Horatio
Engagements · 42
Union army → Antietam, Atlanta, Chambersburg Raid, Champion Hill, Chancellorsville, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, Corydon, First Bull Run, Fort Pillow, Fort Sumter, Forts Henry and Donelson, Franklin, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, Hartsville, Jackson's Valley Campaign, Jonesborough
related to External links · 27
Union army → AccoutrementsLouis, Civil War Era Uniforms, Civil War Home, Defense, Ethnic, Gross, Historical Society, HistoryNetA Manual, Honor, January, MD, Military Surgery, Names, Official Army, Pennsylvania, Rosenthal, Samuel, Soldiers, The Common Soldier, Union Army Historical PicturesU
related to Southern Unionists · 26
Union army → Alabama, Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Although Southern Unionists, As, Civil War, Confederate, East Tennessee, For, Gen, Lincoln's Loyalists, Many, March, North Carolina, Sea, Southern Appalachia, Southern Unionists, Southerners, Tennessee, They, Union
related to Signal Corps · 25
Union army → After, Albert James Myer, Civil War, Colonel Bejamin Fisher, Congress, Corps, During, Fort Monroe, However, Instead, June, Maj, March, Military Telegraph Corps, Myer, Myers, Nicodemus, November, Secretary Stanton, Signal Corps
related to Quartermaster's Department · 20
Union army → Although, Black, Cavalry Bureau, Congress, Many, Military Telegraph Corps, One, Ordnance, Other, QMD, QMG, Quartermaster-General, Quartermaster-General Meigs, The QMD, The Quartermaster's Department, To, Union, United States Military Railroad, Western Gunboat Flotilla, Within
related to Enlisted personnel · 19
Union army → American War, Appointed, As, Discipline, Fort Wayne, Hardee's Tactics, Mexican, Michigan, NCO, NCOs, Non-commissioned, One, Sergeants, The, There, Training, Typically, Union, While
related to Officers · 17
Union army → All, As, Commissioned, Company, March, Officer, Regular, Such, The, The President, There, Union, United States, Volunteer, War Department, West Point, While
related to Women in the Union army · 16
Union army → Anna Etheridge, Armed, Black, Many, Marie Tepe, Nadine Turchin, Nevertheless, Often, One, Originally, Some, The, Thousands, Union, While, Women
related to Desertions and draft riots · 15
Union army → About, AWOL, Civil War, Desertion, If, In, Many, Official, President Lincoln, Since, The, This, Union, Using, While

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Union armyEngagementsFort Sumter1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsFirst Bull Run1.00infobox
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Union armyEngagementsShenandoah1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsSouth Mills1.00infobox
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Union armyEngagementsHarpers Ferry1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsMunfordville1.00infobox
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Union armyEngagementsChambersburg Raid1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsMississippi River1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsPeninsula1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsShiloh1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsJackson's Valley Campaign1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsSecond Bull Run1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsSouth Mountain1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsAntietam1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsHartsville1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsFredericksburg1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsStones River1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsChancellorsville1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsGettysburg1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsChampion Hill1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsVicksburg siege1.00infobox
Union armyEngagementsCorydon1.00infobox

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