Union Army
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The Union Army was the name of the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army, or the National Army.[1]
[change] Structure
It consisted of the small United States Army (the regular army), increased by many numbers of units supplied by the Northern states, composed of volunteers as well as draftees.
[change] History
The Union Army fought and defeated the Confederate States Army during the war, from 1861 to 1865. Of the 2.5 million men who served in the Union Army during the war, about 9.5% were African American, about 360,000 died from being hurt in battle, disease, and 280,000 were wounded.
[change] References
- ↑ See, for example, usage in Grant, Preface p. 3.
