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.
Structure
It consisted of the small United States Army (the regular army), increased by many regiments supplied by the Northern states militias. Most soldiers were volunteers but some were drafted.
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.
Images for kids
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Washington, District of Columbia. Officers of 3d Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery 1865
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General George B. McClellan with staff & dignitaries (from left to right): Gen. George W. Morell, Lt. Col. A.V. Colburn, Gen. McClellan, Lt. Col. N.B. Sweitzer, Prince de Joinville (son of King Louis Phillippe of France), and on the very right - the prince's nephew, Count de Paris.
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The 21st Michigan Infantry, a regiment serving in the Western Theater.
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Union private infantry uniform, from plate 172 of the "Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies," containing illustrations of uniforms worn by Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War
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Recruiting poster for the 1st Battalion New York Mounted Rifles
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Private Samuel K. Wilson (1841–1865) of the Sturgis Rifles, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 1862
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The champions of the Union - 1861 lithograph by Currier & Ives
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Noncommissioned officers of the 93rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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The 26th U.S. Colored Volunteer Infantry on parade, Camp William Penn, Pennsylvania, 1865
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Twenty-year-old German immigrant John Haag of Company B, 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment (August 1862)
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Bell's photograph of Private Myer's leg amputation, 1865
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Plate 172 of the "Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies," containing illustrations of uniforms worn by Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War
