Name 3 actions that the Union Army took during the war...
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During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also called the Northern Army, referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states. Also known as the Federal Army, it proved essential to the preservation of the United States as a working, viable republic.
Union Army
Flag of the United States of America (1863-1865).svg
Flag of the United States from 1863 until 1865 (35 states/stars)
Active
February 28, 1861 – May 26, 1865
(4 years, 2 months and 4 weeks)
Country
United States
Type
Army
Size
2,128,948 total who served
Part of
U.S. Department of War
Colors
Dark Blue
March
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Engagements
American Indian Wars
American Civil War
Fort Sumter
First Bull Run
Wilson's Creek
Forts Henry and Donelson
Shenandoah
South Mills
Richmond
Harpers Ferry
Munfordville
Shepherdstown
Chambersburg Raid
Mississippi River
Peninsula
Shiloh
Jackson's Valley Campaign
Second Bull Run
South Mountain
Antietam
Hartsville
Fredericksburg
Stones River
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Champion Hill
Vicksburg siege
Corydon
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Wilderness
Atlanta
Spotsylvania
Sabine Pass
New Hope Church
Pickett's Mill
Cold Harbor
Plymouth
Fort Pillow
Petersburg siege
Kennesaw Mountain
Jonesborough
Franklin
Nashville
Appomattox Court House
Commanders
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)
Washington, District of Columbia. Officers of 3d Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery (1865)
General George B. McClellan with staff and 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 Philippe of France), and on the very right – the prince's nephew, Count de Paris
The 21st Michigan Infantry, a regiment serving in the Western Theater.
Union private infantry uniform
The Union Army was made up of the permanent regular army of the United States, but further fortified, augmented, and strengthened by the many temporary units of dedicated volunteers as well as including those who were drafted in to service as conscripts. To this end, the Union Army fought and ultimately triumphed over the efforts of the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War.
Over the course of the war, 2,128,948 men enlisted in the Union Army,[1] including 178,895 colored troops; 25% of the white men who served were foreign-born.[2] Of these soldiers, 596,670 were killed, wounded or went missing.[3] The initial call-up was for just three months, after which many of these men chose to reenlist for an additional three years.