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    States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the...
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  • The military uniforms of the Union Army in the American Civil War were widely varied and, due to limitations on supply of wool and other materials, based...
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    The Army of the Potomac was the primary field army of the Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was created in July 1861 shortly...
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    S. Grant's command of all Union armies in 1864. Inflicting an ever-tightening naval blockade of Confederate ports, the Union marshaled resources and manpower...
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  • brigade, consisting predominantly of Irish Americans, who served in the Union Army in the American Civil War. The designation of the first regiment in the...
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    of action than the Union Army. One of the main projects for the Army Corps of Engineers was constructing railroads and bridges. Union forces took advantage...
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    The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, named for the Tennessee River. A 2005 study of the army states...
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  • Army or U.S. Volunteers) effectively appointed, nominated, confirmed and commissioned (by signed and sealed document) who served in the Union Army during...
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    government of Missouri. The Union Army was a new formation comprising mostly state units, together with units from the regular U.S. Army. Keeping the southern...
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  • departments he appointed. Most of the major Union wartime commanders had, however, previous regular army experience. A smaller number of military leaders...
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  • of Union Army generals, a list of Union brevet generals, a list of Confederate Army generals and a list of prominent acting Confederate States Army generals...
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    The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy),...
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    Union Army were called Cavalry Corps during the American Civil War. One served with the Army of the Potomac; the other served in the various armies of...
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    Battle of Shiloh (category Union victories of the American Civil War)
    Tennessee River. Two Union armies combined to defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi. Major General Ulysses S. Grant was the Union commander, while General...
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    Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac. The name Army of Northern Virginia referred to its primary area of operation...
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    The Union Army Balloon Corps was a branch of the Union Army during the American Civil War, established by presidential appointee Thaddeus S. C. Lowe....
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    the Army of the Cumberland on December 31 along the Stones River. The attacks started at 6 a.m. against the Union right wing and forced the Union flank...
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    Battle of Gettysburg (category Union victories of the American Civil War)
    Battle of Gettysburg, Union Major General George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia...
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  • The Army of the Shenandoah was a field army of the Union Army active during the American Civil War. First organized as the Department of the Shenandoah...
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    ad hoc missions that the European Union (EU) has undertaken and has been described by some as a new "standing army" for Europe. The troops and equipment...
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    The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly...
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    Two corps of the Union Army were called XX Corps during the American Civil War. Though both served in the Union Army of the Cumberland, they were distinct...
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    in July 1946. By September 1946, the army decreased from 5 million soldiers to 2.7 million in the Soviet Union and from 2 million to 1.5 million in Europe...
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    The VI Corps (Sixth Army Corps) was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. The corps was organized as the Sixth Provisional Corps on...
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  • The V Corps (Fifth Corps) was a unit of the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. The first unit designated as the V corps was organized...
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    Battle of Antietam (category Union victories of the American Civil War)
    Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland...
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    Is a Woman Now". The members featured costumes that were based on the Union Army uniforms worn during the American Civil War. Jerry Fuller gave the act...
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    Sharps rifles used by the Union Army. These marksmen accompanied regular infantrymen and were usually tasked with eliminating Union artillery crews. However...
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    were under the control of the United States Army, also called the Union Army. The primary missions of the Union Navy were: Maintain the blockade of Confederate...
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    Captain in the U.S. Army (USA), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), and U.S. Space Force (USSF) (abbreviated "CPT" in the USA and "Capt" in...
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