Union Army | Wikipedia audio article

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Union Army


00:01:07 1 Formation
00:05:19 2 Major organizations
00:09:02 3 Personnel organization
00:11:00 4 Leaders
00:14:24 5 Union victory
00:15:05 6 Motivations
00:15:15 6.1 Anti-slavery sentiment
00:16:23 7 Ethnic composition
00:18:34 8 Army administration and issues
00:18:53 8.1 Blacks in the army
00:19:54 8.2 Unit supplies
00:20:18 8.3 Military tactics
00:22:07 9 Desertions and draft riots
00:25:47 10 See also



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SUMMARY
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During the American Civil War, the Union 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 of America as a working, viable republic.
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, including 178,895 colored troops; 25% of the white men who served were foreign-born. Of these soldiers, 596,670 were killed, wounded or went missing. The initial call-up was for just three months, after which many of these men chose to reenlist for an additional three years.