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The Union Army was the land force that fought for slavery. The Union was also known as the Federal army, The U.S army, the National army, and the Northern army. This army was mainly consisted of Northern States which were men who ethier volunteered or were drafted. The Union army fought against the Confederate army and eventually defeated them in 1865. Of the 2.1million men who served in the Union army, about 9.1% were Irish born immigrants, 9.5% were african americans, and there was a small percent of native americans. 360,000 men in the Union army died during this war and about 280,000 men were wounded.

Though the Union army eventually won the battle in 1865 against the Confederate soldiers, they had some weaknesses. To start off their generals compared to the Confederate generals were terrible. The Union army would out number the Confederate army at times two to one, but still, the Confederate army would prevail and win the battle do to the fact that the Union had poor generals and the Confederate army had good generals. Also since the North was invading the South, that means the South had a home advantage giving them better tactics. The Union army did have alot of advantages though as well. For one their army count was 2.1 million, while the Southern's army count was only 1,064,000 million. The Northern's army nearly doubled the Southern's army this met the North could supply more troops when needed which was a huge factor in the war. Also The North had a huge economic advantage. The North outgunned the south, had more clothing for their men, more money, and just more resources in general. Another thing was the North had a navy which is one of the main reasons why the North won the war for the south had to buy their guns and other resources from other countries so the North blocked their sea ports making them unable to get the resources they need making them having to surrender.

In this battle the Union army as usual out number the Confederate army 101,895 to 61,025. Extreame losses were made though. There was a total of 17,666 casualties and losses.