USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the American Civil War, the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States led by President Abraham Lincoln. It was opposed by the secessionist Confederate States of America (CSA), informally called “the Confederacy” or “the South".

Detailed explanation-2: -Union: Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Lincoln made Ulysses S. Grant the supreme commander of the Union Armies in March 1864.

Detailed explanation-4: -The North was fighting for reunification, and the South for independence. But as the war progressed, the Civil War gradually turned into a social, economic and political revolution with unforeseen consequences. The Union war effort expanded to include not only reunification, but also the abolition of slavery.

Detailed explanation-5: -Union-The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.