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-The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.

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

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded.