The Union army was defeated twice because they did not have a proper strategy. The other reason is that their rivals had better weapons.
After the Confederates defeated the Union at Bull Run (Manassas), Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell retreated to Washington.
Irvin McDowell
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Chancellorsville. He split his army, and whipped a Union army twice as large as his own.
The Union army was defeated twice because they did not have a proper strategy. The other reason is that their rivals had better weapons.
The Union Army was the Northern army during the American Civil War. The Union Army fought and defeated the Confederate States (Southern) Army in 1865.
George Washington and his army...
Ulysses S. Grant
the union defeated the confederate army
Complete Control of the Mississippi River.
After the Confederates defeated the Union at Bull Run (Manassas), Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell retreated to Washington.
Major General Joseph Hooker of the Union Army.
Irvin McDowell
"Stonewall" Jackson
The Continental Army led by George Washington and the French Army commanded by the Comte of Rochambeau.
The main goal of the Union army in the east was to not be defeated by the Confederacy. This was the main goal of the entire Union Army from 1861 to 1864.