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The battle of the Front Royal was billed as brother against brother because all of the troops were from Maryland and fought against each other. The troops that fought were the First Maryland CSA and the Kenly's Union Marlanders.
The Union troops were advancing while the Rebel troops were retreating.
The union troops, were about 90,000 strong.
On the 2nd day of fighting at the battle of Gettysburg, Union forces defeated the Confederate attackers, which enabled the Union troops to maintain a strategic position as well as uplift the moral of the troops and declare a victory in the day's battle.
The Union had around 95,000 troops and Confederates had 75,000 troops.
Royal College Union was created in 1891.
federal troops were union soilders
General Grant saw Confederate Fort Fisher as a key target for the Union. He believed that by taking control of this fort, Union troops from there could assist General Sherman's invasion of the Carolinas.
Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief, sent union troops to the South.
Port Royal, in South Carolina was a target for Union blockaders. The city was located in the southeastern part of that state. In early November of 1861, the Union navy assembled a huge armada of ships, seventy seven in all and was the largest naval force assembled at that point of the war. The fleet also carried 12,000 troops to occupy Port Royal as the city would serve as a Union base of blockading operations in the southeast portion of the Atlantic coast. The warships were under the command of Samuel Du Pont, and he successfully forced the evacuation of two Southern batteries protecting Port Royal and its harbor. It was a fierce artillery battle that could be heard from 50 miles away. The city and its port was in Union hands on November 7, 1861.
Royal College of Science Union was created in 1881.
Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union was created in 1901.