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Union, the

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Union, the

The USA as a united national entity, especially during the American Civil War. When the Confederate states (see Confederacy) seceded in 1861, the remaining states in the Union fought against them in the Civil War (1861–65).

During the Civil War, 23 states: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin, as well as the territories of Colorado, Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington fought for the Union.



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The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the UNION, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
If she was 'im she'd join the union, the last time there was a strike she was expectin' 'im to be brought back in an ambulance every time he went out.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
When the war came on it found in the family, as in so many others in that State, a divided sentiment; the young man was loyal to the Union, the others savagely hostile.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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