Question

URGENT, PLEASE HELP:
Early in the war most union soldiers did not think they were fighting for abolition. What were they fighting for? After 1862 how and why did antislavery and pragmatism join to support emancipation?

Answer 1

Union Army summary: The Union Army (aka the Federal Army, or Northern Army) was the army that fought for the Union (or North) during the, the American Civil War. Actually, it was comprised of several armies, to cover the many departments (geographic regions) in which the war was fought. Union armies were named for primary bodies of water within their department; hence, the Army of the Potomac (the largest Union army), Army of the Ohio, Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Tennessee, etc. These armies were comprised of U.S. Regulars (professional soldiers of the regular United States Army (the Federal army), and the volunteer units supplies by the Northern and Western states and territories. At the end of the Civil War in 1865, the Union Army was victorious over the Confederate Army. Union Cavalry Soldier

Answer 2

You CLEARLY illustrated your LACK of understanding the question!!