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The Union ___MASK87___ was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War , 1861 to 1865 . It included the permanent regular ___MASK87___ of the United States , which was augmented by massive numbers of temporary units consisting of volunteers as well as conscripts . The Union ___MASK87___ fought and eventually defeated the Confederate ___MASK87___ during the war . At least two and a half million men served in the Union ___MASK87___ ; almost all were volunteers . About 360 , 000 Union soldiers died from all causes ; 280 , 000 were wounded and 200 , 000 deserted . A brigade is a major tactical ___MASK20___ formation that is typically composed of three to six battalions plus supporting elements . It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment . Two or more brigades may constitute a division . Smith Dykins Atkins ( June 9 , 1836 -- March 27 , 1913 ) was an American newspaper editor , lawyer , and a Union ___MASK87___ colonel during the American Civil War , who temporarily commanded brigades of infantry for two periods of time and cavalry for three periods of time and who was awarded the grades of brevet brigadier general of volunteers and brevet major general of volunteers . After hostilities ended he returned to his editorial work and became an author . Secession ( derived from the Latin term " secessio ") is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity , especially a political entity ( a country ), but also any organization , union or ___MASK20___ alliance . Threats of secession can also be a strategy for achieving more limited goals . The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865 . The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America . The Union won the war , which remains the bloodiest in U . S . history . Major is a ___MASK20___ rank of commissioned ___MASK60___ status , with corresponding ranks existing in many ___MASK20___ forces throughout the world . When used unhyphenated , in conjunction with no other indicators , Major is one rank senior to that of an army Captain , and one rank subordinate or below the rank of Lieutenant colonel . It is considered the most junior of the field ___MASK60___ ranks . The Confederate States , officially the Confederate States of America ( CSA or C . S .), commonly referred to as the Confederacy , was an unrecognized breakaway country of 11 secessionist ___MASK78___ states existing from 1861 to 1865 . It was originally formed by seven ___MASK78___ states  South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas  in the Lower South region of the United States whose regional economy was mostly dependent upon agriculture , particularly cotton , and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African - American slaves .