UnionSLM

THE UNION:
The Union was full of all Democrats. They called themselves the "Homemade Yankees" (at least the ones in the North). The Union was named to refer to the federal government. It was opposed by 11 Southern slave states that had declared a secession to join the Confederacy. The Union is often loosely referred to as the "North", both then and now. Nearly 120,000 Southern Unionist served in the Union Army and were used as anti-guerrilla forces and occupation troops in areas of the Confederacy in the Union.