1.  Fortuitously, the advancing Union forces operated as a safety valve.

2.  Strategically, it was a victory for the union forces of the North.

3.  As Union forces took over Southern cities, they often took over the local papers as well.

4.  At the onset of the war, after first refusing the command of all Union forces, Lee volunteered his services for his home state of Virginia.

5.  After the city fell to Union forces during the Civil War, Gen. Benjamin Butler of Lowell was put in charge of the occupation.

6.  But while they ate, Union forces charged the Confederate lines.

7.  For one, the Union forces needed a port city to establish links with the North.

8.  Gregg opened fire with the complete confidence that he was attacking a small Union force.

9.  His sturdy pacifism prevails until his youngest son is kidnapped by Union forces.

10.  In New Orleans, Nicholas says, several all black regiments were formed to fight for the South and then joined the Union forces when the city fell.