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Army of the United States

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noun

  1. the army or armies referred to in the U.S. Constitution, especially consisting of the Regular Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve.


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“They were the first members of the expeditionary Army of the United States in France to die, that we might live,” the marker reads.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2019

In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2011

These former National Guardsmen during peacetime gave their time and effort to maintaining a cadre around which a large part of our pressingly needed Army of the United States is being formed.

From Time Magazine Archive

This, it seems to us, is where the Army of the United States has set foot on a difficult and dangerous road.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Army of the United States had control of the city.

From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Davis, Jefferson

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