federal troops
Central government military
Federal troops are soldiers serving in a national government's military forces, as distinguished from state militias, local guards, or irregular fighters.
In American contexts, the term typically refers to the U.S.
Army or other branches under federal command: The president deployed federal troops to restore order.
The phrase often appears in discussions of civil unrest, disaster response, or historical conflicts like the Civil War.
- armyOrganized land-based military
- armed forcesNation's combined military services
- air forceMilitary aviation branch
- Whiskey RebellionEarly American tax revolt
- infantryGround combat troops
posse comitatus · civil unrest · riot control · march · Little Rock Nine · martial law · executive orders · civil war · artillery · national guard · federalization · military occupation · peacekeeping missions · Kent State · navy · state sovereignty · Grover Cleveland · jurisdiction
- Eisenhower EraDwight Eisenhower, Ike, Richard Nixon, Nixon, farewell address
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
- Indian RemovalIndian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, forced relocation, Indian Territory, Andrew Jackson
- Union ArmyUnion Army, bluecoats, Army of the Potomac, regulars, infantry regiments
- Union soldiersUnion infantry, enlisted men, volunteers, privates, sergeants
- BiafraBiafra, secession, Igbo, Nigeria
federal troopsstate militia
State-controlled armed force
state troops · local militia · National Guard · home guard · state police
federal troopsConfederate troops
Southern Civil War combatants
rebel forces · Confederate army · Confederate forces · Confederate soldiers · insurgents