The Federal Army

It is a task indeed to sum up the history of a group spanning eight years at the time of this writing in only a paragraph or two. Founded in 2010 by thecaptain97-a reenactor in his own right- The Federal Army was an offshoot of fortressb17's Union group and was intended to prioritize a respect for history and professionalism above all else. From its earliest days, TFA made war with fireman3333's C.S.A. Army, a Confederate group founded one year prior to TFA. Their rivalry would span almost a decade, but their leaders would come and go. Not long after thecaptain founded TFA, the group was handed to beatles17, marking the beginning of TFA's first scandel: the McSummer crisis.Through the years, TFA would see a host of other leaders including the likes of sammy1229, reathan, and Loveablestalker. The group would be stolen, purged, robbed, and killed only to come back even stronger every time.

Other Unions
TFA couldn't maintain a monopoly on the Union forever. Offshoots of TFA started spawning the year it was created, starting with the Union Army Cavalry and followed by The Federal Medics. While these two would maintain an honorary status as being a part of the original Union, a whole host of other Union groups would be birthed from TFA's success; none with the exception of The Federal States of America would ever have the same clout as TFA however, and even then not without sacrificing at the alter of membership the values which define TFA to this day.

Ultimately, the existence of other Unions would lead to the formation of the One Union Policy, a largely informal recognition of only TFA, UAC, and TFM as "legitimate" Union groups. Under this policy, the CSA would not wage war with Union groups outside of those which were party to the agreement. In turn, the Union would pursue a mirror One CSA Policy with similar terms.

The One Union Policy would have more drastic effects later in TFA's history. Despite the lack of success seen by smaller Unions, the presence of other Union groups such as FAA remained as a persistent nuisance to many in TFA's leadership at the end of the first Conter administration. This culminated in the pursuit of a radical version of the One Union Policy during the Conter administration, in which TFA actively aimed to get rid of other Union groups to cement its place as the dominant Union.