The Rebel States were the Southern states - which formed the Confederacy.
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The North were referred to as the Union troops and the South was called the Confederates. Their nicknames were the North Yankees and the South Rebels.
The southern solders were called rebels.
According to the North, it was a Union army garrison that must be defended against treacherous rebels. According to the South, it was a part of South Carolina that must be occupied by the Confederate States Army. This caused the first shots of the Civil War.
The North, or Union as they were also called, were called Blue Bellies by the South
The north, you can tell by where it is! :)