During the Civil War, Union soldiers wore blue uniforms and were thus Blue Bellies by the Confederate soldiers.
They called the Confederate soldiers the Rebels or "Rebs"
yankees
The Union soldiers in the Civil War were sometimes called "yankees" or "yanks." The Confederate soldiers were sometimes called "rebels" or "rebs."
Soldiers for the North (Union) were called "yanks" or more derisively "blue-bellies."
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Bluebelly
During the Civil War, Union soldiers wore blue uniforms and were thus Blue Bellies by the Confederate soldiers.
They called the Confederate soldiers the Rebels or "Rebs"
yankees
In war, enemy soldiers are given nicknames. Graybacks was the Union nickname for Confederate soldiers because of their gray uniforms, just as British soldiers were called redcoats because of their red uniforms.
They were called Union Army or Yankees, but preferly they refer to them as Yankees.
soviet worriors
The Union soldiers in the Civil War were sometimes called "yankees" or "yanks." The Confederate soldiers were sometimes called "rebels" or "rebs."