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What is the slang term for a confederate soldier?
The term is "Reb". During the Civil War, confederates were "rebelling" against the US, so rebels were a common term. Johnny Reb was a standard term during that period.
Who was johny reb?
Johnny Reb, or Johnny Rebel was not a person, but a group of soldiers that were fighting on the Confederate side, and were usually poor, white and uneducated.
What where confederate soldiers sometimes called?
Rebels, Johnny, Johnny reb, reb and greyback were some names given the Confederate soldiers by the Union troops.
What were Confederate soldier sometimes called?
Rebels, Johnny, Johnny reb, reb and greyback were some names given the Confederate soldiers by the Union troops.
Why were the Confederate army called Johnny Reb?
they were called this because reb is short for rebel and the south was rebeling against the north
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