No, that was in the Revolutionary War where the British were called Redcoats.
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"
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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No, that was in the Revolutionary War where the British were called Redcoats.
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"
They were called Union Army or Yankees, but preferly they refer to them as Yankees.
The Union soldiers in the Civil War were sometimes called "yankees" or "yanks." The Confederate soldiers were sometimes called "rebels" or "rebs."
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The Confederates called themselves "Confederates" or Confederate Soldiers". The Union slang for them was "Johnny Reb"
Galvanized Yankees
Soldiers for the North (Union) were called "yanks" or more derisively "blue-bellies."
Confederate states and the union states The northern soldiers were simply called the Union (which was also the name describing the northern states), while the southern soldiers were called Confederates (after the name that described the states that broken away in 1861, the Confederate States of America.) EDIT: The soldiers of the North were known as the Yankees. They were often referred to as "Billy Yanks" by their enemies from the South. The soldiers of the South were known as the Rebels. "Johnny Rebs" became their nickname by the Union armies of the North.