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No, that was in the Revolutionary War where the British were called Redcoats.
They called the Confederate soldiers the Rebels or "Rebs"
During the Civil War, Union soldiers wore blue uniforms and were thus Blue Bellies by the Confederate soldiers.
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."