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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Bluebelly
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.
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."
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."
If it was the Confederate soldiers, the Union would attack the Confederates. If it was the Union soldiers, then the Confederates would attack the Union.