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 northerners were called Rebels or Johnny Reb .... Southerners were called Yankees or Billy Yank .
Nicknames for Union soldiers include Yankees and Bluebellies.
To most people living in the US at the time, the Civil War as we know it today, was called the "war of rebellion." The US Civil War was actually an UNDECLARED WAR in which the south was rebelling against it's own government. Hence the word "Rebel", short for rebellion.
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.
Otago Rebels was created in 1998.