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The North were referred to as the Union troops and the South was called the Confederates. Their nicknames were the North Yankees and the South Rebels.
One side was known as the North or the Federal Union or the Yankees. The other was known as the South or the Confederate States or the Rebs and consisted of the states that had seceded from the union of the United States.
In the civil war, the North was called the Union.
AnswerBilly Yank Bluebelly
North Dekota, South Dakota, North Carolina and South Carolina