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.
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.
The Union Army. wasn't it the Union Arny?
The southern solders were called rebels.
They were the north.
The North, or Union as they were also called, were called Blue Bellies by the South
It was the North in the Civil War. The North's nicknames were the Yanks(Yankees) and the South's were the Rebels.
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.
North, South, Yankees, and Rebels.
North~union~rich boys south~ confederate ========= Supporters of the North called themselves the Union and they called the South Rebels. Supporters of the South called themselves the Confederacy and they called the North Yankees. As a name for the generic individual soldier (something like G. I. Joe of the 20th Century) a soldier of the North is sometimes referred to as Billy Yank and one from the South as Johnny Reb.
North~union~rich boys south~ confederate ========= Supporters of the North called themselves the Union and they called the South Rebels. Supporters of the South called themselves the Confederacy and they called the North Yankees. As a name for the generic individual soldier (something like G. I. Joe of the 20th Century) a soldier of the North is sometimes referred to as Billy Yank and one from the South as Johnny Reb.
The north, the Union or Yankees aka Billy yank and the South, the Rebels aka Johnny Reb
The Union, North: Yanks, Yankees, Blue BelliesThe Confederacy, South: Rebels, Rebs, Johnny Rebs, Sesh, Secessionists, Gray Backs
The Union Army. wasn't it the Union Arny?
The southern solders were called rebels.
During the American Civil War, the North referred to the South as the Confederacy.
They were the north.
The North, or Union as they were also called, were called Blue Bellies by the South