Union slodiers - Yanks or Yankees .
bushwhacker - a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
Confederate - a supporter of the Confederate States of America
greyback, Johnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, Rebel - `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
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Fighting for the Union side, the soldiers were called Yankees. Those fighting for the South were called Confederates, or Rebels.
The soldiers who fought for the South, in the American Civil War were called, "rebels."
Most were in the 54th Regiment of Massachusets, but there was over 200,000 African Americans that fought against the Confederates.
Between 180,000 and 200,000 black soldiers fought in the Civil War.
The Union soldiers thought that they were fighting for slaves to be free.
Conscription or the draft.
It is estimated that more than 2 million Union soldiers were under the age of 21 during the US Civil War.
The period after the Civil War, 1865 - 1877, was called the Reconstruction period. Abraham Lincoln started planning for the reconstruction of the South during the Civil War as Union soldiers occupied huge areas of the South.