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Rebels
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
The rebels helped the US fight Spain in the Phillippines
No, confederate is almost like the opposite of yankee. During the civil war the southern states formed the Confederate States of America, while the northern states stayed the United States of America. The term for the northern troops was Yankee, and the term for the southern troops was confederate or rebel depending on which side you're on.
They were called "Rebels" because the Confederacy chose to rebel against the Union, and broke away from it.
He refused to allow his men to celebrate, saying, "The rebels are our countrymen again."
He refused to allow his men to celebrate, saying, "The rebels are our countrymen again."
Rebels
The Confederates, the South, the Rebels and the Grays were some of the names given to Confederate soldiers by Union soldiers
Rebels
The Rebels.
confederate soldiers, or rebels
The Confederates, the South, the Rebels and the Grays were some of the names given to them by Union soldiers
'the union' and the southern was 'the rebels'
the confederacy
They called the Confederate soldiers the Rebels or "Rebs"
Rebels/Johnny Reb/greycoats