The confederates
The Southerners were called Rebels. The Northerners were called Yankees. The spellings are the same today.
because they are not southerners they keep away from them
They did not recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation. They regarded it as a collection of states in rebellion against the US IMPROVEMENT .....and they called them "rebels" or "Johnny Reb" or "Goddamn secessionists"
Southerners, secessionists, Confederates, rebels,
The northerners were called Rebels or Johnny Reb .... Southerners were called Yankees or Billy Yank .
Because the southern states had rebelled against the USA.
Yes, during the civil war the soldiers from the south were called Rebels.
During the US Civil War, the Confederate army which is the southern army, referred to the Union Army's soldiers as yankees or yanks. The Union Army (northern army) referred to the Confederate Army's soldiers as rebels, rebs or Johnny Reb.
Because the Southerners pretty much made a confederacy, breaking away from the Union. Another reason is that the South had slaves, the Union did not
Confederates, Rebels, Southerners, Gray Coats.
The Minutemen
They were called Rebels during the Civil War