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Confederate Troops
During the war 100,000 Confederate troops came from Georgia.
The popular name for them was 'Yankees', whilst the Confederate troops were known as 'rebs'.
Confederate Troops
About 44,000 troops.
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.
the rebel army
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confederate soldier fire on union troops in fort sumter.
The union troops attacked the southern position on the missionary ridge and defeated the Confederate troops driving them out of their cover.
the confederacy
The Confederate troops won so many more battles in the East because the Union troops were poorly trained and poorly outfitted. Also, the Confederate troops had better generals than the Union troops had.