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Yankee was a slang term for cheese eaters.
Jan Kees. Or a derogatory name for Dutch settlers.
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What is the Yankee Army?
It was the North in the Civil War. The North's nicknames were the Yanks(Yankees) and the South's were the Rebels.
Was confederate Yankees or Rebels?
Rebels
How do you spell rebels the way they did during the civil war?
The Southerners were called Rebels. The Northerners were called Yankees. The spellings are the same today.
What was the name of the people who fought in the civil war?
The northerners were called Yankees and the Southerner were called rebels.
What is the difference between a Rebel and a Yankee?
in the civil war rebels were pro slavery and Yankees wanted to ban slavery
What is the Yankee Army?
It was the North in the Civil War. The North's nicknames were the Yanks(Yankees) and the South's were the Rebels.
Was confederate Yankees or Rebels?
Rebels
Did the yankees win the the battle of little round top or did the rebels?
Yankees.
Who are the Yankees and the rebels?
The Union soldiers in the Civil War were sometimes called "yankees" or "yanks." The Confederate soldiers were sometimes called "rebels" or "rebs."
What were the confederate soldiers nicknames?
Rebels
What were the nicknames of the north and the south during the civil war?
The Union, North: Yanks, Yankees, Blue BelliesThe Confederacy, South: Rebels, Rebs, Johnny Rebs, Sesh, Secessionists, Gray Backs
Who are the patriots and nicknames for them in the American Revolution?
Bumpkins, rebels
What is the nicknames for the union?
Yankees
What was the nickname of the Union soldiers?
Nicknames for Union soldiers include Yankees and Bluebellies.
What were Nicknames of the soldiers of the confederates?
Confederates, grays, rebs, rebels
The Yankees wore blue uniform. What colour uniforms did the Rebels where?
Red
What was the union army nicknames?
I believe that they were called the YANKEES thatz all i know
