They did not recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation. They regarded it as a collection of states in rebellion against the US
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.....and they called them "rebels" or "Johnny Reb" or "Goddamn secessionists"
Because those states were in rebellion against the USA
because they are not southerners they keep away from them
The Southerners were called Rebels. The Northerners were called Yankees. The spellings are the same today.
The confederates
Southerners, secessionists, Confederates, rebels,
Because the southern states had rebelled against the USA.
Some southerners from the US call people from the north Northerners while there are some that call them Yankees. Others simply call them by their first name.
Rebs (short for Rebels) and seshes (short for secessionists) were two.
The northerners were called Rebels or Johnny Reb .... Southerners were called Yankees or Billy Yank .
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
southerners
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