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Another name for the part of the country referred as the South is Dixie or Dixieland. During the American Civil War, Northerners referred to those who seceded from the Union as Confederates or Rebels. Confederate soldiers were called rebels, Graybacks (because of the color of their uniform), Grays, Johnny Reb, Johnny, or just plain reb. Confederate guerrillas were called bushwhackers.
some of he nicknames for the South in the Civil War are: Seches, Johnny Reb.
According to Bromfield L. Ridley, an aide to Gen. Alexander Stewart, the following nicknames were given to soldiers from a particular state:
- Alabama - Yaller Hammers
- Arkansas - Toothpicks
- Florida - Gophers
- Georgia - Goober Grabbers
- Kentucky - Corn Crackers
- Louisiana - Tigers
- Mississippi - Sand Lappers
- Missouri - Border Ruffians
- North Carolina - Tar Heels
- South Carolina - Rice Birds
- Tennessee - Hog Drivers
- Texas - Cow Boys
- Virginia - Tobacco Worms
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What was the nickname for Northern soldiers during Civil War?
The Northern soldiers nicknames were the Yankees or Yanks.
What were the nicknames of civil war soldiers on both sides?
Northerners were Billy Yanks; Southerners were Johnny Rebs.
Was nebraska involed in the civil war or in the Revolutionary War?
In Civil War
With what war did the masion-dixon line assocaited?
the Mason Dixon line separated North & South in the US Civil war
What war ended slavery in the US?
civil war. civil war.
Nicknames for south during the civil war?
Johnny Reb
What were lincolns nicknames during the civil war?
honest Abe is one of them
What were the 'nicknames' ofthe two sides in the civil war?
rebs and yanks
What were the union nicknames in the American civil war?
The Confederates called them 'Bluebelly.'
What was the Civil Wars nickname?
The Civil War occurred from 1861 until 1865. The war had several nicknames, including "War Between the States," "War of the Rebellion" and "War for Southern Independence."
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.
What was the nickname for Northern soldiers during Civil War?
The Northern soldiers nicknames were the Yankees or Yanks.
Civil war what is the Harriet Tubman nickname?
Minty and Moses were the nicknames of Harriet Tubman.
What were the nicknames of civil war soldiers on both sides?
Northerners were Billy Yanks; Southerners were Johnny Rebs.
Why were there so many nicknames giving to the civil war?
Many people resented the war being called the civil war, which indicates a rebellion. It was more accurately called the War between the states," Other names were added at later times.
What were the union soldier nicknames in the civil war?
Soldiers for the North (Union) were called "yanks" or more derisively "blue-bellies."
What was some nicknames of generals in the civil war?
All i know so far isstone wall Jackson is Thomas Johnathan Jackson
