Actually, the above answer is incorrect. The pro-slave states of the South were called the Confederate States of America (CSA) and the capital was in Montgomery, Alabama with the first president of the confederacy being Jefferson Davis. "Rebel" is just a nickname given to the Confederate soldiers, similar to all US soldiers in WWII being called "yanks," whether they were from the north or south.
Confederates, grays, rebs, rebels
The rebels or "rebs".
Rebels
(south)
Confederates, Rebels, among other things
The Confederates ("Johnny Reb")
one nickname was the rebels..
sur 13 south
The confederates
Southerners, secessionists, Confederates, rebels,
Uhh...that was just a nickname used by the North on Confederates.
Another name for confederates during the American Civil war was rebels.Yankees was another.