The term "Yankee" typically refers to people from the Northern United States, particularly during the American Civil War when it was used to describe Union soldiers. The North, or Union, was opposed to the South, or Confederacy, which sought to maintain slavery and states' rights. Therefore, Yankees are associated with the North.
It was the North in the Civil War. The North's nicknames were the Yanks(Yankees) and the South's were the Rebels.
Michael Kittredge
Yankee or Yank is English slang for a person from New England, US or from North America. Essentially a person from the US - an American
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It was the North in the Civil War. The North's nicknames were the Yanks(Yankees) and the South's were the Rebels.
The " Rock of Chickamauga" was a Yankee.
Billy Yank was a personification of the Yankee (Northern) soldier. Johnny Reb personified the South.
North America.
North America.
Yes, a Yankee soldier and a union soldier fought on the same side in the American Civil War (1861-65). The term "Yankee" was used by southerners to denote someone from the north, or the union. In this case, "Union" and "Yankee" mean the same thing. Nobody knows why the South ever came up with that term, though.
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Yankees are a nickname of people who fought for the north. So yes. But yankee's were not their own entity
Michael Kittredge
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My turn to use the musket today, Reb. Seriously, both sides had basically the same weapons, but the North had more and better ones. One weapon the North had which the South did not was the breech-loading repeating Sharps rifle - that Damned Yankee gun they loaded on Sunday and shot all week according to the Rebs.
Yankee or Yank is English slang for a person from New England, US or from North America. Essentially a person from the US - an American