The northern states in the US Civil War called themselves "The Union."
The Northern states called themselves the Union and the Southern states named themselves the Confederacy (The Confederate States of America).
Southern states that seceded from the Union called themselves the Confederate States of America (CSA). This new government was formed in 1861 and was comprised of eleven states that sought to maintain slavery and assert their rights against what they perceived as Northern aggression. The Confederacy existed until its defeat in 1865 during the Civil War.
At the time of the war, the northern states referred to it as the "War of Southern Secession;" at the same time, southern states referred to it as the "War of Northern Agression." More people in the North started referring to it as the Civil War following the Gettysburg Address.
It is generally called the War between the States, although some people call it the Civil War and some call it the War of the Northern Aggression.
The Confederate States of America
The Northern states called themselves the Union and the Southern states named themselves the Confederacy (The Confederate States of America).
At the time of the war, the northern states referred to it as the "War of Southern Secession;" at the same time, southern states referred to it as the "War of Northern Agression." More people in the North started referring to it as the Civil War following the Gettysburg Address.
It is generally called the War between the States, although some people call it the Civil War and some call it the War of the Northern Aggression.
The American Civil War is sometimes called the War Between the States, the War of Rebellion, or the War for Southern Independence. People in the Northern States tended to call it the Civil War, even though it was, obviously, not very civil. People in the Southern States tended to call it "The War Between the States", which it was. So they were probably right. But the South lost. So the North got to pick the name.
Some names that Canadians call themselves include Canuck, Canuckian, and Northern.
I don't know the answer to your question, but down here, we call it "The War of Northern Aggression" or "The War for States Rights" There was nothing "Civil" about it.
The Confederate States of America
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The Confederate States of America
For a time during the Civil War, the United States was no longer. It was divided into two countries with two primary governments: the Confederacy consisted of southern states that supported slavery; the Union was comprised of northern states that opposed it. Jefferson Davis was the President of The Confederacy; Abraham Lincoln the President of the Union. General Robert E. Lee's surrender ended the war and the government of the Confederacy. The states rejoined to become the United States of America again.
During the US Civil War, and in fact before the war, the South's government was the Confederate States of America. This "new" nation wanted and fought for its independence from the US ( Union ).