Rebs
Southern secession fighters
Rebs is an informal shortening of Rebels, most often referring to Confederate soldiers or sympathizers during the American Civil War: The Rebs held the high ground.
It appears in historical fiction and casual discussion of the war.
The term can also refer to sports teams nicknamed the Rebels.
Secessionist Southern government
- Johnny RebConfederate enlisted man
- DixieNickname for Confederate states
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
Union · Yankee · bluecoats · Antietam · Gettysburg · Appomattox · Fort Sumter · Lincoln
Irregular armed fighter
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
dissident · insurrectionist · partisan · freedom fighter · militant · underground · secessionist · defiant
Confederacy
Secessionist Southern government
- Johnny RebConfederate enlisted man
- DixieNickname for Confederate states
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
Civil War · Union · Yankee · bluecoats · Antietam · Gettysburg · Appomattox · Fort Sumter · Lincoln · Grant
guerrilla
Irregular armed fighter
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
revolutionary · dissident · insurrectionist · partisan · freedom fighter · militant · underground · secessionist · defiant · nonconformist
RebsYanks
British term for Americans
Yankees · Union soldiers · Union Army · Federal troops · Union troops
- rebellious spiritDisposition against compliance
- rebel without a causeDefiant person lacking motive
- rebel yellsFierce shouts of insurgents
- teenage rebellionAdolescent resistance to authority
- teen rebellionAdolescent resistance to authority
- rebellious teenagerAuthority-resisting young person
rebel, rebels, rebelled, rebelling, rebellion, rebellions, rebellious, rebelliously, rebelliousness