Choosing sides during the Revolutionary War in the Back Country
Militia or Citizen Soldier nomenclature irrespective of professional soldiers, i.e. American Continentals and British Redcoats & exclusive of allies
Partisan
Sometimes applied to South Carolina Patriot militia
Patriot
General term for American forces across the country
Refugee
Georgia militia, associated with being constantly on the move
Whig
Patriot more in a political sense
King’s Man
Sometimes applied to South Carolina Loyalist militia
Loyalist
General term for colonists who sided with the British Crown
Provincial
Served in a more regulated unit versus militia
Regular
British trained Loyalist, term also applicable to British troops
Royalist
Another term for Loyalist
Tory
Loyalist more in a political sense
There were also several derogatory terms for those on either side, Rebel being one the most common applied by the British to American troops.