Clement Vallandigham
Videos
Clement Laird Vallandigham was an American lawyer and politician who was the leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War.
Vallandigham, photographed at some point during his Congressional career (1858-1863)
Vallandigham in 1863
Vallandigham's arrest, 1863
Union Party poster for Pennsylvania warning of disaster if McClellan wins
George B. McClellan
Videos
George Brinton McClellan was an American military officer, politician, and engineer who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881, as Commanding General of the United States Army fro
Clement Vallandigham
…promoted the "peace plank" of the platform, which declared the war a failure and demanded an immediate end of hostilities. In his acceptance letter, George B. McClellan made peace conditional on the Confederacy being ready for peace and to rejoin the Union. McClellan's stance conflicted with the Democratic Party Platform…
Portrait by Mathew Benjamin Brady, 1861
The Julian Scott portrait of McClellan in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
McClellan and Ellen Mary "Nelly" (Marcy) McClellan
Patriotic cover honoring the arrival of McClellan in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 1861