Clement Vallandigham
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Clement Laird Vallandigham was an American lawyer and politician who served as 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.
Copperhead (politics)
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In the 1860s, the Copperheads, also known as Peace Democrats, were a faction of the Democratic Party in the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.
The Eastern copperhead snake is venomous and has coloration well-adapted for camouflage
Copperhead pamphlet from 1864 by Charles Chauncey Burr, a magazine editor from New York City
Clement Vallandigham, leader of the Copperheads, coined the slogan: "To maintain the Constitution as it is, and to restore the Union as it was."