Copperhead (politics)
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In the 1860s, the Peace Democrats, also known as Copperheads, were a faction of the Democratic Party in the North who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the C
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."
"The Copperhead Party—in Favor of a Vigorous Prosecution of Peace!", cartoon by Thomas Nast, in the Harper's Weekly, February 28, 1863
Clement Vallandigham
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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.
Copperhead (politics)
…badges. By contrast, Democratic supporters of the war were called War Democrats. Notable Copperheads included two Democratic Congressmen from Ohio: Reps. Clement L. Vallandigham and Alexander Long. Republican prosecutors accused some prominent Copperheads of treason in a series of trials in 1864. Copperheadism was a highly…
Vallandigham in 1863
Vallandigham's arrest, 1863
Union Party poster for Pennsylvania warning of disaster if McClellan wins