Clement L.Vallandigham
copperheads were Northern supporters of the Confederacy
The Copperheads challenged Lincoln's conduct of the war and forced him to consider the political implications of every military move. Moreover, the existence of a strong opposition party forced Lincoln to move cautiously on emancipation.
Didn't like the way Lincoln was running it. Some of these people were called copperheads.
Most Northerners were not Abolitionists, and there was no particular name for them. As the war went on, the anti-war Democrats were called Copperheads. These were pro-slavery.
copperheads were mid westerners that sympathized with the south and opposed abolition
copperheads were mid westerners that sympathized with the south and opposed abolition
Peace Democrats but there enemies called them copperheads
Anti-war Democrats
Copperheads
Copperheads
copperheads were mid westerners that sympathized with the south and opposed abolition
The Copperheads were the anti-war Democrats.
Neither the Union nor the war.
They were called Copperheads.
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They were the anti-war branch of the Democratic party. If the Democrats had won the 1864 General Election, it is well possible that the Copperheads would have been able to call off the war.