Anti-war Democrats
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Anti-war Democrats ("Copperheads")
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The Copperheads were the anti-war Democrats.
Copperheads were Northerners who did not want to go to Civil War. Rather, they wanted peace and to try and find a compromise with the South.
Copperheads
Copperheads were really disguised War Democrats. As the US Civil War dragged on and tens of thousands of lives were lost, support for some type of peace agreement needed to be made. Copperheads were not the only "peace group" in the North. A+ Northern Democrats Who favored the Peaceful Secession of the South
Copperheads (Anti-war Democrats)
They were referred to as Copperheads.
They were called Copperheads.
Peace Democrats but there enemies called them copperheads
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.