The Copperheads was a large group of anti-war, anti-Lincoln Democrats that wanted to secure peace with the Confederacy. Their main point of historical influence is in the 1864 presidential election. The Democratic party, nominating George B. McClellan, the old Civil War general, wanted to put a quick stop to the war, giving the CSA its independence. As it happened, Atlanta fell to Sherman, Grant pushed Lee back to Petersburg, and Lincoln's re-election was secured as the public was now sure of an American victory in the war. The Copperheads pretty much fell apart.
Democrats who opposed the American Civil War and sought a negotiated peace with the Confederate States. They were called "Copperheads" because copper was seen as a symbol of treachery. The Copperheads were mainly concentrated in the Midwest and had significant political influence during the war.
Anti-war Democrats ('Copperheads')
Abraham Lincoln was President during the Civil War.
Neither the Union nor the war.
The American Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865.
Anti-war Democrats
Northerners who were sympathetic to the South during the American Civil War were sometimes called "Copperheads" or "Peace Democrats." They opposed the war and supported a negotiated peace settlement with the Confederacy.
Butternuts
The Copperheads were the anti-war Democrats.
Democrats who opposed the American Civil War and sought a negotiated peace with the Confederate States. They were called "Copperheads" because copper was seen as a symbol of treachery. The Copperheads were mainly concentrated in the Midwest and had significant political influence during the war.
Copperheads
copperheads were Northern supporters of the Confederacy
Copperheads (Anti-war Democrats)
Anti-war Democrats ("Copperheads")
They were referred to as Copperheads.
They were called Copperheads.
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