Copperheads

Copperheads

Not every person living in the North during the Civil War favoured making war against the Confederacy. Such persons came to be identified as Copperheads. Often affiliated with the Democratic party and residing in the Midwest, Copperheads favoured a negotiated peace settlement that would allow the South to leave the Union. Some of them were arbitrarily thrown into gaol without proper habeas corpus proceedings after publicly advocating their views.

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