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Encyclopedia Britannica



COPPERHEADS

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 111 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: COM-COR
COPPERHEADS , an
American
  political epithet, applied by
Union
  men during the
Civil
  War to those men in the
North
  who, deeming it impossible to conquer the Confederacy, were earnestly in favour of peace and therefore opposed to the war policy of the
president
  and of
Congress
 . Such men were not necessarily
friends
  of the Confederate cause. The
term
  originated in the autumn of 1862, and its use quickly spread throughout the
North
 . In the Western states
early
  in 1863 the terms " Copperhead "
and " Democrat " had become practically synonymous.. The name was adopted because of the fancied resemblance of the peace party to the venomous copperhead snake, and, though applied as a
term
  of opprobrium, it was willingly assumed by those upon whom it was bestowed.


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