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Did anyone in the U.S. government not support the Civil War?
Clement L. Vallandigham (centre) with other Copperhead leaders. Cartoon about Copperhead policy, published in Harper's Weekly, October 1864. Black and white political cartoon by Thomas Nast showing a donkey labeled Copperhead Papers kicking a sleeping lion labeled Hon. E. M. Stanton, with trees and the U.S. Capitol in the background.
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54th Massachusetts Regiment. "Storming Fort Wagner," by Kurz & Allison, c. 1890. Depicts the assault on the S.C. fort on 7/18/1863. American Civil War, 54th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, 1st all African-American regiment, black soldiers, black history
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Copperhead: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: University of Groningen - Revolution to Reconstruction - Peace Democrats, Copperheads and Draft Riots. Apr 20, 2022
Add new Web site: United States History - Peace Democrat. Jan 15, 2014
Media added. Jun 16, 2011
Media added. Mar 31, 2011
Added new Web site: Ohio History Central - Peace Democrats. Oct 05, 2007
Added new Web site: Ohio Historical Society - Peace Democrats. Oct 05, 2007
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