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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 111 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COPPERHEADS , an See also:

American See also:political epithet, applied by See also:Union men during the See also:Civil See also:War to those men in the See also:North who, deeming it impossible to conquer the Confederacy, were earnestly in favour of See also:peace and therefore opposed to the war policy of the See also:president and of See also:Congress. Such men were not necessarily See also:friends of the Confederate cause. The See also:term originated in the autumn of 1862, and its use quickly spread throughout the North. In the Western states See also: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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