Tag Archives: Copperheads

peace talk

Posted on February 6, 2014 by SUMPTER

The Richmond Dispatch might have (feared) and loathed Abraham Lincoln and his Black Republican party, but it didn’t like Northern Democrats much either. 150 years ago this week the newspaper reported on a speech in the U.S. Congress by New … Continue reading →

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the great punkin

Posted on November 1, 2013 by SUMPTER

From Harper’s Weekly October 31, 1863 (at Son of the South): Exiled Copperhead Clement Vallandigham was the Democrat nominee for Ohio governor in 1863, even though he was living in exile in Canada. He lost the election by a sizable … Continue reading →

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Copperheads from history

Posted on July 19, 2013 by SUMPTER

The Old Guard, a pro-slavery, antiwar monthly journal published in New York found historical precedent for anti-Lincoln Copperheads in three iconic Americans – George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and Thomas Jefferson. Here’s the paragraph on Jefferson. From the July 1863 issue … Continue reading →

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“threatening to make inroads”

Posted on June 15, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today some Confederate troops entered Pennsylvania as part of the Army of Northern Virginia’s invasion of the Union. It has been written that the federal War Department was ignorant of the exact disposition of the rebel forces, … Continue reading →

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Peace: Politics and Perceptions

Posted on June 14, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago there were more and more indications that at least a good chunk of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was heading north of Mason-Dixon. A Democrat newspaper apparently thought it would be a good idea to postpone … Continue reading →

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Banished

Posted on May 25, 2013 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in May 1863: The Hon. CLEMENT L. VALLANDIGHAM reached Murfresboro [sic], Tenn., on the 24th inst., and was escorted to the rebel lines. – the rebel pickets at first refused to receive him, … Continue reading →

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Assassinated?

Posted on May 21, 2013 by SUMPTER

A military tribunal sentenced Clement Laird Vallandigham to prison at Fort Warren for the duration of the war at his trial in early May 1863 on charges of treasonous, anti-war speech. Apparently, the Lincoln administration was concerned about the political … Continue reading →

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Indignation Meetings

Posted on May 16, 2013 by SUMPTER

On May 5, 1863 Clement Vallandigham was arrested in Ohio for expressing disloyal opinions for the purpose of weakening the Union war effort. It is written that after his trial on May 6th and 7th Vallandigham “was sentenced to confinement … Continue reading →

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breathing and burning from prison

Posted on May 6, 2013 by SUMPTER

On May 1, 1863 Ohio Peace Democrats held a meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio to express opposition to General Ambrose Burnside’s General Order No. 38. As commander of the Department of the Ohio, Burnside outlawed “the habit of declaring sympathy … Continue reading →

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Richmond has fallen?

Posted on May 3, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago the people of Seneca Falls, New York got fooled real good. The culprit? – A Democratic party-oriented publication pointed its finger at the Lincoln Administration. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in May 1863: The Capture … Continue reading →

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