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During the Civil War, Northern Democrats divided into two factions: the War Democrats, who supported the military policies of President Lincoln; and the Copperheads, who strongly opposed them.
War Democrat, in the history of the United States, any of the Northern Democrats who supported the continued prosecution of the American Civil War. The great majority of Northern Democrats stayed loyal to the Union after the South seceded.
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This is the Platform of Stephen Douglas's Northern Democratic Party for the Election of 1860.
In the 1860s, the Copperheads, also known as Peace Democrats, [1] were a faction of the Democratic Party in the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.
Feb 8, 2024 · The emphasis here is Northern Democrats: who remained a Democrat between 1860 and 1865 and why; how various individuals and the party as a whole defined what it meant to be a Democrat during this pivotal period; and how Democrats navigated being the opposition in the midst of a civil war.
Copperhead, during the American Civil War, pejoratively, any citizen in the North who opposed the war policy and advocated restoration of the Union through a negotiated settlement with the South.
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Northern Democrats were members of the Democratic Party in the northern states during the Civil War, who often opposed the war or criticized the way it was being conducted. They believed in a negotiated peace with the Confederacy and were generally more sympathetic to the South than their Republican counterparts, which put them at odds with the ...
