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Copperheads
the rise and fall of Lincoln's opponents in the North
By Weber, Jennifer L. & McPherson, James M.
- ISBN
- 978-0-19530-668-2
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
In her debut book, Weber (history, Univ. of Kansas) provides the first major account of the Copperheads in over 40 years. Rather than seeing these Northern Democrats who were opposed to Lincoln and the Civil War as inconsequential in their effects and inflated in their significance, as have many other historians, Weber shows that they posed real political dangers to Lincoln and the Republicans as the war effort failed on the battlefield and attempts t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
