Trivia 10-4-18

[roberts]

Copperheads

 

[RebelWeber]

I should know I've been called it more then once during some heated debates

Copperhead !!!

 

[ErnieMac]

Republicans labeled anti-war Democrats as copperheads referring to the venomous snake. Those Democrats embraced the Copperhead term and took to cutting the Liberty head from copper pennies and using them as a badge.

 

[RochesterBill]

Copperheads

 

[sarladaise]

Northern Peace Democrats, called "Copperheads" by the Republicans, likening them to poisonous snakes

 

[captaindrew]

Copperheads

 

[skirmisher]

Copperheads

 

[Ole Miss]

The Copperheads
Regards
David

 

[Grayrock Volunteer]

Copperheads

 

[MRB1863]

Copperheads

 

[MC44]

Copperheads (anti War Democrats)

 

[JOHN42768]

the Copperheads were a faction of Democrats
source:

 

[MaryDee]

Hope everyone gets this right; I think I made this one too easy. For me, points for question.

 

[mofederal]

https://creativecockades.blogspot.com/2014/08/copperheads-peace-and-constitutionalism.html

The Copperheads, the badges were the head of Lady Liberty stamped on copper 1-cent coins. The head of the coin was also pierced and worn as a watch fob. Mostly Lady Liberty's head was cut out and worn as a pin. The Copperheads were peace Democrats who believed the war should end for various reasons. The Dayton (Ohio) Daily Empire explains, "the 'Copperhead' emblem, or 'Badge of Liberty,' 'mark it well,' is made of the head of the Goddess of Liberty, cut from a copper cent, with the word 'Liberty' stamped across the top of the cap."

 

[DBF]

The Party - Democrats
The Faction - those living in the northern United States in the Union, they opposed the War and wanted an "immediate" peace settlement with the Confederates.
"Copperhead badges were the head of Lady Liberty stamped on copper 1-cent coins. Sometimes the coin was pierced and worn as a watch fob. More often, Lady Liberty's head was cut out and worn as a pin."
https://creativecockades.blogspot.com/2014/08/copperheads-peace-and-constitutionalism.html

 

[Eleanor Rose]

The Copperheads

 

[Henry Brown]

copperheads

 

[luinrina]

The Copperheads.

Source: wikipedia

 

[WJC]

What Civil War political faction wore badges featuring heads cut from coins?

credit: @MaryDee

The 'Peace Democrats', aka 'Copperheads'.

 

[lelliott19]

Copperheads - democrats who opposed the war; aka peace democrats. These folks supposedly embraced the label, reinterpreting the copper "head" as the likeness of Liberty, which they cut from Liberty Head large cent coins and proudly wore as badges. wiki/Copperhead_(politics)