Question

Clement Vallandigham was: a. the Union general who turned back a Confederate invasion at Gettysburg. b. the Confederate general who won the Battle of Chancellorsville against great odds. c. Lincoln’s first vice president. d. a northern politician banished to the Confederacy. e. hanged for treason on the orders of President Lincoln.

Answer 1

Answer:

Option: d. a northern politician banished to the Confederacy.

Explanation:

Clement Vallandigham was a politician during the Civil War in America. He was born in Ohio in 29, July 1820. Vallandigham became a leader of the Copperhead known as anti-war Democrats. He gave his opinion against war to settle the differences between the South and the North. He was later banished to Confederacy by President Abraham Lincoln.