Answer:
Copperheads
Explanation:
The Copperheads were a faction of the Democratic Party within the Union in the 1860s during the American Civil War that sympathized with the Confederacy and wanted a peaceful solution to the conflict in the country. Republicans began calling these congressmen "Copperheads," alluding to the poisonous snake of the same name. The anti-war Democrats did not take the insult and actually began to call themselves, with pride, "Coppers."
This movement was stronger in the Ohio region, which had several economic ties with the south, as well as similar traditions. Reactionary elements throughout the country, which supported the Coppers, would be alarmed at the modernization of society and the growing movement for racial equality before the law. The Republican Party, founded by abolitionists, had taken a firm stand against slavery. Copperheads argued that each state should legislate on itself and were opposed to excessive interventions by the federal government. Historians say the coppers damaged the Union's war effort by opposing, for example, conscription and even encouraging desertion and, according to the Republicans, conspired against the country.
The Copperheads were not necessarily in favor of secession, but of national unity, preserving the slavery and legislative independence of the states. Modern historians, however, claim that these ideals were impracticable, since the Confederacy would not accept any end that did not guarantee its independence. Support for this faction was high at the beginning of the civil war, when the federal troops of the North suffered heavy casualties in combat. However, as of 1863, the tide of conflict turned in favor of the North and the coppers began to ask more vehemently for a negotiated settlement of the conflict. After the fall of Atlanta in September 1864, the Union's military victory became irreversible and copperism collapsed.
