[American eagle on tree branch looking down at figures and snake with face (Vallandigham) representing Copperhead movement]

1863

Sketch: 1 p. A drawing of an American Eagle sitting on a tree branch, looking down to its right at a snake with a man's head. The snake represents the Copperhead movement, and in particular Clement L. Vallandigham. The snake is facing a group of people who are situated underneath the eagle. This sketch means to respond to the Copperhead movement. On verso of leaf and upside down.

The Copperhead Movement, composed almost entirely of Democrats, criticized Republican politicians, including President Abraham Lincoln. One of its foremost members, Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871), a southern sympathizer, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1857-1863), and was eventually exiled to the southern states.

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Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
Soldiers--United States
Copperhead movement
Eagles
Trees

Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871

New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

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