What was the political faction of northerners who sympathized with the South during the Civil War?

Answer 1

Son,

Yak is correct. Lincoln's opponents in the North, dubbed Copperheads by Republicans to connote poisonousness and stealth. Copperheads became victims of a bad rap. Virtually all Democrats, they had valid complaints about the war's devastating early effects on their region's economy and the Lincoln administration's abuse of Constitutional rights. Their fears about emancipation, though exacerbated by racism, were basically economic--workers, especially Irish and German immigrants, feared losing jobs to free blacks. Republican propaganda, backed up by military bullying, undermined the Copperheads' credibility, and their support dwindled when the Northwest economy changed from depression to boom as the war dragged on. Klement blamed nationalist mythologizing about Lincoln for obscuring the complicated truth about the Copperheads.

God Bless You and The Southern People If you have homework problems about the war feel free to write me at [e-mail].

Answer 2

I'm not aware of any specific organized group...however I imagine there were a few southern loyalist groups....that's where spies would originate.

But a northern who was pro-South if caught and convicted would become a member of the political faction called...traitor.

Answer 3

Copper Heads.

Southron is correct. I'd like add one thing. The Copperheads cut the head of the Indian out of the copper penny and wore it on their lapels.

Answer 4

Since Lincoln tried his best to have Slavery enshrined in the Constitution, I guess he would be one of them.
You should have a Memorial to "John Brown" , at least he died for what he believed in.

Answer 5

Was not John Brown one of them?

Answer 6

the Copperheads, peace democrats.