<Ul> <Li> Politics of United States </Li> <Li> Political parties </Li> <Li> Elections </Li> </Ul> <Li> Politics of United States </Li> <P> In the 1860s, the Copperheads were a vocal faction of Democrats in the Northern United States of the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates . </P> <P> Republicans started calling anti-war Democrats "Copperheads", likening them to the venomous snake . Those Democrats accepted 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 . By contrast, Democratic supporters of the war were called War Democrats . The Copperheads represented the more extreme wing of the Northern Democrats . Notable Copperheads included two Democratic Congressmen from Ohio: Clement L. Vallandigham and Alexander Long . Republican prosecutors accused some prominent Copperheads of treason in a series of trials in 1864 . </P>

What was the copperheads position on fighting the war