One of their leaders, Horatio Seymour, was elected governor of New York in 1862.
Its members opposed to conscription and emancipation, but the primary goal of this faction was to end the war that raged during their existence. One of their leaders, Horatio Seymour, was elected governor of New York in 1862. More often associated with Clement Laird Vandingham, for ten points, name this short-lived Democratic faction that sought to end the Civil War through negotiations with the South.
Its members opposed to conscription and emancipation, but the primary goal of this faction was to end the war that raged during their existence.
{Copperheads} or {Peace Democrats}