Sherman's capture of Atlanta crushed their chances of winning the 1864 presidential election.
George Pugh and Edson Olds wanted this group to hold an alternative convention in Cincinnati. One member of this group, Marcus Pomeroy, wrote that the president was "the fungus from the corrupt womb of bigotry and fanaticism." Members were sometimes also known as Butternuts. A speech by their most prominent leader provoked the sitting president to describe this group as "the fire in the rear." That leader was Clement Vallandigham. Sherman's capture of Atlanta crushed their chances of winning the 1864 presidential election. For 10 points, name these conservative, anti-war Democrats who called for Washington to give in to Confederate demands.
George Pugh and Edson Olds wanted this group to hold an alternative convention in Cincinnati.
{Copperheads} [or {Peace} Democrats; or Butternuts early]