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Abraham Lincoln The Copperheads

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As the 16th president of United States, President Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Virginia. Lincoln was also most comely remembered by words after the Battle of Gettysburg, “For score and seven years ago”. (Lincoln 234)(White House Gov.) Concluding his life on April 14, 1865, Lincoln’s was horrifically assonated by John Wilkes Booth. (Jim Bishop) A group of men called the Copperheads were opposed to the war and more specifically to Abraham Lincoln. (Lincoln’s Critics) During his later life, Abraham Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus in 1861, which was a writ that protects a person from being thrown in jail without fair trial. (Dictionary.com) Also known as the Peace Democrats, the Copperheads were a strong group of traditional

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