Cyclopędia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers
Published: New York: Maynard, Merrill, and Co., 1899.
First published: 1881
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COPPERHEAD
COPPERHEAD (IN U. S. HISTORY), a term of contempt applied by the republican party to its democratic opponents during the rebellion. It is properly the name of a well-known northern snake, which stings from behind and without warning. (See DEMOCRATIC PARTY, VI.; REBELLION.)
