copperheads
Bronze-hued venomous snakes
Copperheads are venomous pit vipers native to eastern North America, named for their copper-colored heads.
The term also refers to Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and advocated peace with the Confederacy—their enemies compared them to the snake that strikes without warning.
The copperhead was coiled under the woodpile.
Producing injected toxins
- pit viperHeat-sensing venomous snake
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
bite · antivenom · reptile · eastern United States · leaf litter · hibernate · nocturnal · scales
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- antiwarOpposed to armed conflict
- UnionNamed political entity
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
dissent · secession · sedition · armistice · draft resistance · 1860s · partisan · Midwest
Fired metal projectile
- hollow pointBullet with concave tip
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
- huntingPursuing wild game
firearm · projectile · caliber · ballistics · shooting · Barnes · expansion · lead-free
venomous
Producing injected toxins
- pit viperHeat-sensing venomous snake
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
ambush · bite · antivenom · reptile · eastern United States · leaf litter · hibernate · nocturnal · scales · slither
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
opposition · dissent · secession · sedition · armistice · draft resistance · 1860s · partisan · Midwest · Ohio
bullet
Fired metal projectile
- hollow pointBullet with concave tip
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
hunting · firearm · projectile · caliber · ballistics · shooting · Barnes · expansion · lead-free · handgun
- reptileslizard, snake, turtle, crocodile, alligator
- snakescobra, anaconda, boa, viper, python
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, birds, mammals, elephant, reptiles
- nocturnal animalsowls, bats, raccoons, opossums, moths
- swampsbayou, bayous, bald cypress, cypress swamps, alligators
- Abolitionismabolitionists, abolitionist movement, anti-slavery, antislavery, abolitionism
copperheadsconstrictors
Snakes killing by compression
boas · pythons · anacondas · rat snakes · king snakes
copperheadsRadical Republicans
Strict Reconstruction-era congressional bloc