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Item Number: 63529-2
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Emanating some years ago in a Vermont period Adams family estate sale, this pierced Copperhead Penny is offered as found retaining its E. R. Adams inscribed suspension bar. An especially interesting Civil War military / political artefact reflecting the conflicting view of those Union troops who while holding Peace Democrat / Copperhead views opposing President Lincoln’s conduct of the war, the draft, and emancipation, served honorably in the Union cause. Our research of a period E. R. Adams found but a single example. He was Edward R. Adams who was a resident of Newport, Vermont when he enlisted on September 18, 1862 and mustered in on October 22, 1862 as a Private of Co. H 15th Vermont Infantry. (see: Roster of Vermont Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion 1861-66) Before mustering out with the nine month 15th Vermont on August 5, 1863, Pvt. Adams’s regiment was engaged at Fairfax Court House, Va. and Confederate Gen. Stuart’s Raid at Catlett's Station, Virginia. Additionally Co. K and Adams’s Co. H of the 15th served at theBattle of Gettysburg on July 1, 2 and 3, 1863. (The 15th’s 2nd Vermont Brigade’s decisive flank fire on Pickett’s Charge was widely credited with helping to break the Confederate assault on July 3.)
More research may offer insight as to whether our young Copperhead /Peace Democrat enlistment came before emancipation became a driving force, was due to community pressure or, like some Union soldiers, was a reflection changing politics after enlistment. It is interesting to note that while continuing to serve, letters and diaries from soldiers in Democratic counties sometimes show open hostility to Lincoln, abolition, and radical officers. Further that while not a Copperhead, General George B. McClellan was idolized by the movement with many Democratic soldiers viewing him as their true commander-in-chief even after Lincoln replaced him. A desirable political / military relic of the American Civil War.Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
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