Reverdy Johnson and Horatio Seymour, Champions of the Loyal Opposition
by
William C. Harris
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Reverdy Johnson (1796–1876), Maryland senator, and Horatio Seymour, Democratic governor of New York, were two influential opponents of Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans during the Civil War. But unlike the Copperheads, they staunchly supported the war to suppress the rebellion. The story of these...