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	Copperheads Copperheads in the American Civil War, a reproachful term for those Northerners sympathetic to the South, mostly Democrats outspoken in their opposition to the Lincoln administration. They were especially strong in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, where Clement L. Vallandigham was their leader. The ... Read more
	Copperheads Copperheads in the American Civil War, a reproachful term for those Northerners sympathetic to the South, mostly Democrats outspoken in their opposition to the Lincoln administration. They were especially strong in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, where Clement L. Vallandigham was their leader. The ... Read more
	king snake king snake name for a number of species of the genus Lampropeltis, nonvenomous, egg-laying, constricting snakes of North America which show much variation in color and markings. The common king snake, or chain snake ( Lampropeltis getulus ), of the E United States is usually about 3 to 5 ft (90... Read more
	Clement Laird Vallandigham Clement Laird Vallandigham , 1820-71, American political leader, leader of the Copperheads in the Civil War, b. New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Ohio. He became (1842) a lawyer, was elected to the Ohio legislature (1845, 1846), and was editor (1847-49) of the Dayton Empire, a Democratic weekly. A strong... Read more
	snakebite snakebite wound inflicted by the teeth of a snake. The bite of a nonvenomous snake is rarely serious. Venomous snakes have fangs, hollow teeth through which poison is injected into a victim. All types of snake venom contain a toxin that affects the nerves and tends to paralyze the victim. In additi... Read more
	viper viper any of a large number of heavy-bodied, poisonous snakes of the family Viperidae, characterized by erectile, hypodermic fangs. The fangs are folded back against the roof of the mouth except when the snake strikes. Vipers are distributed throughout Eurasia and Africa. They range in size from ... Read more
	water moccasin water moccasin or cottonmouth, highly venomous snake , Ancistrodon piscivorus, of the swamps and bayous of the S United States. Like the closely related copperhead, it is a pit viper and has a heat-sensitive organ for detecting warm-blooded prey. The young are born live. The young snake is... Read more
	ex parte Milligan ex parte Milligan case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1866. By authorization of Congress, President Lincoln in 1863 suspended the writ of habeas corpus in cases where military officers held persons for offenses against the armed services. Army authorities had arrested Lambdin Milligan, a ci... Read more
	pit viper pit viper poisonous snake of the family Crotalidae, primarily a New World family. Like the Old World true vipers (family Viperidae), pit vipers have long, hollow, erectile fangs that are folded back against the roof of the mouth except when the snake is striking. In addition, the pit vipers hav... Read more
	Knights of the Golden Circle Knights of the Golden Circle secret order of Southern sympathizers in the North during the Civil War. Its members were known as Copperheads . Dr. George W. L. Bickley, a Virginian who had moved to Ohio, organized the first "castle," or local branch, in Cincinnati in 1854 and soon took the orde... Read more

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	FOUND IN A GARDEN Newspaper article from: The Independent Weekly; 6/13/2007; ; 685 words ; ...Once the rows and beds are fluffed up and ready...dogs, soft leaf mulch beds everywhere they look...to the plant. With neighborhood sightings of copperheads and previous visits...randomly dotting the beds make quite an evening...
	More tales from summers of death; Makes you squirmy just hearing of childhood fears.(VARIETY)(BACKFENCE) Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/5/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...summer fear was copperhead poisonous snakes...parent in the neighborhood told us to never...every kid in the neighborhood had experienced...front of the neighborhood kids - can you...we could go to bed, my dad would...
	MAN BITTEN BY SNAKE `LUCKY TO BE ALIVE' Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/20/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...of his West Paterson neighborhood with the way he occasionally...night from his hospital bed. He should. The viper...said from his hospital bed. "I guess it was the...well-known in the neighborhood, and greatly feared...the rattlesnakes and copperheads found in this region...
	LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [Corrected 04/25/08] Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 4/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...act of idiocy has made getting out of bed with great expectations a lot more...thicket where I nearly tripped over a copperhead last year, higher up the trailhead...for elected officials to connect with neighborhoods around the city, and he also walks...having participated in nearly 20 ...
	Surviving the blue killer, 1918 Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...medicine for a sweep of fever through a neighborhood of "free-issue" farmers, never slaves...pulling his buggy, he having returned his copperhead Ford car to its blocks when winter set...Mother, Older Brother, and I were put to bed by Dr. Thompson at about the same time...
	Plano, Texas' Arbor Hills Nature Preserve Mixes Accessibility, Conservation. Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 9/17/2003; 700+ words ; ...fan out across the area, using creek beds as highways and sometimes showing up...Business Park. Coyotes hunt residential neighborhoods. Police and animal control received...any injuries caused by the animals. A copperhead snake did bite a visitor two months ago...
	This 'Giant' Scared No Child; Pediatrician, Who Has Seen Once-Rural Area Grow, to Retire Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/31/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Loudoun County, was called upon to treat copperhead bites, measles, whooping cough and...unusual career choice in his immigrant neighborhood in Philadelphia, where most boys were...After another residency at a 525-bed pediatric hospital in Oklahoma City...
	A fitting and final salute to Union Col. Einstein.(Saturday)(The Civil War) Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/18/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...titanic battle. I remember lying in bed at night, marveling that Robert E...plow left the field, I would join other neighborhood boys combing the field for Civil War...left of the path, but watch out for copperheads), the best monuments (both on Little...