About this episode

The episode discusses how Canada served as a refuge for Copperheads and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War and their plans for attacks on Northern cities.

During the Civil War, neutral Canada became a haven for both exiled Copperheads and Confederate soldiers who had escaped from Union prisons. It then became a base of operations for a planned attack on several Northern cities by a combined force of Copperheads and Confederates.

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