Image of Fernando Wood was Mayor of New York City from 1860-1862

Fernando Wood was Mayor of New York City from 1860-1862 and served in Congress from...

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Image title: Fernando Wood was Mayor of New York City from 1860-1862 and served in Congress from 1863 to 1865. He was a 'Copperhead', who expressed sympathy and supported policies beneficial to the Confederacy. As mayor he suggested NYC secede from the US in order to continue its cotton trade with the South. Steven Spielberg's 2012 film, LINCOLN, portrays Wood, played by Lee Pace, as a leading opponent of President Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment
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Date: 1860 AD - 1869 AD (C19th AD)

Image description: Fernando Wood was Mayor of New York City from 1860-1862 and served in Congress from 1863 to 1865. He was a 'Copperhead', who expressed sympathy and supported policies beneficial to the Confederacy. As mayor he suggested NYC secede from the US in order to continue its cotton trade with the South. Steven Spielberg's 2012 film, LINCOLN, portrays Wood, played by Lee Pace, as a leading opponent of President Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment (BSLOC_2018_6_48)
Photo credit: Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 19th century / North America / America (continent) / wood (material) / material / USA / government / American Civil War (1861-1865) / history / man / politics / portrait / one person / New York (city) / New York (state) / black and white / photo / standing / political party

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