AQS257116 \'A Hard Case - Vallandigham\'s Reception from his Friend Jeff\', c. by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-71) was an Ohio politician and a leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war, pro-Confederate Democrats during the Civil War; denounced President Abraham Lincoln (1809-65) and tried to convince Ohio and other Northern States to secede from the Union as well if Lincoln refused to reconcile with the Confederacy; here he is shown caught between Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis; the \'Man Without a Country\';); 穢 Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society ; American, out of copyright.