October 13, 1863---"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

OCTOBER 13, 1863:            

The leader of the Copperheads in Congress, Clement Vallandigham, arrested, and exiled, yet still politically active, has run a hard-fought campaign for the Governorship of Ohio from his temporary home in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Vallandigham is soundly defeated by over 100,000 votes on this day. The decisive Union military victories of the summer have badly undercut the Peace Democrats’ support on a national basis, and in the fall elections Copperhead candidates are universally trounced.