The Copperhead, by Harold Frederic, is a fabulous novel narrated through the eyes of Abner Beech’s, very funny, 13 year-old adopted son. During the Civil War, Abner, hates abolitionist and wants the Civil War stopped: he’s a Copperhead (Northerners who thought the war could not be won and therefore thought a negotiated peace should be made with them). His neighbors don’t follow his ideas and even burn his house down.