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The Copperhead Conspiracy

The Copperhead Conspiracy

Written by: Reckoning Inc.
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A six-part podcast series that tells a forgotten story from the American Civil War. A group of Northerners, angry at President Lincoln, conspired with Confederates to plan an armed insurrection intended to topple the governments of several midwestern states and free tens of thousands of Confederate prisoners from Union prisons, hoping they would force an end to the Civil War with the Confederacy intact and slavery still legal. It would have worked, except for a Union spy who was embedded in their midst.

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  • Episode Six: Aftermath

    Episode Six: Aftermath
    Feb 17 2026

    In the wake of Lincoln’s murder, the Confederates successfully derailed efforts to connect them to the assassination plot. We also explore what happened to the various Copperhead conspirators after the Civil War and why these events from 160 years ago still matter today.
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    28 mins
  • Episode Five: Fire and Pestilence

    Episode Five: Fire and Pestilence
    Feb 10 2026

    After a planned Copperhead insurrection in Chicago is thwarted, the Confederates pivot to new methods for terrorizing Northern cities using fire, bank robberies, and biological warfare. When those fail to bring the Union to its knees, they turn their attention to kidnapping the President.
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    27 mins
  • Episode Four: Oh Canada

    Episode Four: Oh Canada
    Feb 3 2026

    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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    25 mins
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