Next to the mostly successful Southern armies, Lincoln faced another challenge; the Union citizens who opposed the administration's policies of revoking the writ of Habeas Corpus, sending troops to invade the South, creating the draft, the Emancipation Proclamation, his approving the arrest and imprisonment of those who "voiced" their opposition, etc. These "loyal opposition" in the North, were tagged Copperheads; and with all their being persecuted, they still almost beat Lincoln out of being re-elected.