It's late September, 1862, right after the Battle of Antietam. In this scene from my movie 'Copperhead,' Timothy Hurley, a first generation Irish-American, is accosted by neighbors in this upstate New York community. Its sometimes erroneously believed that the sections on either side of the Mason-Dixon Line were politically homogeneous. In fact a range of opinion flourished in every state. In 'Copperhead' we see the consequences of unrestrained political passion, when neighbors are reduced to ci