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      • And while it’s true that none of the battles were fought on Delaware soil, that does not mean that our state was a sideshow to the epic events taking place 150 years ago.
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  2. Jun 10, 2011 · This year marks the beginning of a nationwide, four-year commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. And while it’s true that none of the battles were fought on Delaware soil, that does not mean that our state was a sideshow to the epic events taking place 150 years ago.

  3. May 12, 2016 · A number of prominent men met this fate, including Thomas Bayard, the son of Delaware U.S. Sen. James A. Bayard Jr. Nonetheless, in the post-war years, Thomas followed in his father's footsteps by representing Delaware as a U.S. senator. When hostilities erupted in April 1861, Delaware Gov. William Burton straddled the fence about his loyalties.

  4. May 10, 2011 · Seeing the Civil War through Delaware's eyes. April 12 th, 1861, the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, officially starting the Civil War. Delaware was a slave state, but ended up supporting the Union forces in a four-year conflict that claimed the lives of more than 600,000 people. How did the First State’s status in the ...

  5. 2 days ago · 12,284 men --nearly the population of 1860's-Wilmington-- went to war for the Union. Additionally, over 954 former slaves and free blacks joined United States Colored Regiments, including the soon-to-be-famous 54th Massachusetts. Delawareans fought and died in nearly every major battle in the Eastern Theater.

  6. During the Civil War, Delaware was a slave state that remained in the Union. (Delaware voters voted not to secede on January 3, 1861.) Although most Delaware citizens who fought in the Civil War served in regiments on the Union side, some did, in fact, serve in Delaware companies on the Confederate side in the Maryland and Virginia Regiments ...

  7. The exhibit reflects Delawares unique position during the Civil War through letters, sermons, speeches, lithographs, photographs and books. This exhibition was originally on display in the Lincoln Case on the second floor of Morris Library from January 27- December 20, 2011.

  8. Delaware During the Civil War A Political History

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