The Political History of Delaware During the Civil War
Author : Harold Bell Hancock
Publisher :
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 20,99 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Delaware
ISBN :
Delaware During the Civil War
Author : Harold Bell Hancock
Publisher :
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 12,41 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Delaware
ISBN :
Book Description
The emphasis is on politics, but includes the impact of the Civil War on the economic, social and religious life of the state.
Essays on Delaware During the Civil War
Author : Thomas J. Ryan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,16 MB
Release : 2013-01-12
Category : Delaware
ISBN : 9781481959032
Book Description
This collection of articles addresses the lives and experiences of Delawareans during the mid-nineteenth century in general and the Civil War in particular. It examines the subject matter from three perspectives, political, military and social, that combined provide an understanding of the issues and circumstances that influenced the people of Delaware and their leaders during this traumatic period. The objective of this publication is to provide an understanding of Delaware's role during those stressful years in our country's history. The citizens of Delaware were not found wanting when Northern and, to a certain extent, Southern leadership called upon them for political support and military service. From a societal point of view, specifically regarding racial equality, however, it is important to recognize the slow progress that Delawareans made over the next century following the Civil War.
Civil War Delaware
Author : Michael Morgan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 31,33 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1614237115
Book Description
In the years preceding the Civil War, Delaware was essentially divided--as a slave state, it had many ties to the South, but as the first state to ratify the federal Constitution, it was fiercely loyal to the Union. With the outbreak of war, the First State rallied to Lincoln's call and sent proportionally more troops to fight for the Union than any free state. Yet even as the renowned Du Pont mills provided half of the Union gunpowder, Southern sympathizers transported war materiel to the Confederacy via the Nanticoke River. Author Michael Morgan deftly navigates this complex history. From Wilmington abolitionist Thomas Garrett, who helped 2,700 fugitive slaves flee north, to the prison camp at Fort Delaware that held thousands of captured Confederates and political prisoners, Morgan reveals the remarkable stories of the heroes and scoundrels of Civil War Delaware.
States at War, Volume 4
Author : Richard F. Miller
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 929 pages
File Size : 19,19 MB
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1611686229
Book Description
While many Civil War reference books exist, there is no single compendium that contains important details about the combatant states (and territories) that Civil War researchers can readily access for their work. People looking for information about the organizations, activities, economies, demographics, and prominent personalities of Civil War States and state governments must assemble data from a variety of sources, with many key sources remaining unavailable online. This crucial reference book, the fourth in the States at War series, provides vital information on the organization, activities, economies, demographics, and prominent personalities of Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey during the Civil War. Its principal sources include the Official Records, state adjutant-general reports, legislative journals, state and federal legislation, federal and state executive speeches and proclamations, and the general and special orders issued by the military authorities of both governments, North and South. Designed and organized for easy use by professional historians and amateurs, this book can be read in two ways: by individual state, with each chapter offering a stand-alone history of an individual stateÕs war years; or across states, comparing reactions to the same event or solutions to the same problems.
A House Divided
Author : Patience Essah
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813916811
Book Description
Delaware stood outside the primary streams of New World emancipation. Despite slavery's virtual demise in that state during the antebellum years and Delaware's staunch Unionism during the Civil War itself, the state failed to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which prohibits slavery, until 1901. Patience Essah takes the reader of A House Divided through the introduction, evolution, demise, and final abolition of slavery in Delaware. In unraveling the enigma of how and why tiny Delaware abstained from the abolition mandated in northern states after the American Revolution, resisted the movement toward abolition in border states during the Civil War, and stubbornly opposed ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, she offers fresh insight into the history of slavery, race, and racialism in America. The citizens of Delaware voluntarily freed over 90 percent of their slaves, yet they declined Lincoln's 1862 offer of compensation for emancipation, and the legislature persistently foiled all attempts to mandate emancipation. Those arguing against emancipation expressed fears that it inadvertently would alter the delicate balance of political power in the state. What Essah has found at the base of the Delaware paradox is a political discourse stalemated by instrumental appeals to racialism. In showing the persistence of slavery in Delaware, she raises questions about postslavery race relations. Her analysis is vital to an understanding of the African-American experience.
Delaware Tom; or, The Traitor Guide
Author : Jos. E. Badger
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 2022-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
This novel takes place in the pioneering days of the USA. A wagon train is moving slowly westwards. At the head are three persons: A young woman called Clara, riding her horse; a man of about 55 years; and another man, Richard Rouzee, aka Dusky Dick. This man is the guide, but his reputation is not the best as he is reputed to have lost two of the wagon trains he has guided.
History of Delaware
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 12,4 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230572048
Book Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Delaware in the American Civil War, Delaware in the American Revolution, Former populated places in Delaware, Forts in Delaware, Ghost towns in Delaware, Historic districts in Delaware, Historical societies in Delaware, History museums in Delaware, Hundreds in Delaware, Legal history of Delaware, National Register of Historic Places in Delaware, Native American history of Delaware, Pre-state history of Delaware, Mason-Dixon Line, Arden, Delaware, National Register of Historic Places listings in New Castle County, Delaware, Lenape, National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Delaware, National Register of Historic Places listings in Sussex County, Delaware, National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilmington, Delaware, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, Philadelphia campaign, Fort Delaware, Battle of Cooch's Bridge, Fort Delaware State Park, Delaware Constitution of 1776, Delaware Colony, Delaware Historical Society, Hagley Museum and Library, Fort Casimir, Wilmington and Western Railroad, List of Delaware Hundreds, Fort Miles, Zwaanendael Colony, National Harbor of Refuge and Delaware Breakwater Harbor Historic District, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Fort Christina, New Jersey v. Delaware, List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania, Fort DuPont State Park, Bancroft Mills, Barratt's Chapel, Delaware Legislative Hall, National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware, Delaware State University shooting, Abbott's Mill, New Castle County Court House, Benjamin Ferris, 1st Delaware Regiment, Block House, Wawaset Park, Wilmington, Delaware, Carey's Camp Meeting Ground, Pea Patch Island, Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co., Old College Historic District, Zwaanendael Museum, New Castle Historic District, New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Right-of-Way, Hale-Byrnes...
Delaware Politics and Government
Author : William W. Boyer
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 24,68 MB
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780803213456
Book Description
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of both the historical and the contemporary dimensions of the politics and government of the “First State.” Once a sparsely populated, agrarian, and relatively insignificant polity, Delaware has become a densely and diversely populated financial and legal center often called the “corporation capital of the world.” Delaware’s prime location has been central to its development and transition from a goods-producing economy to a fast-growing, service-based economy. Despite its diminutive size, Delaware is, in many ways, the nation’s preferred corporate home. William W. Boyer and Edward C. Ratledge provide an overview of Delaware’s history, structure, and present politics and explain why one of the smallest states in the country is also one of the most powerful. Delaware continually promotes pro-business legislation, business and public objectives are entwined, and privatization is a dominant theme in public affairs. The state has an individualistic political order in which public participation is indirect and citizen activism is limited.
Democracy in Delaware
Author : Carol E. Hoffecker
Publisher : Cedar Tree Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,34 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Delaware
ISBN : 9781892142238
