Civil War Delaware

Author : Michael Morgan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614237115
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil War Delaware written by Michael Morgan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Ed Okonowicz
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811745600
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil War Ghosts at Fort Delaware written by Ed Okonowicz and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts at the Civil War island prison at Fort Delaware State Park.

Author : Harold Bell Hancock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delaware During the Civil War written by Harold Bell Hancock and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emphasis is on politics, but includes the impact of the Civil War on the economic, social and religious life of the state.

Author : Thomas J. Ryan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781481959032
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essays on Delaware During the Civil War written by Thomas J. Ryan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-01-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Dale Fetzer
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811732703
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unlikely Allies written by Dale Fetzer and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving narrative of the harrowing ordeal of Civil War prisoners Based on newly discovered primary sources During the Civil War, more than 30,000 Southern prisoners passed through the gates of Fort Delaware over the course of three years. As with all Civil War prison camps, Fort Delaware gained a reputation for wretched living conditions and is still called the "Andersonville of the North" by some historians. Undoubtedly, there were suffering and death at the prison, but a thorough examination reveals a markedly different picture: that of a group of men and women determined not only to survive, but to thrive as well, despite harsh circumstances.

Author : Delaware. Civil War Centennial Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Final Report of the Civil War Centennial Commission of the State of Delaware written by Delaware. Civil War Centennial Commission and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joel D. Citron
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476669228
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confederate Prisoners at Fort Delaware written by Joel D. Citron and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Civil War, each side accused the other of mistreating prisoners of war. Today, most historians believe that there was systemic and deliberate abuse of POWs by both sides yet many base their conclusions on anecdotal evidence, much of it from postwar writings. Drawing on both contemporaneous prisoner diaries and Union Army documents (some newly discovered), the author presents a fresh and detailed study of supposed mistreatment of prisoners at Fort Delaware--one of the largest Union prison camps--and draws surprising conclusions, some of which have implications for the entire Union prison system.

Author : Carol E. Hoffecker
Publisher : B B& A Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780970580405
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delaware, the First State written by Carol E. Hoffecker and published by B B& A Publishers. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of Delaware, from its first inhabitants and the arrival of European settlers to the effect of modern times on its business and government.

Author : Brian Temple
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786481989
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Union Prison at Fort Delaware written by Brian Temple and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located on Pea Patch Island at the entrance to the Delaware River, Fort Delaware was built to protect Wilmington and Philadelphia in case of an attack by sea. When the Civil War broke out, Fort Delaware's purpose changed dramatically--it became a prisoner of war camp. By the fall of 1863, about 12,000 soldiers, officers, and political prisoners were being held in an area designed to hold only 4,000--and known as the Andersonville of the North, a place where terrible sickness and deprivation were a way of life despite the commanding general's efforts to keep the prison clean and the prisoners fed. Many books have been written about the Confederacy's Andersonville and its terrible conditions, but comparatively little has been written about its counterparts in the North. The conditions at Fort Delaware are fully explored, contemplating what life was like for prisoners and guards alike.

Author : Joel D. Citron
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476628963
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confederate Prisoners at Fort Delaware written by Joel D. Citron and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:  During the Civil War, each side accused the other of mistreating prisoners of war. Today, most historians believe that there was systemic and deliberate abuse of POWs by both sides yet many base their conclusions on anecdotal evidence, much of it from postwar writings. Drawing on both contemporaneous prisoner diaries and Union Army documents (some newly discovered), the author presents a fresh and detailed study of supposed mistreatment of prisoners at Fort Delaware—one of the largest Union prison camps—and draws surprising conclusions, some of which have implications for the entire Union prison system.