Civil War Delaware
Subtitle: the First State divided
By: Michael Morgan
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charleston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781609494452
Subjects: Chronology; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. First State on the fence; title: Delaware enters the debate; title: Nat Turner frightens Delaware; title: The lone star of Illinois; title: The escape of Theophilus Collins; title: Election night in Wilmington; title: 2. Delaware decides; title: Southern overture; title: All for the Union; title: Some for the South; title: The most humane way to end the war; title: Balloon over Sussex; title: Confederate invasion; title: The secret mission of Lammot du Pont; title: From the front: Port Royal; title: 3. Into the fight; title: The play's the thing; title: From the front: Monitor and the Merrimack; title: Underground Railroad runs in reverse; title: From the front: Antietam; title: First arrivals at Fort Delaware; title: Election of 1862; title: From the front: Fredericksburg; title: 4. At the gates of Wilmington; title: A first for Delaware; title: Wilmington threatened; title: From the front: Gettysburg; title: William Bright takes a holiday; title: Canteens and coffins; title: 5. The war widens; title: Rally 'round the flag; title: From the front: Olustee; title: The immortal six hundred; title: From the front: Shenandoah Valley; title: Off the Delaware Coast; title: Election of 1864; title: 6. The fruits of defeat; title: Bittersweet victory; title: A bright beginning; title: The last battle; title: Memories and monuments.