The Aftermath of the American Civil War for Delaware

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The American Civil War took a heavy toll on Delaware. Thousands of Delawareans fought and died, the state’s industries produced record amounts of war materials, and Delaware’s politicians fought bitterly among themselves over issues like slavery, states’ rights, and President Lincoln’s war policy. When the war’s last shots were fired in 1865, peace did not immediately come to Delaware. Some of the wounds created by the war lingered on for decades. Others never healed. Learn more about how Delawareans dealt with the aftermath of America’s most devastating conflict in this talk by Lucas R. Clawson.
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This event, hosted by the Delaware Digital Newspaper Project, was held at 10am on Thursday, July 20, 2017 in the Class of 1941 Lecture Room of the University of Delaware's Morris Library. This event was free and open to the public. Lucas R. Clawson works for Hagley Museum and Library where he is Reference Archivist in the Manuscripts Department as well as the site’s historian. He works with the DuPont Company and du Pont family records to help researchers who come to the library as well as working with Hagley’s staff to help interpret the site’s history. Mr. Clawson also curated Hagley’s 2011-2012 exhibition on the American Civil War entitled “An Oath of Allegiance to the Republic: DuPont and the Civil War."
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