GDG- Southern PA

[Clarence W. Hollowell, Jr.]

Maybe that's where the term "caught  between a rock and a hard place" came 
about.

Clarence Hollowell



"Those who come after us will fill up the canvas we begin."

Thomas Jefferson





>From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com>
>Reply-To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>Subject: RE: GDG- Southern PA
>Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:30:52 -0500
>
>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
><<since when was Delaware considered southern.
>Shouldn't you message state "the northern slave state of Delaware...">>
>
>Clarence,
>
>	That is a very good question.  I have been researching and writing about
>Delaware's Civil War political and military situation for our Round Table 
>in
>recent months.  My conclusion is that Delaware was one of four Southern
>border slave states that stayed within the Union.  It is geographically
>below the Mason-Dixon Line.  The other three border states being Maryland,
>Kentucky and Missouri.
>
>	Unlike Maryland and, to a certain extent, Missouri that were coereced into
>staying within the Union, Delaware voluntarily opted for the Union.  There
>were two basic reasons for this.  One was the changing economy to one that
>looked a lot like its Northern neighbors (growth in industry and a move 
>away
>from labor-intensive agriculture).  The other was the near extinction of
>slavery by 1860, especially in the most populous northern part of the 
>state.
>
>	The ironic aspect of the politics in Delaware is that the secessionist
>Breckinridge won the state in the 1860 presidential election, so the three
>Delaware delegates went into the Southern column.  Yet Breckinridge only 
>won
>46% of the vote, while the three Unionist candidates (Bell, Douglas and
>Lincoln) garnered the remaining 54%.  That majority of Unionist votes was 
>an
>indication of why Delaware decided to stay within the Union, rather than
>siding with the South.  Nonetheless, this was a divided state, and there 
>was
>a lot of unrest throughout the war between pro-Southern Democrats and
>Unionists that required authorities to bring troops in on occasion to 
>disarm
>secessionist militias and to keep order especially during elections.
>
>	I hope that answers your question.
>
>Regards, Tom
>
>
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