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RG 8005.046 Department of Public Instruction Motion Pictures
“Delaware in the Civil War: Splitting of the Diamond.”
A black-and-white film, approximately 15 minutes long, focusing on Delaware’s duality as a border state. The film discusses both the Union and Confederate factions in the state, the resulting debates in the state legislature, the disarming of southern Delawarean Home Guards by Union troops, and the importance of Fort Delaware.