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In the spring of 1861, as Southern states voted to secede from the Union, Delaware – a border state that still permitted slavery – chose to remain in the Union. Several regiments were raised to join the Union army. But a number of individuals sympathetic to The South joined the Confederates just over two years later. They would meet on the hills and fields of Gettysburg.

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Resource Identifier: 1922-000-004_10mp

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