Max Rosenthal. Color Lithographic print depicting 4th Delaware Infantry at Camp Vermont, Virginia, 1863. Rosenthal lithographic prints of Civil War encampments. Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

Through Dec. 20: 'A State Divided'

University of Delaware Library exhibition highlights Delaware in the Civil War

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9:53 a.m., Jan. 19, 2012--The University of Delaware Library has announced a new exhibition entitled “A State Divided: Delaware During the Civil War,” which will be on view in the Lincoln Exhibit Case adjacent to the Special Collections Exhibition Gallery through Thursday, Dec. 20.

The year 2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War (1861-65). The sesquicentennial celebration (2011-15) is set to continue over the next three years in cultural institutions around the country to commemorate the nation’s greatest conflict fought on its own soil.

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“A State Divided: Delaware During the Civil War” offers items from Special Collections including books, prints, postcards, speeches, sermons, soldiers’ letters, memoirs, and other documents showcasing the state at a social, economic, and political crossroads.

The exhibition can be viewed during the regular hours of the Morris Library. The curator of the exhibition is Maureen Cech, assistant librarian in the Special Collections Department in the University of Delaware Library.

The exhibition will also be available online.

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