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Originally published in 1961, this book is the most comprehensive study made of the Civil War in Delaware. The book includes President Lincoln's interest in Delaware politics, the appearance of Federal troops at the polls, descriptions of political leaders of the day, and an account of an underground railroad "in Reverse" to supply troops to the Confederacy. Dr. Hancock tells how purchases of wartime goods by the Federal Government brought prosperity to Wilmington's shipyards, gunpowder mills, and leather factories. He also describes how some political leaders exploited the fear the White population had for a new social and religious domination by a free Black population to remain in power during the war and for years afterward.