Abstract:Introduction: Delaware as Proving Ground President Lincoln thought that he had a great idea-a great idea that involved Delaware. Shots had been fired at Fort Sumter seven months earlier, and Lincoln was hard at work trying to figure out the quickest way to end this insurrection and start repairing a deeply divided but unquestionably intact Union. To convince everyone to move past this rebellion, Lincoln believed that he needed to propose and successfully demonstrate an economically viable model for eliminating… Show more
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