had DE been a southron state, she would have had a star for her on the dixie flag.
DE is NOT now, nor ever has been, a southron state, though as i've said before, we had a number of INDIVIDUAL soldiers from there.
free dixie,sw
I think the technical term for this, for all you Latin scholars, would be an argumentum ad vexillum. Sorry, that doesn't cut it. I can't vouch for Southern mapmakers, but there were definitely powerful elements within the State of Delaware urging secession. Many members of the DuPont family, which then exercised effective control over the state, were secessionists. Governor Burton strongly supported the South, and pushed for a convention on secession.
Secessionist militias stole arms from armories and gun factories, and there is copious correspondence between the South and Rebel agents in the state.