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	Fort Delaware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Delaware is a harbor defense facility built in 1859 on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River.
		The fort and the island currently belong to the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation.
		Delaware acquired the Fort from the United States government in 1947 after the Pentagon declared it a "surplus site".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Delaware (581 words)

	Fort Delaware site photos
		On 4 July, I traveled down to Fort Delaware which was Union prisoner of war camp during the Civil War.
		Completed in 1858, Fort Delaware was the most advanced (and most expensive) coastal defense fortification of the day.
		Fort Delaware has 3 levels of artillery (over 159 guns in all).
	www.civilwaralbum.com /misc/ftdelaware1.htm (237 words)

	A Brief History and Tour of Fort Delaware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The fort is surrounded by a 30-foot wide moat, crossed by a drawbridge on the southwest side leading to the sally port, or principal entrance.
		Fort Delaware had not been constructed for such use, and the barracks space was overcrowded with prisoners.
		The Fort Delaware Society was organized in 1950, with its goal being the preservation and interpretation of the fort.
	www.del.net /org/fort/history1.htm (1477 words)

	Delaware City - Fort Delaware
		Fort Delaware was substantially completed eleven years later in 1859, just before the beginning of the Civil War.
		Fort Delaware's role as a coastal defense fortification changed to that of prisoner-of-war camp with the arrival of the first Confederate prisoners after the battle of Kernstown in 1862.
		Fort DuPont is located on the shores of the Delaware River at the original Chesapeake and Delaware Canal near Delaware City.
	www.delawarecity.info /history_fortdel.html (929 words)

	Fort Delaware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Fort Delaware, the prisoner-of-war camp on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, was a pesthole and death camp for the Confederate inmates.
		Eating rats to supplement their starvation diets, they desperately clung to life in spite of the policies of the U.S. government and prison officials who seemed bent on exacting revenge on helpless men whose only crime had been to fight and be captured in the service of their country.
		Though prisoner rations in Fort Delaware were supposed to be the same as those of the guards, medical reports from November 1863 to February 1864 reveal 365 cases of scurvy among the prison population of 2,747, with only three cases of scurvy reported among the 1,068 guards.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /PrisonsParolesAndPOWs/fortdelaware2.html (360 words)

	Fort Mott and Fort Delaware
		Fort Mott is on the south Jersey coast along the Delaware Bay.
		Fort Delaware is on Pea Patch island in Delaware Bay near the mouth of the Delaware River, and just across the water from Fort Mott.
		Fort Delaware became famous for being a prison for captured Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
	www.casano.com /ft.delaware (897 words)

	Fort Saulsbury - Delaware
		Fort Saulsbury is located in the very northeast corner of Sussex County, Delaware, six miles east of Milford, adjoining the town of Slaughter Beach.
		After the armistice in November 1918 the fort was manned by 6 to 8 soldiers with the ranking soldier being a sergeant.
		The forts new mission was that of a POW camp for German and Italian soldiers.
	www.state.de.us /gic/facts/history/fortsals.htm (685 words)

	Delaware Portrait in Time: Ft. Delaware \| Delaware Tonight \| TV12 \| WHYY
		Fort Delaware looms in the Delaware River, a powerful reminder of First State history.
		The Fort Delaware Society, a group of advocates concerned with refurbishing the landmark, was created in 1950.
		For the last 40 years, Fort Delaware has been open to the general public as a museum and for tours.
	www.whyy.org /tv12/dt_portrait_fortdelaware.html (143 words)

	Something Fishy At Fort Delaware
		The present fort was built between 1849 and 1859 on the ruins of the earlier fort, which was partially destroyed by fire in 1831 and demolished in 1833.
		Since the fort itself is surrounded by water, and technically, the river runs directly under the masonry and brick fort, the place is in a continual state of decay despite maintenance.
		The fort is impressive in the dimming light, and the players should have the fort described to them with an attention to its apparent sturdiness and strength.
	www.heliograph.com /trmgs/trmgs1/fishy.shtml (3409 words)

	Delaware City - Fort Delaware
		During the Civil War thousands of confederate prisoners came to Delaware City to be transported across the water to the fort.
		The third fort for which the ferry is named is Fort DuPont located on the Delaware side of the river.
		Delaware State Parks maintains nature trails through Fort DuPont, and many of the buildings used through World War II when the fort was a prisoner of war camp for captured German soldiers from Rommel's Afrika Corps are still standing.
	www.delawarecity.info /fortdel.html (409 words)

	Photographic images of Fort Delaware
		Unlike Forts Sumter and Pulaski, Fort Delaware was faced with granite rather than brick It was designed and situated to defend Philadelphia from attack via the Delaware River and Bay.
		Missy Smith, who works at the Fort Delaware State Park, was kind enough to write to inform me that recent research indicates that Fort Delaware maintained one of the lowest death rates of all the prison camps.
		Fort Delaware remained a part of the U.S. coastal fortification system right up through World War II, and so from time to time, it was modernized and updated in keeping with the fortification technology and theory prevalent in the period of its various renovations.
	www.swcivilwar.com /DelawarePhotos.html (620 words)

	Delaware Forts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Dutch seige batteries were located across the Christina River on Tennaconck's Land (a four-gun earthwork); a six-gun logwork south of the fort (Mosquitoburg); a six-gun logwork west of the fort in Christinaham (Ratburg); and a four-gun logwork on Timber Island northwest of the fort (Flyburg).
		An earthwork fort was erected in 1813 and dismantled in 1821.
		Although armed with 131 guns, the fort was used as a POW prison during the Civil War.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/de.html (1466 words)

	Fort Delaware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Fort Delaware "Starvation In A Land Of Plenty"
		The marshy location, inclement weather, brutal treatment, and overcrowded conditions at Fort Delaware prisoner-of-war camp on Pea Patch Island in the middle of the Delaware River all combined to make the Confederate inmates miserable.
		It was the starvation diet, however, that imposed the greatest hardship and led to the most deaths.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /PrisonsParolesAndPOWs/fortdelaware.html (364 words)

	Fort Delaware
		He was taken to Fort Delaware and held prisoner until his death on the 9th of November 1863 from small pox.
		The fort is surrounded by a 30 foot moat, crossed by a drawbridge on the Delaware side leading to the sally port, or principal entrance.
		By 1863 “Fort Delaware Death Pen” as it was called by Confederate inmates had a reputation as the worst of the Union prisons with the highest mortality rate for prisoners and a reputation for cruelty.
	members.cox.net /rb2307/content/ftdelaware.htm (1060 words)

	Fort Delaware
		The 2,436 confederate casualties of Fort Delaware (almost all by disease) were interred on the New Jersey shore of the Delaware less than a mile from the Fort.
		They were brought to the US for physical labor at Fort DuPont which was a WWII army post less than a mile from Fort Delaware.
		Fort DuPont was not a POW camp but a handful of Germans were brought there).
	www.civilwaralbum.com /misc/ftdelaware4.htm (252 words)

	Fort Delaware and Pea Patch Island
		She is "searching" for her great-grandfather, who was a prisoner at Fort Delaware, after his capture at Spotsylvania Court House in May, 1864.
		Ed begins the tale of Fort Delaware, describing the brick and concrete fortifications, and the Revolutionary and Civil War history of the area.
		Fort Delaware held over 12,500 prisoners at one time, but was originally built to hold 6,000.
	www.civilwarstudies.org /OnlinePrograms/Thumbnails/fortdelaware/start.htm (765 words)

	FORT DELAWARE CIVIL WAR PRISON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Fort Delaware prison was located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River.
		The prison was plagued with the usual diseases and malnutrition of all prisons north and south during the Civil War.
		Their bodies were transported by boat to the New Jersey side of the Delaware River and buried in trenches at a place called Finns Point.
	www.angelfire.com /ga2/Andersonvilleprison/delaware.html (110 words)

	Fort Delaware - The Eastman Forts
		Fort Delaware is located in the Delaware River on Pea Patch Island about forty-two miles downstream from Philadelphia.
		When the fort was finally completed in 1859, it had cost an additional million dollars.
		The state of Delaware assumed responsibility for the fort in 1944 and now maintains it as a tourist attraction.
	www.army.mil /cmh/art/P-P/Eastman/Delaware.htm (217 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Paintings > Fort Delaware, Delaware
		The low block of this large fort is poised between sky and water, its tranquil reflection contributing to the pleasantly calm effect of Seth Eastman’s depiction.
		Fort Delaware was built on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, below Wilmington and New Castle, Delaware.
		Although the benign appearance of the postwar fort in Eastman’s painting might have seemed ironic to late 19th-century viewers, it is also true that Delaware’s guns never fired a shot during its entire history.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/art/artifact/Painting_33_00012.htm (1160 words)

	Delaware's Coastal Defenses: A Mighty Fort Called Miles and Fort Saulsbury
		Fort Saulsbury was armed with four 12 inch sea-coast-guns capable of lobbing shells 12 miles into the Delaware Bay...
		Spanish American War era fortifications at Fort Delaware, Fort Mott, and Fort DuPont were all that stood between an aggressor and the industries of the Delaware Valley.
		As the new defensive line was drawn in the sand at Cape Henlopen, these forts began to close or to serve rear echelon functions.
	mysite.verizon.net /vzeojfod/delawarescoastaldefensesamightyfortcalledmilesandfortsaulsbury (277 words)

	delawareonline ¦ The News Journal ¦ Delaware City has much to offer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Delaware River, at the foot of Clinton Street, flows like a rippling timeline between what the town used to be and what some people would like to see it become.
		Delaware City Marina owner Jo Ann Barnard said boat owners from as far away as Australia, South Africa and France have docked there because it is sheltered and off the C&D Canal.
		Lee Jennings, a state parks historian and former fort historian, said the fates of the town and fort are linked, with the town providing infrastructure such as parking and restaurants and the fort drawing visitors.
	www.delawareonline.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/HOMES05/60112007/1182 (1536 words)

	Fort Delaware - Tour the Fort
		The mouth of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is exactly opposite to the Fort on the Delaware side.
		Fort Delaware State Park is accessible by boat from Delaware City, Delaware.
		Fort Delaware State Park is open weekends and holidays from the last weekend in April through the last weekend in September.
	www.visitthefort.com /touring.html (969 words)

	Triathlete Magazine - eventnews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Escape from Fort Delaware is one of the Mid-Atlantic Region's most popular events, largely due to this unique and entertaining swim course.
		This year, the Escape from Fort Delaware Triathlon was the official New Jersey and Delaware state qualifier for the Best of the U.S. Amateur Triathlete Competition.
		Escape from Fort Delaware is part of the Greater Atlantic Multisport Series, a series of seven triathlon and duathlon races held throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
	www.triathletemag.com /story.cfm?story_id=10227&publicationID=92&pageID=1724 (615 words)

	Fort Delaware, Delaware City
		Fort Delaware was originally built to protect the ports of Wilmington and Philadelphia.
		The fort became the temporary home of 33,000 Confederate prisoners during the Civil War.
		Now a state park, Fort Delaware features the 1859 fort, a museum with Civil War memorabilia, nature trails and an observation tower to view nesting spots of egrets and herons.
	www.planetware.com /delaware-city/fort-delaware-us-de-dc.htm (98 words)

	Fort Delaware - Home
		Fort Delaware State Park is a unique historic attraction that is readily accessible from major interstate highways, and just a short ride from Baltimore and Philadelphia...
		Fort Delaware is situated on Pea Patch Island, in the middle of the Delaware River, just above the entrance to the Delaware Bay...
		Fort Delaware became a Confederate Prison during the Civil War, expanding to a city of almost 17,000 after the Battle of Gettysburg...
	www.visitthefort.com (110 words)

	Home
		Fort Miles provided the first line of defense of the Delaware River and Bay from 1941 through 1945.
		Its charge was the protection of the Delaware Estuary-the gateway to important industrial, military and commercial centers.
		The building of Fort Miles symbolized the pinnacle in a century and a half-long coastal defense policy.
	mysite.verizon.net /jeannekw (144 words)

	Fort Tours \| Fort Mott
		Fort Mott was part of a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the post Civil War modernization period.
		The other two forts in the system were Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island and Fort DuPont in Delaware City, Delaware.
		Fort Mott, along with Fort Delaware and Fort DuPont, became obsolete as the principal defensive installation on the Delaware River with the construction of Fort Saulsbury, near Milford, Delaware, shortly after World War I. Troops were regularly stationed at Fort Mott from 1897 to 1922.
	www.forttours.com /pages/fortmott.asp (307 words)

	Fort Delaware Society in Delaware City, DE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Fort Delaware Society in Delaware City, DE museumstuff.com :: museums :: Fort Delaware Society
		-- Now known as Fort Delaware State Park, the fort not only still exists, it is very much as it was when it held over 40, 000 Confederate, Federal and civilian political prisoners.
		Though now they go home at night, during the day, its dark, damp corridors still echo to the sounds of prisoners and guards as military and civilian living historians re-live the life and pathos of this famous island.
	www.museumstuff.com /rec/org_20020201_12556.html (251 words)

	Fort Delaware Civil War Prison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Fort Delaware was completed in 1859 on the marshy island known as Pea Patch Island.
		This stout Union fortress constructed in the shape of a pentagon and covering approximately 6 acres was used as a prison for Confederate prisoners of war during the Civil War.
		According to Captain John S. Swann (a prisoner at Fort Delaware), "We formed in line and marched to the mess hall, in which were several long rows of plank tables with pieces of bread and meat arranged along the sides at intervales (sic) of some two feet.
	www.censusdiggins.com /fort_delaware.html (744 words)

	Aldie's Civil War Daily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		In late October 1863 during a prison transfer from Fort Delaware to Point Lookout, the commanding general of the hospital prison in St. Mary’s County, Maryland reported to Washington having receipt of these prisoners, twenty-six had been found to be contagious with smallpox.
		The death toll at Fort Delaware during the months of September and October, due to smallpox, had been approximately seven hundred.
		Fort Delaware is the last standing prison monument in the northern states that memorializes the prisoner of war during the great conflict.
	www.us-civilwar.com /aldie/delaware.html (391 words)

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