Fort Delaware By: Nick Miller
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Fort Delaware By: Nick Miller
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Fort Delaware is located on Pea Patch Island in the middle of the Delaware River.
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Fort Delaware was used to keep Wilmington and Philadelphia safe. They were worried about take overs after the War of 1812. They were afraid of the British.
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To get to the fort you have to take a ferry because of its location. It was used as a jail for Confederate prisoners. It would be hard
for them to escape being on an island.
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Most of the prisoners were captured from the Battle of Gettysburg during
the Civil War.
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This is a picture inside of the fort. I went there and bought some Confederate and Union currency. Each
state had their own money back then.(see visual)
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They had canons to protect them from any attacks.
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Here are the barracks where they lived. They lived in horrible, overcrowded
conditions with no mattresses. They were in wooden bunks three levels high!
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Many people died of starvation or diseases at Fort Delaware.
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This is a tombstone for 2,456 Confederate prisoners that died at Fort Delaware.
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There are many ghost tales about Ft. Delaware. This is a book about ghosts at
Fort Delaware. I have an autographed copy of this book from the author. (see visual)
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One tale is that the kitchen is haunted by a ghost. Witnesses say the women disappeared into the wall. There is a cold spot in this spot
where she disappeared. There is also a picture in my book someone took a picture of the cold
spot. (see visual)
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Today you can visit Fort Delaware and see how it was to live back then. They have re-enactors there pretending it is
in the 1800’s.
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