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The Union Prison At Fort Delaware
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Author : Brian Temple
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2003-01-01
The Union Prison At Fort Delaware written by Brian Temple and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with History categories.
Located on Pea Patch Island at the entrance to the Delaware River, Fort Delaware was built to protect Wilmington and Philadelphia in case of an attack by sea. When the Civil War broke out, Fort Delaware's purpose changed dramatically--it became a prisoner of war camp. By the fall of 1863, about 12,000 soldiers, officers, and political prisoners were being held in an area designed to hold only 4,000--and known as the Andersonville of the North, a place where terrible sickness and deprivation were a way of life despite the commanding general's efforts to keep the prison clean and the prisoners fed. Many books have been written about the Confederacy's Andersonville and its terrible conditions, but comparatively little has been written about its counterparts in the North. The conditions at Fort Delaware are fully explored, contemplating what life was like for prisoners and guards alike.
Fort Delaware
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Author : Laura M. Lee
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2010-08-02
Fort Delaware written by Laura M. Lee and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-02 with History categories.
Located on Pea Patch Island, Fort Delaware was erected to defend local ports from enemy attack but never received or fired a shot in anger. The first earthen-work version, constructed during the War of 1812, was followed by a second 1820s plan incorporating a masonry star design with a network of drainage ditches. Engineering issues and a low-lying site doomed the structure; in 1831, it was irreparably damaged by fire. A new plan created a more substantial fortification still standing to this day. Fort Delaware evolved into a well-established community that transformed from protector to notorious Civil War prison camp. Most widely known as a prison, it subsequently served in lesser roles through three more conflicts. Images of America: Fort Delaware unifies an amazing pictorial record of Fort Delawares historical timeline. The story is not only of active duty but its rescue from abandonment and subsequent successful preservation work.
Guide To Historic Fort Delaware Pea Patch Island Delaware City
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Author : Fort Delaware Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960*
Guide To Historic Fort Delaware Pea Patch Island Delaware City written by Fort Delaware Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960* with categories.
Unlikely Allies
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Author : Dale Fetzer
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2005-06
Unlikely Allies written by Dale Fetzer and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06 with History categories.
Moving narrative of the harrowing ordeal of Civil War prisoners Based on newly discovered primary sources During the Civil War, more than 30,000 Southern prisoners passed through the gates of Fort Delaware over the course of three years. As with all Civil War prison camps, Fort Delaware gained a reputation for wretched living conditions and is still called the "Andersonville of the North" by some historians. Undoubtedly, there were suffering and death at the prison, but a thorough examination reveals a markedly different picture: that of a group of men and women determined not only to survive, but to thrive as well, despite harsh circumstances.
Confederate Prisoners At Fort Delaware
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Author : Joel D. Citron
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-08-21
Confederate Prisoners At Fort Delaware written by Joel D. Citron and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-21 with History categories.
During the Civil War, each side accused the other of mistreating prisoners of war. Today, most historians believe that there was systemic and deliberate abuse of POWs by both sides yet many base their conclusions on anecdotal evidence, much of it from postwar writings. Drawing on both contemporaneous prisoner diaries and Union Army documents (some newly discovered), the author presents a fresh and detailed study of supposed mistreatment of prisoners at Fort Delaware—one of the largest Union prison camps—and draws surprising conclusions, some of which have implications for the entire Union prison system.
The Story Of Fort Delaware
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Author : Fort Delaware Society (Wilmington, Delaware)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Story Of Fort Delaware written by Fort Delaware Society (Wilmington, Delaware) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
Three Hundred And Sixty Six Days At Fort Delaware
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Author : Gary C. Cole
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2017-10-26
Three Hundred And Sixty Six Days At Fort Delaware written by Gary C. Cole and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
James Byrd Foote enlisted as a private in Company A of the First Regiment, Georgia Regulars, just thirteen days after the surrender of Fort Sumter; transferred to Company C of the Seventh Georgia Infantry Regiment some four months later; and participated in engagements against the Yankees at Yorktown, Seven Pines, Oak Grove, Mechanicsville, Gainess Mill, Garnetts and Goldings Farms, Savages Station, Malvern Hill, Kellys Ford, Rappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap, Second Manassas, Ox Hill, Boonsborough, Sharpsburg, Suffolk, Gettysburg, Funkstown, Charleston, Chattanooga, Campbells Station, and Knoxville, where he was captured on November 28, 1863. After spending more than three months as a prisoner of war in several jails and military prison camps, he was forwarded from the Union Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky, to Fort Delaware and was imprisoned there for 366 days before being delivered for exchange to the Confederate authorities at Boulwares and Coxs Wharves in Virginia during the three-day period of March 1012, 1865. He returned home to Dallas, Georgia, as a paroled prisoner of war to find that the land throughout Paulding County had been laid to waste by the Union and Confederate armies and that his family had been impoverished by the war. He endured the hardships of Reconstruction in Northern Georgia but was determined to prosper, and he did, becoming a successful merchant farmer and a leading citizen of Dallas who was favorably known throughout Paulding and surrounding counties.
Civil War Ghosts At Fort Delaware
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Author : Ed Okonowicz
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2012-02-13
Civil War Ghosts At Fort Delaware written by Ed Okonowicz and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-13 with History categories.
Ghosts at the Civil War island prison at Fort Delaware State Park.
Fort Delaware
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Author : Laura M. Lee
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Fort Delaware written by Laura M. Lee and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Located on Pea Patch Island, Fort Delaware was erected to defend local ports from enemy attack but never received or fired a shot in anger. The first earthen-work version, constructed during the War of 1812, was followed by a second 1820s plan incorporating a masonry star design with a network of drainage ditches. Engineering issues and a low-lying site doomed the structure; in 1831, it was irreparably damaged by fire. A new plan created a more substantial fortification still standing to this day. Fort Delaware evolved into a well-established community that transformed from protector to notorious Civil War prison camp. Most widely known as a prison, it subsequently served in lesser roles through three more conflicts. Images of America: Fort Delaware unifies an amazing pictorial record of Fort Delaware's historical timeline. The story is not only of active duty but its rescue from abandonment and subsequent successful preservation work.
They Died At Fort Delaware 1861 1865 Confederate Union And Civilian
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Author : Jocelyn P. Jamison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
They Died At Fort Delaware 1861 1865 Confederate Union And Civilian written by Jocelyn P. Jamison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with categories.
" ... This book is compiled from National Archive records, ancestral family records, and Fort Mott burial records."--Foreword.