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.
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