Fort Delaware Sally Port Entrance

by Pamela Hyde Wilson

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Fort Delaware Sally Port Entrance

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Pamela Hyde Wilson

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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Fort Delaware is located in Delaware City, Delaware on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. The is the Sally Port entrance (main entrance) to the Fort. The bridge across the moat was built after the original draw bridge failed. Chief Engineer Joseph Gilbert Totten designed this harbor defense facility. The Union used Fort Delaware as a prison for Confederate prisoners of war, federal convicts, political prisoners, and privateer officers during the American Civil War. Major Charles W. Raymond designed a three-gun concrete battery, which was built inside the Fort in the 1890's. This was later named Battery Torbert. Fort Delaware was part of the three point concept by 1900 and worked closely with Fort DuPont in Delaware City, Delaware and Fort Mott in Pennsville, New Jersey. Pea Patch Island Prison Camp trail is a 3/4 mile walk through the area that was formerly home to the Officer's Row, Prison hospital, several outbuildings and a Spanish-American War era bunker. The only access to Pea Patch Island and Fort Delaware is by ferry and a jitny after a getting off the walk on the boardwalk.

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November 18th, 2013

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