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Copy of original photograph of Confederate prisoners of war at Fort Delaware; group of 15 officers posed in fort, all are identified.
11 lut 2012 · More than 40,000 Confederate POWs, plus hundreds of civilian detainees, and hundreds of Union army prisoners under sentence of military courts-martial were held prisoner at Fort Delaware during the American Civil War.
–Sketch of Pea Patch Island and Fort Delaware, Nov. 1, 1864 –From Harper’s Weekly, June 27, 1863: “Prisoners arriving at Ft. Delaware.” –Negatives of shells and cannonballs
22 cze 2023 · Civil War Era fort in Delaware that had over 150 big guns but saw no action. Also a prison camp for Confederate soldiers at the like. Held over 30,000 POWs during the course of the war.
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The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . A UNION SENTRY AT LIBBY IN ISOo—CONFEDERATE PRISONERS [H—2]. PRISONERS OF WAR IN FORT DELAWARE, MAY, 1864 Captain Hart Gibson (No. i) was serving at the time of his capture as assistant adjutant-general on General John H. Morgansstaff.
During the Civil War, Fort Delaware went from protector to prison; a prisoner-of-war camp was established to house captured Confederates, convicted federal soldiers, and local political prisoners as well as privateers. [26]
