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Author Lee, Laura M.

Title Fort Delaware / Laura M. Lee and Brendan Mackie.

Imprint Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., ©2010.

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Description 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, maps.
Series Images of America
Images of America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Note Print version record.
Summary 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.
Subject Fort Delaware (Del.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Fortification -- Delaware -- Pictorial works.
Fort Delaware (Del.) -- Biography -- Pictorial works.
Delaware -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Pictorial works.
Prisoners of war -- Delaware -- Fort Delaware -- Pictorial works.
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Delaware -- Pictorial works.
Fortification. (OCoLC)fst00933024
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration. (OCoLC)fst00957852
Prisoners of war. (OCoLC)fst01077227
Delaware. (OCoLC)fst01204929
Delaware -- Fort Delaware. (OCoLC)fst01221444
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
Chronological Term 1861 - 1865
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Added Author Mackie, Brendan.
Other Form: Print version: Lee, Laura M. Fort Delaware. Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., ©2010 9780738585901 (DLC) 2009941878 (OCoLC)601339598
ISBN 9781439626238 (electronic bk.)
1439626235 (electronic bk.)
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