The Union Prison at Fort Delaware: A Perfect Hell on EarthMcFarland, 1 ene 2003 - 175 páginas 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. 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 hellish conditions at Fort Delaware -- for prisoners and guards alike -- are fully explored. |
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Construction of Fort Delaware | 3 |
From One Extreme to Another | 10 |
Exchanges and the Writ of Habeas Corpus | 19 |
The Growth of the Prison Population | 28 |
Life on the Devils Half Acre | 39 |
Hope and Survival on the Devils Half Acre | 51 |
Difference of Opinion The Other Side of the Dead | 71 |
Outside Influences | 95 |
The End of the Line | 133 |
Regulations for Union War Prisons | 149 |
Notes | 159 |
Bibliography | 167 |
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