• 39°35′24″N 75°34′19″W / 39.59000°N 75.57194°W. Overlay of the three versions of Fort Delaware. The largest is Delafield's never-built design...
  • The Fort Delaware Society's Headquarters, Collections & Library are housed in the Robelen Building which was the old Fort DuPont Quartermaster Building.
  • Fort Delaware is locate on Pea Patch Island and is situated in the Delaware River between the State of Delaware and New Jersey.
  • Fort Delaware, located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, has a dark and storied past dating back to the Civil War.
  • It was originally built to protect the ports of Wilmington and Philadelphia. The State of Delaware acquired the Fort from the Federal Government in 1947.
  • Fort Delaware is a substantial fort constructed in the mid 1850s on Pea Patch Island, Delaware.
  • Construction on Fort Delaware was completed just two years before the Civil War and was to become a military POW camp.
  • There are thousands of stories of civil war ghosts and haunted buildings which were used in the war, and Fort Delaware is no exception.
  • Description: Accessible only by ferry, Fort Delaware has an important place in American history. As a harbor defense facility, the fort served as a prison for...
  • DESCRIPTION. Fort Delaware, located in Fort Delaware State Park, is a well-built, pentagonal military fortress, complete with a dungeon.