• 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.
  • Once a camp for Confederate POWs during the Civil War, Fort Delaware has been maintained and restored to tell the stories of those who served at the fort.
  • Whether it was well-founded intimidation or simply a lack of opportunity that led to the fort’s nonviolent history, one thing remains clear: Fort Delaware offered a...
  • Fort Delaware is a substantial fort constructed in the mid 1850s on Pea Patch Island, Delaware.
  • Fort Delaware, located on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, has a dark and storied past dating back to the Civil War.
  • Fort Delaware, on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, was a harbor defense facility built to protect the ports of Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA.
  • 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...
  • Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History was founded by former Sullivan County Historian James W. Burbank, and opened in 1957.
  • There are thousands of stories of civil war ghosts and haunted buildings which were used in the war, and Fort Delaware is no exception.