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first saturday program - prisoners of fort delaware on a wanted style poster with a sketch style drawing of fort delaware

Join us at the Archives for September’s First Saturday Program: Prisoners of Fort Delaware

Nearly 33,000 Confederate prisoners of war passed through Fort Delaware during the Civil War.  Originally built as a coastal defense fortification in the Delaware River, Fort Delaware took on a very different role during the conflict, becoming one of the federal government’s largest and most notorious military prisons.  This Saturday, September 5, at 10:30 a.m., join us at […]


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