13 Sept. 1863-Aug. 1864 303 A.R. "[48], Starting in 1861, volunteer troops were sent to garrison Fort Delaware that included Collis' Zouaves d' Afrique,[49] the 19th New York Volunteers, Mlotkowski's Independent Battery A,[50] Young's Independent Battery G (Pittsburgh Heavy Artillery), 5th Delaware Infantry, 6th Delaware Infantry, 9th Delaware Infantry, 5th Maryland Infantry, 11th Maryland Infantry, 6th Massachusetts Militia, 157th Pennsylvania Infantry (Battalion), 201st Pennsylvania Infantry, 215th Pennsylvania, 157th Ohio Infantry, 196th Ohio Infantry, and Zouaves of the 165th New York Infantry. 1863 Account of the Prison Fund, Feb. 1864 Letter Sent to the Post Adjutant, Aug. 5, 1863 46 193 Receipts for Articles Delivered, May 1864-June 1865 47 186 Receipts for Money, Circulars, Orders, and Letters Received, 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0021 Bowling Green, Va., Provost Marshals Office 48 2 Register of Confederate Prisoners Paroled by the Provost Marshal and of Civilians Who Took Oaths of Allegiance and Amnesty, May 1865-Nov. 1866 Camp Butler, 111., Military Prison Registers of Prisoners: 49 A.R. This resource is just an index to 6;161 Register of Amnesty Rolls Forwarded, Apr.-May 1865 278 A.R. 1862 44 191 Ledger of Prisoners Accounts, June-Aug. 1862 45 192 Register of Money Sent to Prisoner?-. The Heronry Pea Patch Island is a summer home to nine different species of herons, egrets, and ibis. Henry Robinson Berkeley a Confederate prisoner. The Fort Delaware Society maintains the most complete index of these men available. 380 Alabama Organizations in Prison Divisions Nos. 11, June 1863-Apr. 6;470 Aug.-Dec. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0105 New Orleans, La. Major Pierce was the older brother of the 14th President of the United States, Franklin Pierce. Amanda Boykin Pierce's marker in New Castle, Del. 3-35, 1865 159 A.R. 3, ca. 19;65 1863, [ digital copy ] Reel 0062 210 A.R. Thompson, Col. R.C. 5;221 Order Book, May 1863-Jan. 1865 Register of Expenditures and Savings, June-July 1864 317 A.R. 1865 120 A.R. is done by Society volunteers, so please allow The chapel was subsequently used to store hay until totally demolished sometime after 1901. Delaware [65] Once at the island, visitors are brought to the fort on a jitney. 4;468 Register of Prisoners Captured in Aug. 1864 and Disposition, 1864-65 342 A.R. 78 193 A.R. Crazy how they had same name am sure very common in those days so he went by Ivey or Ivy to keep the two separated. our daily work load (staffing the Sutler's Shop, query correspondence, On top of the fort, flanking the 12-inch battery, were two smaller rapid-fire batteries, which protected the short-range sectors around the island and the mine field. Masonry arches and vaults were used throughout the entire fort to equally distribute weight and to provide stability. During the SpanishAmerican War, the fort was garrisoned by artillery soldiers of the 4th U.S. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/. brief biographical sketch of the individual to complete our 1865 15b-Mar.-July 1865 16 52; 312 Lists of Prison Camp Records Received, Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners, and Numeric Report of Prisoners Received, Paroled, Released, and Deceased, Compiled by the Cffice of the Commissary General of Prisoners, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0010 Registers of Deaths of Prisoners, Compiled by the Surgeon Generals Office: 17-Various States, 1862-65 18-Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0011 19 Maryland, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, and Kentucky, 1862-65 20-Virginia and North Carolina, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0012 21-South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, 1862-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0013 Alton, 111., Military Prison 22 A.R. 2;225 General Register of Civilian Prisoners, Apr. Although major construction was wrapped up before the Civil War, the post engineer did not declare the fort finished until 1868. off to a Society member with the expertise to help, and this can take a 1865 377 263 List of Confederate Money Taken From Prisoners on Arrival, Aug. 1864-Feb. 1865 Letters Sent by the Provost Marshals Office, Sept.-Oct. 1864 378 26k List of Property Belonging to Prisoners Who Were Transferred to Elmira, N.Y., Aug. 1864 Inventories of Joseph Forrests Estate and the Sothoron Estate, [n.d.] List of Confiscated Articles, [n.d.] List of Vessels Boarded and Searched, [n.d.] List of Persons, Including Those Having Passes, Apr. 8-inch Columbiad gun manufactured by Cyrus Alger & Co., in 1855. and information from the actual military muster rolls, POW records, noted that these 500 additional Confederate names have yet to be gives a pretty clear explanation of what records are available and how Leiper's granite was also used throughout for various items such as the steps for the circular stairways. Preferred citation: [Title and Date, Local Identifier], Delaware Historical Society Photograph Collection, Delaware Historical Society, Wilmington, Delaware. Nov. 1862-Apr. Society publication entitled "They Died at Fort Delaware: Union, P.O. This was exceedingly light diet," wrote Lt. Francis Dawson. 1865 125 A.R. [32][33] About 215 prisoners died as a result of typhoid and/or malaria, according to records in the National Archives. 1-3, 1864-65 157-Virginia, Maryland, and Mississippi Organizations in Prison Divisions Nos. Due to the threat of high-tide waters, efforts were directed toward repairing the dyke and adjacent seawall, slowing progress on the stonework. 27, 1865 140 A.R. Confederate POW cover with North and South postage stamps. [3] An L-shaped barracks building, using similar plans, was constructed for Union soldiers assigned as guards. "We went into dinner about three o'clock, which consisted of three hardtack, a small piece of meat (about three bites) and a pint tin cup of bean soup. 12 May 1863-June 1864 302 A.R. 1) A-L, 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0115 General Registers of Prisoners: 357 (pt. John Sergeant was appointed arbitrator, and in late 1847 heard arguments from the United States (represented by Senators John M. Clayton and James A. Bayard Jr.) and Humphrey (represented by former Secretary of War John Eaton and former Secretary of the Treasury George M. Bibb). "[38], "There are several large ditches running across the island which are filled daily by the bay water and which furnish the water for washing," wrote Capt. 1865 122 A.R. Instead of many guns concentrated in a traditional thick-walled masonry structure, the Endicott batteries are spread out over a wide area, concealed behind concrete parapets flush with the surrounding terrain. Society is trying to collect as many photographs and letters of Jamison, Jocelyn P., 1997., referencing House Report No. .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}393524N 753419W / 39.59000N 75.57194W / 39.59000; -75.57194. According to Davis, soldiers buried three pieces of artillery on the island. Adjutant General, headquarters, Department of the East, New York Harbor, August 4, 1885. 7;141 Oct. 1864-May 1865 224 A.R. The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Letter from Brig. 12;396 No. which Confederate military service was credited). 1863-July 1865 313 A.R. Gen. Johnston Pettigrew. To confirmed by obtaining Compiled Military Services Records. Muster-In Rolls, 5th Regiment Delaware Infantry Volunteers, Company K, October 30, 1862 Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1st Regiment Delaware Veteran Infantry Volunteers, Company F, June 3, 1865 Infantry, Civilian Detainee - Maj. Pierce, the post commander, was granted orders to use the federal arsenal in New Castle, Del. 16; A.R. "At 3 p.m. we fell in and marched up to the barracks and by 5 were on board the Crescent and under way. (302) 834-7941. 23 Hospital Register, Oct. 1864- June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0096 Fort McHenry, Md., Military Prison 305 1 Register of Prisoners, 1861-62 List of Approved Provision Returns, Dec. 1862 List of Special Requisitions for Supplies, Dec. 1862 List of Men Confined Under Charges and Sentences, Oct.-Dec. 1862 306 2; 3 Registers of Prisoners, Sept. 1863- Apr. your prisoner, or garrison member, as you have: Ancestor's Full Name, Regiment, Company, and State. as barracks for his two companies until "Fort Delaware can be reoccupied." Park Service: If we do In 1822, Colonel Totten and General Simon Bernard were on the island to inspect the faulty works. There is no known evidence that any progress was made on the actual fortification by war's end. A similar mine casemate at Fort Delaware had been planned in the 1870s but never materialized due to lack of funding. 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0017 Stationery Returns, Mar. We have been living upon hams, turkeys, chickens, tongues, jellies, pickles, butter, cheese, canned fruits, and jellies of various kinds, with all else that could be desired for comfortable and healthy diet," wrote Reverend Handy in 1864. 16, July 1863-Mar. appear today, carved on the brick walls inside the fort. 3;277 Register of Deaths, Dec. 1863-June 1865 396 288 Stubs of Prisoners Receipts, Apr. special information, or analysis and interpretation, are often handed 4 Register of Deaths of Prisoners, July 1864-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0068 Morning Reports of Military and Political Prisoners: 225 126 July-Dec. 1864 226 127 Jan.-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0069 Registers of Prisoners Money Received: 227 135 July 1864-June 1865 228 134 July-Nov. 1864 229 133 Register of the Disposition of Prisoners Possessions, 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0070 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 230 137* July-Dec. 1864 231 138 Aug.-Nov. 1864, [ digital copy ] Reel 0071 Ledgers of Prisoners Accounts: 232 139 1864-65 233 136* Blotter to Ledgers, 1864-65 Check Stubs, FJrst National Bank of Elmra, N.Y.: 234 131 Aug.-Dec. 1864 235 132 Dec. 1864-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0072 Gratiot and Myrtle Streets Prisons, St. Louis, Mo. Battery C manned the two rapid-fire guns of Battery Hentig, located outside of the fort. The state legislature passed an act in May 1813 ceding the island to the United States government, which subsequently seized it from Gale. 4, Mar. From time to time photos of the prisoners 1862- July 1865 Morning Reports of Prisoners: 167 A.R. In the center of this wall was the sally port, the only entrance to or exit from the fort. Island during the war (and before and after the Civil War as well). 384 1864-65 156 -Virginia Organizations in Prison Divisions Nos. Location of rapid-fire guns at Fort Delaware circa 1901. 1-3 and Civilian Prisoners, Dec. 1862 74 56; CC 23 Roll Call Book for Prisons Nos. "Things here are not quite as bad as I expected to find them. The As of 2018, transportation to Fort Delaware from Delaware City and Fort Mott is provided by a seasonal passenger ferry, the Forts Ferry Crossing. Fort Delaware is a harbor defense facility built in 1859 on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. Union pension application records are at the National Archives. special information, or analysis and interpretation, are often handed Outside of the fort, engineers built additional rapid-fire batteries, which were later named Battery Dodd and Battery Hentig. [21] In 1849, Sanders' crews began using steam-powered pile drivers to place long piles (similar to modern telephone poles) in excavated areas to provide adequate support. Those pictured are: Lt. H.H. More American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, From the First Session to the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress, Inclusive. 1-9, [n.d.] 389 249 Prison Divisions Nos. By 1866, approximately 156 guns were mounted in total, filling the fort's casemates and ramparts to capacity. We are interested in extractions (each card in the CMSR represents a single document on which Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1834. Box labeled "Civil War, 1" Civil War-era documents-Prison Life During the Rebellion; being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six Hundred Confederate Prisoners Sent from Fort Delaware to Morris' Island to be Punished, by Fritz Fuzzlebug, one of their Number, 1869. 1864-June 1865 Department of the Missouri 322 Register of Prisoners, Mar.-Apr. 1 And 2: 75 43; CC 43 [n.d.] 76 44 [n.d.] List of Checks Received and Disposition, Apr.-June 1865 77 Roll Call Book for Prison No. Also found him on the rolls at Fort Delaware, please see below. 2, Dec. 1864-Mar. noted that these 500 additional Confederate names have yet to be 3;75 1863-65 198 A.R. "A storm took place here. 1864-May 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0111 Point Lookout, Md., Military Prison Letters Sent Relating to Prisoners: 352 245 Feb. 1864-Mar. Once we Dr. Henry Gale, a New Jersey resident, used Pea Patch as a private hunting ground. you are researching, let us know what those might be. Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift, Chief Engineer to John C. Calhoun. [26] The first prisoners were housed inside the fort in sealed off casemates, empty powder magazines, and two small rooms inside the sally port. 1863-June 1864 312 G.R. -May 1865 Accounts of Money and Effects of Prisoners: 285 A.R. More than 40,000 Confederate POWs, plus hundreds of civilian detainees, and hundreds of Union army prisoners under sentence of military courts-martial were held prisoner at Fort Delaware during the American Civil War. Restored mess hall that was used by Union soldiers and Confederate POWs inside the fort. Basil W. Duke, and Lt. J.A. Robert E. Park, 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment. "[44], In late 1862, prisoners inside the fort were fed three meals a day instead of the usual two. If you have made a request, and have not heard Battery Alburtis was named for William Alburtis, killed in the siege of Veracruz in the MexicanAmerican War. During the Civil War, Fort Delaware went from protector to prison; a prisoner-of-war camp was established to house captured Confederates, convicted federal soldiers, and local political prisoners as well as privateers. Records. as many of these represented there as possible. This main battery was designed by Army engineer Lt. Col. Charles W. Raymond, assisted by Lt. Spencer Cosby. 1863-May 1864 Rf Testers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 299 OCGP 2 Dec. 1863-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0095 Rolls of Confederate Deserters Received, Apr. 1864 123 A.R. 3 Jan.-June 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0014 Registers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 27 OCGP 1 1861-63 28 OCGP 2 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0015 29 1; 169 Register of Civilian Prisoners, Mar. century (circa 1900) by War Department clerks assigned to extract names U.S. Army photograph facing the sally port in 2011. files. 1;460* General Register of Prisoners, Aug. 1861-Dec. 1865 List of Substitute Brokers and Bounty Jumpers Released, Mar. 1865 132 A.R. These files can be viewed on Fold3, but there may be a fee for using this service. "These Barracks [sic] were common wooden sheds, affording accommodation for about ten thousand persons," wrote Lt. Francis W. Dawson, a Confederate POW captured in August 1862. 3 Apr. 49 Register of Prisoners in Various Prison Divisions Released or Returned to Confederate Barracks, L861j-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0047 161-Register of Prisoners From Various Squads, 1864-65 162-Register of Officers, Enlisted Men, Blockade Runners, and Political Prisoners Received for Confinement, Apr.-July 1863 163-Register of Prisoners in the Prison Hospital, Mar. 14;81 Apr.Dec. In 1833, Fort Delaware was torn down to make room for a new fortification. The next morning I was told that these Barracks were the quarters for the privates and non-commissioned officers, and that, by requesting it, I could be removed to the quarters for the officers, which were inside the Fort."[28]. The star fort was designed by army engineer Joseph G. Totten and construction was supervised by Capt. "[37], "The mess-room is next to [Division] 22 and near the rear. [18][19] The fort was designed by Army chief engineer Joseph G. Totten, and construction was supervised by Major John Sanders. During the Civil War a ten-gun battery was built on the river's west bank near the later Fort DuPont; this was rebuilt as a 20-gun battery in the 1870s but not fully armed.[54]. Our By August 1863, there were more than 11,000 prisoners on the island; by wars end, it had held almost 33,000 men. For questions regarding use and reproduction, please contact research@dehistory.org. If you have a 1865 Registers of Prisoners: 410 299 1861-62 411 361* 1861-62 412 1 1861-66 List of Sentenced Prisoners, 1864-65 Lists of Prisoners Received and Accounts of Prisoners: 413 A.R. contemporary photograph, or war time letters and Helping you find your way to Genealogy information. [15] It appears no further work was done on this fort. 1862-Mar. 378 Register of Officer Prisoners in Various Prison Divisions, 1864 160 A.R. 1 1862-65 219 G.R. data base files, correspondence files, and photo acquisition records are Thus, the fort had positions for 169 cannon. 1 1862-63, [ digital copy ] Reel 0055 Registers of Prisoners, Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 190 OCGP 2 1863-65 191 OCGP 3;231 1864-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0056 Registers of Prisoners: 192 A.R. The A&E Network's Civil War Journal recorded portions of an episode at the fort entitled "War Crimes: The Death Camps" that originally aired October 9, 1994. [21], The fort is primarily composed of gneiss, granite, brick, and cement. In 1850 pile driving was complete; crews had driven 4,911 piles, reusing 1,095 piles from the Delafield fort. "We only left the room to march down into the mess-hall. 1;116* General Register of Prisoners, July 1863-July 1865, [ digital copy ] Reel 0101 Registers of Prisoners,Compiled by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners: 326 OCGP 1 1863-65 327 OCGP 2 1863-65, [ digital copy ] Reel 0102 328 List of Prisoners, 1862 Inventory of Property, June 20, 1862 329 A.R. 427 July 1863 116 A.R. Half of the total number of deaths occurred during a smallpox epidemic in 1863. Also look at the Fort Delaware prison records states Benjamin W. Ivey sounds like they went back and forth either middle was F or W. He is listed at the top of the list. Sandstone remnants of star fort recovered by Corps of Engineers during modern seawall repair. 9, June 1863-Apr. This mining casemate served in conjunction with a one-story torpedo (mine storage) shed and a narrow-gauge railroad, which all supported water-tight mines that could be placed in the Delaware River as a defensive measure against a possible enemy attack. Philadelphia: J and G.S. 8; 45 May 1862-Aug. 1863 56 303 1862-63 57 Feb.-Mar. 28, 1862 List of Negro Prisoners, [n.d.] List of Prisoners Who Were Forwarded or Escaped, 1862 60 7 Descriptive List of Prisoners, Feb.-July 1863 List of Names and Checks Drawn, [n.d.] List of Prisoners Received, 1863-64, [ digital copy ] Reel 0026 61 139 List of Prisoners Paroled, Aug. 1862- Mar. A total of 5,754 piles were tested and 2,955 failed more than one fifth of an inch. Augustus A. Gibson took command of the fort and a small garrison of only 20 regular army soldiers. [3] Gale was offered $30,000 for the island by the US Army, but he refused. 1862-Mar. The Sci Fi Channel investigation series Ghost Hunters Academy recorded an episode, which aired June 23, 2010. Leon Jastremski of the 10th Louisiana Infantry. Infantry troops were mainly responsible for manning guard posts along the seawall, which ran around the island. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129574325/benjamin-f.-ivey, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26621315/benjamin-franklin-ivey, http://www.fortdelaware.org/Prisoner%20&%20Garrison%20Queries.htm. 1865 36-Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners, Apr.-Oct. 1862 Requests for Funds Sent to the Adjutant General and Receipts for Funds and Equipment, l8oP Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners, Oct.-Dec. 1862 List of Effects of Deceased Prisoners, 1862-63 List of Squads, [n.d.] List of Prisoners Under Sentence, 1862-63 List of Civilian Squads, [n.d.] Unidentified List of Names, 1862-63 Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners: 37 177 Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners, Oct.-Dec. 1862 List of Effects of Deceased Prisoners, 1862-63 List of Squads, [n.d.] List of Prisoners Under Sentence, 1862-63 List of Civilian Squads, [n.d.] Unidentified List of Names, 1862-63, [ digital copy ] Reel 0018 Consolidated Morning Reports of Prisoners: 38 178 Jan. 1863-Mar. 186*4- 383 256 Apr.-July 1864 38*4- 262 [n.d.] 385 261 Register of Prisoners Money, Aug. l86*4Apr. 7 No. Registers of Confederate Prisoners at Johnson's Island, Ohio, 1889 - 1904. Many years ago, the