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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 2.9 (search)
rices for very poor articles on sale are very candidly and freely complained of and objected to by the needy customers. But while they grumble, stern necessity forces them to buy. In clear weather the prisoners-promenade in the open area and exercise by running, jumping, pitching quoits, etc. February 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th The privy is on the beach, where the tide comes in, 150 feet or more distant from the nearest division. It is open and exposed in front, and is in sight of Delaware city. The seats are very filthy, and cannot be occupied without being defiled. The sea water proves no disinfectant, and the constant frequenters of the place are sickened by the offensive odors which are wafted to their sensitive olfactories. Diarrhoea and dysentery are so prevalent, and the pen is so crowded, that parties are very often compelled to wait an hour or longer before they can be relieved. The floor and seats are too filthy and nauseating for description; yet very many who su
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Canals. (search)
in the United States. name.Cost.Completed.LengthLOCATION. in miles. Albemarle and Chesapeake$1,641,363186044Norfolk, Va., to Currituck Sound, N. C. Augusta1,500,00018479Savannah River, Ga., to Augusta, Ga. Black River3,581,954184935Rome, N. Y., to Lyons Falls, N. Y. Cayuga and Seneca 2,232,632183925Montezuma, N. Y., to Cayuga and Seneca Lakes, N. Y. Champlain 4,044,000182281Whitehall, N. Y., to Waterford. N. Y. Chesapeake and Delaware3,730,230182914Chesapeake City, Md., to Delaware City, Del. Chesapeake and Ohio11,290,3271850184Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D. C. Chicago Drainage. See next page. Companys 90,000184722Mississippi River, La., to Bayou Black, La. Delaware and Raritan 4,888,749183866New Brunswick, N. J., to Trenton, N. J. Delaware Division2,433,350183060Easton, Pa., to Bristol, Pa. Des Moines Rapids4,582,00918777 1-2At Des Moines Rapids, Mississippi River. Dismal Swamp2,800,000182222Connects Chesapeake Bay with Albemarle Sound. Erie 52,540,8001825381
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The prison experience of a Confederate soldier. (search)
e in making the statement that, during the day we were at his quarters, there were more stragglers brought in by the cavalry, than the total number of Confederates opposing the advance of Grant's army upon Petersburg, during the 16th and 17th of June, before the arrival of Lee's army. We were next taken to City Point, James River, and from there to Fort Delaware by steamer. Fort Delaware was one of the regular Federal prisons, situated upon an island in the Delaware River, opposite Delaware City, forty miles below Philadelphia. At one time there were as many as 2,500 officers, and 8,000 private soldiers confined in that prison. The quarters provided for the officers were reasonably comfortable. They were at times too much crowded. The private soldiers were kept in a separate department, and the officers had no communication with them and no opportunity to judge of their treatment, but it is said they were crowded in insufficient quarters and poorly fed. Such of the off
The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], The military force of Pennsylvania. (search)
of Government. Though these accounts are not generally credited, they are believed in official quarters; hence these precautionary movements. At all events, they are considered necessary, no one knowing what turn affairs may take during the prevalent excitement. The roads and avenues leading to Washington are closely watched, and arrangements made to promptly concentrate the military forces at any threatened point. The greatest anxiety prevails everywhere to hear further from the South. The people in groups discuss the war news, and its future effect on the country. Information from what is deemed a reliable source was received last night, to the effect that the secessionists in Delaware, whose headquarters are reported to be in Virginia, were about to make a sudden attack upon Fort Delaware, opposite Delaware city, for which they have been preparing for the last month. Immediate steps were taken by the Secretary of War to prevent the consummation of the plot.
The Daily Dispatch: April 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], $100 reward. (search)
The Keenstown prisoners. --The Philadelphia correspondent of the New York Herald, March 31, notes the arrival at Delaware City, that day, of two hundred and twenty prisoners of war, captured at Winchester. They were to be taken to Fort Delaware, on the Pea Patch Island, Delaware Bay. The writer says: "One of the prisoners is Bushred C. Washington. Much sympathy was shown the prisoners in Baltimore, and they were cheered when they left the wharf en route, for Fort Delaware. "
The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Escape of prisoners from Fort Delaware. (search)
each man, and on the night of the 12th inst. proceeded to leave the island. The night being dark they got into the water and swam off from the back of the island for the shore. Three of them swam four miles, and landed about two miles below Delaware City; the other two, being swept down the river, floated down sixteen miles, and landed at Christine Creek. Another soldier (a Philadelphian) started with them, but was drowned a short distance from the shore. He said he was not coming back to the Confederacy, but was going to Philadelphia. He had eight canteens around his body, but was not an expert swimmer. The three who landed near Delaware City laid in a cornfield all night, and the next evening, about dark, started on their way South, after first having made known their condition to a farmer, who gave them a good supper. They travelled that night twelve miles through Kent county, Del., and the next day lay concealed in a gentleman's barn. From there they went to Kent coun