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special programs Fort Delaware State Park is a unique historic attraction that is readily accessible from major interstate highways, and just a short ride from Baltimore and Philadelphia... map  
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Fort Delaware is situated on Pea Patch Island, in the middle of the Delaware River, just above the entrance to the Delaware Bay... Fort Delaware  
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Fort Delaware became a Confederate Prison during the Civil War, expanding to a city of almost 17,000 after the Battle of Gettysburg...

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