In 1794, the French military engineer Pierre Charles L’Enfant was surveying for defensive sites. He identified an island that he called "Pip Ash" as an ideal site for the defense of the prize of American commerce and culture".
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| - In 1794, the French military engineer Pierre Charles L’Enfant was surveying for defensive sites. He identified an island that he called "Pip Ash" as an ideal site for the defense of the prize of American commerce and culture".
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| - Fronts I & II of the third version of Fort Delaware.
- Restored mess hall that was used by Union soldiers and Confederate POWs inside the fort.
- Circular stairway near northeast bastion.
- Confederate POW cover from Civil War.
- Fort Delaware in 2011.
- Map showing the layout of structures on Pea Patch Island following the fire of 1831. Army Corps of Engineers.
- Letter documenting the tornado of 1885.
- Location of rapid-fire guns at Fort Delaware circa 1901. Plan by Lt. Spencer Cosby.
- Plan showing position of barbette guns in 1858.
- Reproduction POW barracks built in 2001.
- Second tier casemate inside Fort Delaware.
- Sandstone remnants of star fort recovered by Corps of Engineers during modern seawall repair.
- Engineer crew relax outside of fort during rapid-fire battery construction in 1898. Photo by Frank C. Warner, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- Fort Delaware painted by Seth Eastman, circa 1870-1875.
- Rear view of Battery Alfred Torbert inside Fort Delaware in Fall 2011.
- Soldiers appear by a circular stairway inside the fort in 1864. Photograph by John L. Gihon.
- The star fort version of Fort Delaware. Army Corps of Engineers.
- Trinity Chapel was built outside of the fort by POWs in 1863. G.L. Thompson Publisher.
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| - Fronts one and two of fort delaware on pea patch island.jpg
- Construction crews photographed outside Fort Delaware in 1898 during rapidfire battery construction.jpg
- Fort Delaware Pea Patch Island Showing Moat in 2011.jpg
- Pea patch island survey done after the fire of 1831.jpg
- Casemate at fort delaware with fiber glass gun.jpg
- Fort Delaware Engineer Plans 1858.jpg
- Fort Delaware POW 1864.jpg
- Sketch showing location of rapid fire guns at Fort Delaware circa 1901.jpg
- POW barracks rebuilt at Fort Delaware.jpg
- Pittsburgh Heavy Artillery photo taken in 1864.jpg
- Storm1885 letter from fort delaware.jpg
- Trinity chapel at Fort Delaware built in 1863.jpg
- Battery Alfred Torbert at Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island.jpg
- Circular brick stairwell and casemates inside fort delaware.jpg
- fort delaware.jpeg
- Restored enlisted soldiers mess hall inside fort delaware.jpg
- Star Fort Delaware Army Corps of Engineers Drawing.jpg
- Sandstone pieces from star fort version of Fort Delaware.jpg
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| - In 1794, the French military engineer Pierre Charles L’Enfant was surveying for defensive sites. He identified an island that he called "Pip Ash" as an ideal site for the defense of the prize of American commerce and culture". The island that L'Enfant called Pip Ash was locally known as Pea Patch Island. This island was mostly unaffected by humanity with one exception. Dr. Henry Gale, a New Jersey resident, used Pea Patch as a private hunting ground. Gale was offered $30,000 for the island by the US military, but he refused. The military was determined to get the island, so they appealed to the Delaware state legislature, which seized the island from Dr. Gale on May 27, 1813.
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