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Confederate Masterminds Who Conquered Delaware’s Deadly Waters
Fort Delaware State Park sits on a tiny island where Confederate prisoners pulled off some of the Civil War’s wildest escapes.
Between 1862 and 1865, desperate men found creative ways to beat the Delaware River’s deadly currents and 300 Union guards. They hid in coffins, pretended to ice skate, and crawled through sewers…