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Fort DuPont
Fort DuPont, named in honor of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, is located between Delaware City and the modern Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the original Reeden Point tract, which was granted to Henry Ward in 1675. The first fortification built was the Ten Gun Battery, an auxiliary to nearby Fort Delaware during the American Civil War. A twenty-gun battery was constructed on the reservation during the 1870s followed by a mine control casemate in 1892. In 1897-1905, Endicott Era emplacements were constructed for long-range rifles, mortars, and rapid-fire guns.〔Ames, David L., Dean A. Doerrfield, Allison W. Elterich, Caroline C. Fisher, and Rebecca J. Siders. ''Fort DuPont, Delaware: An Architectural Survey and Evaluation.'' Newark, DE: University of Delaware, Center of Historic Architecture and Engineering, 1994.〕 In 1922, the post became headquarters for the 1st Engineer Regiment, which garrisoned the post until 1941. During World War II, Fort DuPont served as a mobilization station for deploying units, and contained a prisoner-of-war camp for captured German soldiers and sailors. After the war, Fort DuPont was declared surplus and offered to the Department of Veterans Affairs for use as a veterans hospital. After they declined, the state bought the site at a 100 percent discount and adapted existing structures for reuse. In 1948, it officially opened as the Governor Walter W. Bacon Health Center. In 1992, a large portion was re-designated as Fort DuPont State Park, which became Delaware's 13th state park. In 1999, the site was officially designated the Fort DuPont Historic District after it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.〔http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/1604〕 The historic district comprises Fort DuPont State Park and the Governor Bacon Health Center.〔http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/parks/Information/Documents/Fort%20Dupont/RFP-Fort-Dupont-Background.pdf〕〔http://historical-places.findthedata.org/l/75185/Fort-Dupont-Historic-District〕
==Civil War==
Ten Gun Battery, briefly called Fort Reynolds,〔Crumrine, Bishop. "Letters Sent 1862-1865." ''Washington and Jefferson College, U. Grant Miller Library'', January 2005.〕 was built from 1863 to 1864 on the farm of 1st Lt. Clement Reeves of the 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry. The first soldiers to garrison the post were from Capt. John Jay Young's Independent Battery G, Pittsburgh Heavy Artillery.〔Crumrine, Bishop.〕 Sgt. Bishop Crumrine of Young's Battery wrote, "This fortification is not properly a Fort but rather a water battery. Situated just across the river from Fort Delaware on the Delaware City side, it has five sides. The two longest sides being next to the river is a heavy breast work on which Six 10-inch and four 15-inch guns are mounted."〔
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