Thanks Hugh. You let me off a little too easy for my citing news reports from Andersonville as reason for mistreatment at Fort Delaware. Even though the two overlapped, it appears that much of the problems at Fort Delaware preceded Andersonville. I think my goof is one more example of a little knowledge being very dangerous. Sorry for the mistake.

From what I have read, I have to agree with you that Fort Delaware wasn't the worst of the Federal prisons.