A Trophy of War
After the fall of Fort Fisher, the Armstrong gun became a war trophy and the focus of photographs and newspaper articles. Union soldiers, such as Captain Trickey of the 3rd New Hampshire, noted the “elegantly mounted Armstrong gun … the carriage being of rosewood and mahogany.”
Shortly after the war the gun was taken to the U.S. Military Academy at West point. It was placed on trophy Point overlooking the Hudson River, where it has been a popular attraction ever since.
Marker can be reached from Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
