Fort Fisher has Reopened!
Fort Fisher State Historic Site has reopened! The newly constructed visitors center and museum is magnificent. The fort itself has two newly reconstructed gun emplacements “armed” with replica banded and rifled 32-Pounders and two field pieces in front of the fort. It was a beautiful day for a visit. More posts will follow in the future which will try to tell something of the history of the fort and its people, but here are a few photos.
Two replica field pieces now sit in front of the fort. The replica Armstrong is in the background.
The 12-Pounder Whitworth is now mounted on a carriage.
A new banded and rifled 32-Pounder replica sits in a newly reconstructed emplacement.
A second new banded and rifled 32-pounder replica has yet to be mounted on its emplacement.
The third “banded and rifled” 32-Pounder was previously part of the display and it remains on the river-side of the fort.
The 150-Pounder Armstrong Replica’s carriage has been repainted.
The new museum and visitors center building at Fort Fisher
The two original Rifled and Banded 32-Pounders of 57 Hundredweight are now displayed on the “front porch” of the new museum building.
A 32-Pounder on a pretty day.
View from the second floor “porch” of the museum overlooking the fort.
Medal of Honor and photograph of Private William Freeman of the 169th New York Volunteer Infantry
