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Prior to the Civil War some captured enemy cannons were engraved and so turned in to trophy cannons. The battle where the cannon was captured or date of capture were some of the common engravements. This practice was sometimes seen with cannons captured during the Mexican-American War. However, there were only a few captured enemy cannons engraved after the end of the Civil War. How many World War One or World War Two enemy cannons have you seen that are engraved? I know a few captured and some non captured Civil War cannons were engraved but I have not seen many of them.
I was wondering why engraving cannons to turn them trophy cannons fell out of popularity. Perhaps this practice simply became a thing of the past. However, was there a political or social reason that Civil War captured cannons were not engraved?
I was wondering why engraving cannons to turn them trophy cannons fell out of popularity. Perhaps this practice simply became a thing of the past. However, was there a political or social reason that Civil War captured cannons were not engraved?