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Negro soldier guarding 12-pounder
City Point, Virginia; 1865
The “Napoleon” 12 Pounder was named for Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and was widely popular on both sides. These bronze cannon differed from the rifled guns of the day in that it was smooth on the inside of the barrel. This meant that it was less accurate and with a shorter range than the rifled weapons of the day. The distinct advantage that it did possess was that this allowed it to fire a wider variety of ammunition.
By loading canister or grape shot into the cannon you could effectively turn the cannon into a high powered shotgun. Small projectiles would burst from the gun and spread out making them very effective against enemy forces charging against the defenses using the cannon. Following the war the bronze cannons were phased out in favor of rifled guns. With more modern ammunition allowing the rifled weapons to fire devastating rounds a longer distance that exploded to create the shrapnel effect that was so effective with the bronze cannons at close range.