Napoleon Civil War Cannon (Rubber Band Powered Cannon)

This type of “canon obusier”, commonly called in English the 12-pounder Napoleon Model 1857, was the primary cannon used in the American Civil War. Over 1,100 such Napoleons were manufactured by the North, and 600 by the South. At Gettysburg, 142 out of 360 Union guns (36%) were Napoleons.