Leeds and Co. Napoleon Number 19 at Petersburg National Battlefield
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Leeds and Co. Napoleon Number 19 at Petersburg National Battlefield

Among the many interesting artillery pieces at Petersburg National Battlefield is the earliest surviving Napoleon manufactured for the Confederacy. This Napoleon made by Leeds and Company of New Orleans is displayed at Battery Number Five within walking distance of the visitors center. (It is marked with the Leeds and Co. Foundry Number 19.)

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The Napoleons of Carthage, North Carolina
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The Napoleons of Carthage, North Carolina

Two Napoleons (12-Pounder Field Gun-Howitzers of the American Civil War) flank a monument to James Roger McConnell, pilot of the Lafayette Escadrille, in Carthage, North Carolina outside of the historic former Moore County Courthouse.

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