French weapons in the American Civil War

The Federal version of the Napoleon can be recognized by the flared front end of the barrel, called the muzzle swell.

Initially hand-powered by oars, it was converted after 6 months to a screw propeller powered by a hand crank.

The submarine was lost in a storm off Cape Hatteras on April 1, 1863 with no crew and under tow to its first combat deployment at Charleston.

As the Confederacy struggled against the North, it attempted to purchase one of the latest ironclads from France, Stonewall (later acquired by Japan after the end of the war).

[5] She was temporarily de-commissioned, stationed at a US Navy dock, until she was offered for sale to the Japanese government of the Tokugawa shogunate.

The French " Canon obusier de campagne de 12 modèle 1853", on display in Les Invalides
An American M1857 12-Pounder "Napoleon"
The LeMat revolver , designed by Jean Alexandre LeMat of New Orleans and manufactured in France and Belgium.
The 1862 Alligator , first submarine of the US Navy , was developed in conjunction with the French.
The Confederacy's last ironclad was also Japan's first: Stonewall was later renamed Kōtetsu .