Named for its developer, Emperor Napoleon III of France, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, the 12-pounder Napoleon was the most commonly used gun of the Civil War. The Napoleon had an effective range of 1,000 yards and a range of 1,680 yards at five degrees elevation. It fired solid shot, shell, case shot and canister rounds with a 2.5 lb charge of powder. The gun with its carriage and equipment weighed 2500 lbs. and was served by a crew of eight.

Earliest born person to be photographed? Possibly Balthus Stone (born ca. 1744)

Earliest born person photographed? Although Daguerre is generally considedred the first to have taken a photograph of a person (see his capture of someone getting their shoes shined), I'll suggest that William Henry Fox Talbot took the first photo of someone clearly recognizable. His 1840 photograph of a coachman may stand as the oldest known photo of a person, and the oldest person (?) photographed.
Denny Gill
Chugiak, Alaska

[The commenter was asking: What person in a photograph has the earliest birth year? Possibly someone born in the 1730s or 1740s. - Dave]

Perhaps it was the play "Our American Cousin" by Tom Taylor.

Probably a Sidney Sheldon novel he picked up at the gift shot in the Atlanta airport during a six-hour flight delay. Just a guess.
Denny Gill
Chugiak, Alaska

Wonder what the book was he was reading.

Any ideas of what would be the oldest pictured person ever? Hmmm, hard to describe -- what I mean is: what is the earliest-born person ever photographed (e.g., a person born 1795, who was 75 years old, photographed in 1870, etc.)

[Probably an oldster photographed in the late 1830s. - Dave]

1864? Wow. That's 143 years! And that photo as good as those from my 3 MP digital camera!