#second french intervention

Model 1866 Spencer Carbine from the United States of America dated to the 19th Century on display at the National Museum of the Revolution in Mexcio City, Mexico

During the Second French Intervention in Mexico, the American government gave a thirty million dollar loan to the government of President Benito Juárez. This Spencer carbine was thought to have been a gift from the USA to Benito Juárez as part of their show of support against the French Empire and their Hapsburg allies.