Here is a very nice piece of Gettysburg history: it is a bullet embedded in a piece of wood. It was recovered at an unknown location in Gettysburg. This wood was sawn by L.U. Collins in the summer of 1936 when he operated a mill on the park. The bullet type appears to be a three-ring .58 caliber lead minie ball; wood shows signs of having grown around the bullet. The very end of the bullet was sawn off when the wood was milled. This piece of wood measures a split and cut 12 inches by 3-½ inches by 5-5/8 inches. The wood appears to be tight grained oak and is original - has not been treated, stained, or sealed. This piece was identified in John Geiselman's collection by his museum listing. It is very attractive and would make an excellent addition to a Gettysburg Civil War collection and display.

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The Horse Soldier is pleased to offer a number of items from the John P. Geiselman collection, a collection that was on display for many years at the Geiselman Country Store Museum on Barlow - Two Taverns Road. Geiselman began his collecting as a child in the early 1920s, and during the pre-World II period had access to artifacts that had been purchased earlier at the estate sales of the Trostle, Rogers, Rose, Weikert, and Wentz farms - local properties that figured prominently in the battle and its aftermath. During this period he had access as well to the Hill , Plank, and Stewart collections, and was able to acquire other items that had been sold from turn-of-the-century relics establishments such as the Danner, Ziegler, and Oak Ridge Museums. Furthermore, Geiselman carefully documented most artifacts, and collectors perusing the list will be able to note, in many instances, not only the source of the relic and the date of its recovery, but also the part of the battlefield from which it came. In other words, his collection is the last major grouping of Gettysburg artifacts assembled and documented by a local resident.

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