This Civil War artillery round is an original, US 12-pound spherical shell that was found at Gettysburg. In very good, dug condition, this projectile was recovered on the grounds of the Sherfy Farm located on Emmitsburg Rd south of Gettysburg town. The circular, iron projectile is missing its large Bormann time fuse and its center iron underplug. Both the plug and time fuse openings still exhibit some evidence of threading. Has no mold seam. Never cleaned, with just a light brown patina overall and sports just a light film of surface dirt. This 12-pound spherical shell, recovered from south of the Sherfy Farm on the Gettysburg battlefield, is identified by John Geiselman's collection by his museum listing.

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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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