This artillery shell is classified as a Confederate 3" Read percussion shell made for a 2.9"caliber Field Gun. The fired projectile was recovered at the Battle of Hunterstown near Gettysburg within days of that battle. The cylindrical shell is missing its copper time fuse adapter but the nose cavity exhibits clear fuse threads cut into the body. Shell retains its complete, copper tapered ring sabot. Iron body exterior is clean and smooth with the top bourrelete band worn town to 'almost smooth'. Never cleaned, the round wears a dark brown patina overall. Lathe dog broken off the body and the lathe dimple is clearly visible on the base. Distinct lands and grooves, as well as a single vertical crack or split, are visible on the copper sabot band. Length: 7.5"; diameter: 2.95", weight 7 pounds. This CS Read shell from the Battle at Hunterstown is identified in 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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