CS 3" SMOOTH READ LONG PATTERN COMMON SHELL FOUND ON THE MEHRING HOMESTEAD OFF FAIRFIELD ROAD - GEISELMAN COLLECTION

$1,250.00 SOLD
Originally $1,850.00

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Item Code: R10979

This super fine condition artillery round was manufactured by Southern arsenals is a smooth sided, long Read percussion shell similar in design to its U.S. counterpart, a 2.9" - 3" Parrott shell. The difference is that a Confederate manufactured shell can be identified by the lathe dimple in the base of the body, a thinner wrought iron sabot and distinct lathe marks that run the entire length of the projectile. The Parrott shell will exhibit a large chiseled area on the base where the spur waste was removed. The wrought iron sabot is thicker. This projectile would have used the wooden fuse plug adapter, which is not present. The sabot does exhibit lands & grooves from being fired. This shell has no surface rust. It has a dark patina, with one area of very light pitting; the rest of the shell is smooth. 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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