This item is an original fired and unexploded C.S. 3-Inch Read Smooth Case-Shot Shell. Lightly pitted, this shell measures approximately 8 ½ inches long and 2.8 inches in diameter and weighs 9.5 pounds. It was found in relic condition in Gettysburg in Reynolds' Woods. The fuse is missing exposing the inside of the shell; this shell was usually fired with a wooden fuse adapter and paper time fuse. The intact sabot is a tapered iron ring on the bottom of the shell with the grooves from the gun's rifling. The upper shell shows the sign of the removed mold dimple. There are a few impact dings near the top of the shell. This shell has been attractively hand painted long ago with a mountain lake central scene (sized 4 inches by 2 inches) with large tree and surrounding large flowers. The artistry is unsigned. It would make a nice display piece for an artillery, Civil War, or Gettysburg related collection. This item is identified in John Geiselman's collection by a contemporary tag.

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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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