This item is an original fired and unexploded C.S. 3-Inch Smooth Long Read Case-Shot Shell.  Moderately 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 Reynold’s 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.  A close inspection of the inside top of the shell reveals either part of the fuse or part of the shell’s matrix, the tar-like material used to seal the case shot on the inside of the shell.  The damaged sabot is a tapered iron ring on the bottom of the shell and has sections bent and missing.  The upper shell shows minor signs of the removed mold dimple.  There are a few impact dings near the top of the shell.  This item is identified in John Geiselman’s collection by a contemporary tag. Originally sold as item R11228.

The individual who purchased this item varnished and lightly cleaned the shell, and applied white paint indicating its location of recovery. Below you will find photographs of the shell in its current state, and photographs of it in the condition in which it was originally sold by us. If interested, we can have the paint removed and the shell restored more to a relic look. This would involve a fee of a minimum of $50.00.

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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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