This Federal 3” Type-2 Parrott artillery projectile was recovered from the Vaughn Farm on South Cavalry Field sometime after the Battle of Gettysburg. The cylindrical shell is complete with its standard brass pattern fuse adapter and brass band sabot. Fuse adapter plug is stamped on the flange with “J.P. SCHENKL / PAT. OCT 18, 1861” and still retains its anvil cap in the safety position. Designed by Robert P. Parrott in August 1861, the shell was used with the 10-pounder Parrott rifle of 2.9” caliber. The iron shell measures 8.5” long, has a diameter of 2.86” and weighs almost 9 pounds. This Parrott example is in very nice condition. This artifact is a wonderful representative projectile from Gettysburg and is identified in John Geiselman’s collection by his museum listing. Previously sold as Item# R10812.

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 never cleaned 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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