Prior to the American Civil War this was the standard smoothbore projectile used along with the 12-pounder. Its purpose was to destroy fortifications, gun emplacements, charging infantry and cavalry.  When fired on a hard surface it would ricochet from one target to another.  This untouched, Confederate 6-pound spherical shot was recovered at Devil’s Den after the battle. On July 2^nd Latham’s North Carolina and Garden’s South Carolina batteries are engaged with Capt. Smith’s 4^th New York Battery and George B. Winslow’s Battery D 1^st N.Y. just above Devil’s Den.  Never cleaned, the projectile has light areas of pitting with a light coating of surface rust/grime.  Identified in John Geiselman’s museum collection by his contemporary inscribed labels. Previously sold as item# R11231.

This item is NOT eligible for the 10% Geiselman item discount.

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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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