Here is a nice assortment of small arms ammunition recovered from the Gettysburg battlefield. Acquired early on and eventually became part of the John Geiselman collection.  This group includes 8 spent Burnside cartridge cases, 1 Burnside bullet, 2 sets of Buck & Ball (one retains its original cartridge paper), 2 Confederate Gardner bullets, 1 Enfield, 2 Minies with original cartridge paper over bullets, 1 Colt bullet, 1 Williams type I bullet, a “plunger” and washer from another Williams bullet, 1 .54 caliber Minie, 1 fired Minie, 1 .69 caliber Round Ball with original cartridge paper, 1 nose section of a 3-piece Shaler bullet, 1 paper wrapped pack of percussion caps, numerous loose percussion caps, and a pistol ball.  All exhibiting the minimal corrosion you would expect of items picked up immediately after the battle.   [JET]

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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