This item is an original U.S. Percussion Capbox recovered soon after the Battle of Gettysburg. It was found in Gettysburg on East Cavalry Field. This piece is in very good condition; the outer leather flap is pliable, has moderate crackling with some very small rough leather spots. The inner leather flap is pliable but has some minor crackling. The closing flap is missing. The leather side flaps are intact and firmly stitched to the inside flap. The wool liner on the inside of the box is intact slightly discolored and non-pliable. The cap pick is missing. The leather cap box bottom has only minor crackling with only a few scuffmarks. The closing finial is intact and firmly attached. When closed, this cap box measures approximately 3 ¼ inches wide by 3 ¼ inches high by 2 inches deep but naturally rests in the open position. The belt loops with rivets and the stitching are intact with solid and tight stitches and firmly attached rivets. There is no maker’s mark visible on the inside closing flap. This piece was identified in John Geiselman’s collection by his museum listing and would make a nice addition to a Gettysburg or Civil War collection or display. Originally sold as item# R10869.

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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