COPPER SABOT AND BASE FRAGMENT OF A C.S. 3” READ SHELL RECOVERED FROM CULP’S HILL, GETTYSBURG - GEISELMAN COLLECTION

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Item Code: 224-411

This frag specimen is a fine example of the base of a CS 3” Read percussion shell as recovered from Culp’s Hill area on the Gettysburg battlefield sometime after the fighting. The artillery shard features a fine, intact, high-convex copper sabot complete with a section of iron shell body fused to it. In nice relic condition, this circular, copper sabot base measures almost 3” in diameter with a total height of 2½”. Never cleaned, the fragment sports the standard dimple at the base while the exterior of this fragment exhibits a smooth surface with no rusting. This remnant of a Read shell base and its copper sabot from Culp’s Hill in Gettysburg is identified in John Geiselman’s collection by his contemporary inscribed labels. Originally sold as Item# R11831.  [ra]

10% Geiselman discount does NOT apply to this item.

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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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