Found near the original site of the Electric Map, where the old Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor's Center stood on the Taneytown Road; that building has since been demolished.

Canteen is standard tin drum manufacture measuring 6-3/8" in diameter, 1-5/8" thick. Heavy to moderate rust. Retains all three original tin sling keepers affixed to side. Original tin spout intact. Along one edge is 4.5" long seam tear, very jagged, may have been damaged during plowing or other farm activity. Absolutely untouched light to moderate surface rust on canteen. This item identified on John Geiselman's museum listing and also with his hand-written small tag with number "18" on side.

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.

This item is on sale for 10% off of the listed price.