C.S. 4.52” 12-POUND SPHERICAL CASE-SHOT, LEAD SIDE-LOADER SHELL RECOVERED AT THE CODORI FARM, GETTYSBURG – GEISELMAN COLLECTION

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Item Code: 2023-3148

Local resident Norbert Ollier found this original, Confederate, 12-pound, spherical caseshot, lead side-loader shell in the fields of the Codori Farm on the Gettysburg battlefield sometime after the battle. The projectile is in very fine condition, complete with its variant brass time fuse adapter and lead plug, all intact. Fully set into the iron shell body is the fuse plug with its 1¼” diameter head flange that exhibits two spanner holes. A close look into the plug reveals a small remnant of the original, cylindrical powder fuse insert. Directly inline with the fuse opening on the spherical side-loader is another opening, 1” in diameter made to take a threaded lead plug which is still tightly screwed into the shell. Small round canister balls (caseshot) were poured into the sideloader shell cavity until filled and then plugged with a threaded plug. Never cleaned, the specimen has a hard surface and wears a light film of rust as well as a wonderful brown patina overall. This 12-pound spherical shell, recovered from the Codori Farm in Gettysburg, is identified by John Geiselman’s collection by his museum listings. Originally sold as item# R11003. [bb][ph:L]

10% Geiselman discount does NOT apply to this item.

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This item is 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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