Here is an outstanding U.S. 4.52-inch solid spherical shot that was used as a farm weight.  Shot rounds such as this were usually fired to ricochet from one target to another causing extensive damage.  John Geiselman obtained this relic from the David Plank Collection of Gettysburg Civil War items; it was found in relic condition on Little Round Top.  This shot has light pitting; it has an attractive gray/gold/tan patina and has never been cleaned.  It weighs 12 pounds, is unfused, and was meant to be fired from a 12-pounder smooth bore gun.  There is an indistinct mold seam, a few small old gashes, and a top screw hole for suspending it. This piece was identified in John Geiselman’s collection by a contemporary tag and would make an excellent display item for an artillery, Civil War, or Gettysburg collection.  The price of this item is reduced from the original shots because it was used as a farm implement.  The only feature that distinguishes it from the original is the top hole; it could easily be displayed so that the hole doesn’t show.  It comes with a small (3-½ inch square) wooden base from John Geiselman.

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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.

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