This relic is the nose portion of a three-piece U.S. 3” Hotchkiss artillery shell. The iron is rusty and heavily pitted. There are three flame grooves, fuse hole but no fuse, and a small piece of the base has blown out.

This comes from the Gregory A. Coco collection. It was recovered at Mansura, Louisiana, and comes with a couple of notes written by Greg detailing when and exactly where the shell was excavated.

Gregory A. Coco was born in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana in 1946. He served in Vietnam and was a Park Ranger at Gettysburg NMP for many years. Greg enjoyed historical research and authored many books relating to the Battle of Gettysburg, most notably “A Vast Sea of Misery” and “A Strange and Blighted Land”.   [jet][ph:L]

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