U.S. 3” SCHENKL PERCUSSION SHELL – EAST CAVALRY FIELD, GETTYSBURG - GEISELMAN COLLECTION

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Item Code: 2024-2389

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This Federal, intact 3” Schenkl percussion shell specimen is a wonderful artillery relic recovered from East Cavalry Field sometime after the Battle of Gettysburg. The percussion shell measures 9” long, has a diameter of 2.94”and in the war was the most used of any Schenkl pattern.  Projectile has had the flange head portion of the Schenkl time fuse adapter torn away but it still retains the tubular section of the zinc fuse adapter screwed into the nose.  Iron shell body has a moderate to heavy pockmarked surface and displays the seven raised vertical ribs on the conical tail. Never cleaned, this projectile bears a chocolate brown patina overall with scattered patches of surface dirt.  This eight-pound shell from Gettysburg’s East Cavalry Field is identified in John Geiselman’s collection by his contemporary inscribed labels. Originally sold as item# R11164.  [ra][ph:L]

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The Horse Soldier was 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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