Section of Confederate Spherical shell, Wheatfield, Gettysburg (SOLD)

This is another nice piece being offered, it is an artillery shell fragment from Gettysburg. It is the top section of a Confederate 12-pounder, case-shot spherical shell. This item was recovered at the famous “Wheatfield” in Gettysburg. It was once part of 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 (see pictures).

The area known as the Wheatfield had three geographic features, all owned by the John Rose family: the 20-acre field itself, the Rose Woods bordering it on the west, and a modest elevation known as Stony Hill, also to the west. Immediately to the southeast was Houck's Ridge and to the south Devil's Den. The fighting here on July 2nd, consisting of numerous confusing attacks and counterattacks over two hours by eleven brigades, earned the field the nickname "Bloody Wheatfield”.

Geiselman’s collection was the last major grouping of Gettysburg artifacts assembled and documented by a local resident. (I also discuss him and his collection in my book "Battle of Gettysburg - The Relics, Artifacts & Souvenirs"). This piece measures approximately 3 ½” x 2 ¼”x 1 ¼” and is just as it came out of the ground. I will include the string tag from when it was previously sold, along with a Certificate of Authenticity.