Ultra-Rare
8 Foot Chickamauga War Log that was cut
during the 1880s and has remained in the
immediate Chickamauga/Chattanooga area since
that time. The tree is a Dogwood
measuring about a foot in diameter at the
base and 6 inches or so at the top. It
is peppered with artillery fire from top to
bottom, and has about 9 or 10 strikes
consisting of canister and shrapnel from
numerous different type shells. This
fantastic "Museum Quality" artifact has been
a part of Charlie Harris's Nationally known
collection for many years. Charlie has
the piece mounted on a base that will turn
to view all sides, and a custom made bracket
for the top, and this all goes with the War
Log. This artifact is nothing short of
incredible. Priced at less than
half what I have seen other War Logs half
its size priced at.--$9,850.
Very
nice condition, excavated, three inch size,
Confederate Reed projectile. This
shell was recovered almost 40 years ago from
near Sulpher Branch Trestle, Alabama.
It is 100% complete with a clearly visible
mold seam, and the rifled copper sabot
remains completely intact. I have
disarmed this projectile by going down
through the center of the wooden drive-in
fuse and preserving the wooden fuse plug.
The projectile is cleaned, coated, and ready
for display.--$695.SOLD
Mint,
beautiful, non-excavated condition, 3.67
recessed groove, football shaped, percussion
Shenkl projectile. This shell is as
nice as it was during the Civil War, and
over the years has been used as a barn door
counter weight. The original brass
percussion fuse remains intact and can be
screwed in and out with ease. The
hanging hook for its use as a barn door
counter weight goes right down through the
middle of the percussion fuse. This is
as slick and pretty a Shenkl shell as I have
seen in a long time.--$695.
Excavated,
12 pound size, Bormann fused cannonball.
This ball was recovered many years ago by
Wade Buchanan here at Stones River. I
have cleaned it and drilled it and have
saved a small vial of the black powder from
inside the shell. It is now ready for
display.--$275.SOLD
Quite
rare to recover, 3.67 inch, recessed groove,
brass percussion fused, football shaped,
Shenkl projectile. This projectile was
recovered many years ago from not only "at"
the Battle of Stones River but "in" the
Stones River. I have cleaned the
projectile and drilled it. The iron on
this projectile is nicer than most recovered
here.--$450.SOLD
Excavated,
ten pound size, Parrott projectile.
This projectile was recovered a few months
back from a construction site here on the
Stones River Battlefield. I can
include a map showing the site of recovery.
I have drilled the projectile, but it
remains dirty and rusty just as recovered,
so you can clean it and coat it to suit your
taste.--$275.SOLD
Nice
condition, excavated, 3" size, case shot,
J.P. Shenkl artillery projectile. This
shell was recovered many years ago on
private property near Fredericksburg,
Virginia. The iron has been lightly
cleaned and coated, and the pewter
combination fuse remains perfectly intact.
This is a very scarce shell to recover with
fuse intact, and I have, of course, drilled
it.--$395.
Complete,
excavated, 3" percussion fused Hotchkiss
projectile. This projectile was
recovered many years ago from a lawn near
the stone wall and Granny White Pike in the
Battle of Nashville, Tennessee. It has
been drilled, cleaned, coated, and is ready
for display.--$295.SOLD
Excavated,
complete fired 3.8 inch Hotchkiss brass,
time fused artillery projectile. This
shell was recovered several years back from
private property near Vicksburg, MS.
The projectile remains rusty and
dirt-covered just as dug. We have
drilled the shell, and it is ready to be
cleaned to your individual taste. It
is quite difficult to recover a Hotchkiss
this large with all four parts (brass time
fuse, nose, cup, and rifled lead sabot) all
still intact.--$295.
Excavated,
copper time fused, Confederate 12 pound
shell. This projectile was recovered
near Richmond, Virginia, and has been
disarmed (April Fools - it will be disarmed
before I ship it) and is coated and (will
be) ready for display.--$350.SOLD
Early
1900's battlefield pick-up, 3.8 inch
Hotchkiss Bolt projectile. This
projectile was picked up near Vicksburg,
Mississippi, many years ago and has been a
door stop ever since. The family now
lives in this area, and there was recently a
death in the family. The surviving
widow is "tired of tripping over that damn
thing."--$350.
Rare,
12 pound size, Confederate, polygonal cavity
ball with four side diamond shaped pattern
shrapnel inside. The ball has been cut
in half, nicely showing the diamond shaped
pieces inside, the wooden drive-in fuse
plug, and a large casting flaw typical of
Confederate artillery shells. This
will make an excellent addition to someone's
Confederate artillery display. It has
been cleaned, coated, and is mounted on a
walnut display base.--$295.
Very
nice condition, excavated, "DROP" 3.8 inch,
Birdcage James Bolt. This rare
projectile was recovered many years ago from
private property near Shiloh. The
projectile has been cleaned and coated and
is complete with 100% lead sabot and 100%
tin outer coating. It is an extreme
rarity to find a 3.8 inch Birdcage James
Bolt with complete lead sabot and tin.
This extremely rare example is ready for
display.--$950.SOLD
Excavated
group of large size artillery fragments from
a 3 inch rifled Federal Hotchkiss
projectile. These were recovered
altogether in a very small area in front of
the stone wall near Leland Lane - 2nd day
fighting Battle of Nashville, Tennessee.
The majority of a complete projectile could
be reassembled from these parts.--$48.
Excavated
Bormann time fused, 12 pound size, Federal
cannonball recovered from a lawn off Leland
Lane which is 2nd day fighting at the
December 1864 Battle of Nashville,
Tennessee. I have already drilled,
cleaned, and coated the projectile so it is
ready for display.--$275.SOLD
Nice
little display of 5 sizes of Civil War
Artillery iron balls ranging in size from a
small iron case shot ball - through the
various canister sizes and ending with a big
Naval grape ball.--$125. for all.SOLD
Excavated,
20 pound size, time fused, Parrott
projectile. This shell was recovered
about 30 years ago on private property at
Vicksburg. The iron remains very sound
and stable with typical amount of pitting on
the iron surface. The pewter Parrott
time fuse remains intact and in very nice
condition. It has been disarmed,
cleaned, coated, and is ready for
display.--$295.
Very
nice condition, excavated, 10 PDR time fused
Parrott projectile. This projectile
was recovered about 30 years ago by one of
my hunting buddies on private property just
down the road from the shop. It has
been disarmed and cleaned, but currently has
not been coated and has its natural
finish.--$275.SOLD
Three
inch Amsterdam Federal Civil War Cannon
projectile. The shell has an open fuze
hole, and has been cleaned to a smooth brown
display apperance. The brass sabot
remains completely intact and the Amsterdam
patent stamping can still be seen in the
brass sabot.--$250.
Very
nice condition excavated 3 inch size fired
Read - Parrott Confederate projectile.
This pretty Confederate projectile was
recovered many years ago from private
property near Chickamauga, GA. The
projectile has been dis-armed - cleaned -
and coated and is ready for display.
The copper time fuze adapter remains
perfectly intact, and all of the rifled
copper sabot, but one small piece remains
intact as well. The iron is nice
enough that we could fire it today.--$475.
This
is as rare as it gets in Civil War
collecting !! ORIGINAL 12 pound bronze
Mountain Howitzer on a fine quality
"Cannons Ltd." carriage with
complete implements. This is a
"Cyrus Alger" 12 # bronze tube and
is marked "C.A. & Co. -
Boston" on the right trunnion, and is
dated "1861" on the left trunnion.
The muzzle has "180" on the top
face, and "T.J.R." on the bottom
face. "U.S." is nicely
stamped on the top of the tube between the
trunnions, and on the cascabel is the number
"224". The tube has a
beautiful - uncleaned - aged pea green
patina - no shiny brass here !! The
vent hole is open and we are supplying 20
friction primers with the cannon, SO look
out neighbors !!! A finer ORIGINAL and
"1861" dated Civil War cannon you
just will not see. You can pick it up
here, or we can help in arranging
delivery. A BARGAIN AT--$58,500.SOLD
Excellent
condition, excavated, brass sabot from a 30
lb., Federal Parrott projectile. This
was recovered on private property at
Vicksburg, MS.-$45.
Excavated,
top section of an 1863 dated Naval watercap
fuse. This was recovered near the
Cumberland River associated with the Battle
of Nashville.--$45.
Group
of 6 excavated cannon friction primers.
These were recovered many years ago by Mark
Swann from a cannon position behind the
Stone Wall at the Battle of Nashville,
TN.--$175. for all 6
Beautiful
condition, original, non-excavated, Civil
War cannon friction primer. It is
totally possible that we might be able to
still fire a cannon with this jewel.--$55.
Mint
condition original unissued "red"
Federal Artillery hat cord for the
"Hardee Style Hat".--$45.
Beautiful
condition, excavated, Confederate cannon
friction primer. This was recovered
along the 2nd day Battle of Nashville
Confederate line. It remains complete
with the twisted brass wire intact.--$48.
