Artillery

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1. 12 lb. solid shot cannon ball recovered at Kennesaw Mtn., GA.   It is cleaned, coated, and ready for display.--$195.
2. Civil War artillery grease bucket no doubt originally from Bannermann's Island.  The bucket displays very nicely but is missing the lid and has a replacement bottom due to the original being rusted out.  It still looks great in an artillery display.--$195.
3. 6 lb. solid shot cannon ball just recovered here at Stone River and hasn't even been washed off.  I will supply a map of the battlefield showing exactly where this ball was recovered.  The great majority of 6 lb. cannon balls used at the Battle of Stones River were used by Confederate artillery.--$195.SOLD
4. Beautiful condition complete "dropped" 3 inch Hotchkiss artillery projectile from the Battle of Nashville, TN.  It has been drilled and is ready for display. Fuze, nose, lead sabot, and cup all remain perfectly intact.--$395.
5. Nice condition excavated 3 inch Read Confederate projectile.  It was recovered years ago at Lynchburg, VA. and has been disarmed, cleaned, coated, and is ready for display.  Shells this nice are almost never found anymore.  The sabot is slotted to allow flame to pass to ignite the fuze.--$650.SOLD
6. Absolutely beautiful condition excavated 10 lb. Parrott projectile recovered at Kennesaw Mtn., GA. about 40 years ago.  It has a complete pewter time fuze, excellent iron, and a perfect rifled brass sabot.  You just won't see a nicer one.--$350.
7. Dug years ago from near Richmond, VA.  Nice slick Confederate 12 lb. copper time fuzed with the lead sideloading plug case shot cannon ball.  The ball is disarmed and ready for display.--$450.
8. Excavated nose section of the big 3.67 Hotchkiss projectile.  This one was recovered at Kennesaw, GA. and has been disarmed and just lightly cleaned.  It has great metal and would further clean up nicely.  The brass time fuze remains intact.--$195.
9. Excavated 5 lb. Ketchum hand grenade recovered at The Battle of Port Hudson.  Very few of these have ever been found.  It has been disarmed - cleaned - and is ready for display.--$695.SOLD
10. Original unopened packet of Union Artillery time fuzes.  This is an oddity - You can FAINTLY see on the outside of the packet "10 Sec Fuzes - Frankford Arsenal" yet -- on the top the packet is marked BOLDLY "8 - 10 - 15".  The packet is in excellent condition.--$75.
11. Nice condition 3 inch Hotchkiss case shot nose section.  This was recently dug by one of my hunting buddies off Tyne Blvd. at the Battle of Nashville.  It is lightly cleaned - disarmed - coated - and ready for display.--$150.
12. Early battlefield pick-up 3.8 inch "James bolt" in condition nice enough for us to fire today.  It's hard to believe how seldom you see a really nice James projectile anymore.--$895.
13. Quite rare 6 # size Confederate Bormann fuzed cannon ball.  The Confederates didn't use a lot of these after 1863 due to not being able to compete well with the Federal 12 Lb. Napolean.  This one is a local find and  has the classic "Hi-Lip" Confederate Bormann fuze.  Very few of these are being recovered anymore.--$395.
14. Original packet of 4-second 1863 Frankford Arsenal Artillery time fuzes.  This is a tan colored packet with all 5 fuzes still intact, but a little of the paper is missing on the top of the packet.  Marked and dated Frankford Arsenal fuze packs add a nice splash of color to your collection and have always been a quite popular item.--$95.
15. Very rare to excavate "interwined" U.S.A. artillery rosette.  This was recovered many years ago by my old hunting buddy - Pete Cryer - from here at Stones River.  I have actually seen more Confederate belt plates recovered here than these.--$125.
16. Quite rare 12 lb. size "Braile" Bormann fuzed cannon ball.  This scarce projectile is distinguished by the fuze having a series of one dot to five dots instead of the numbers one through five.  Rumor has always had it that these were for night firing but I personally question that and suspect that it was just another way of numbering by some obscure manufacturer.  At any rate these are rare as chicken's teeth.--$450.
17. Original Civil War tin straps for attaching the cannon ball to the wooden sabot for firing.  This size strap can be used on the 24 lb. ball or cut shorter and used on the 12 lb. ball.  They originally came from Bannerman and used to be seen for sale every so often but are hardly ever seen offered anymore.  An original strap when coupled with an original cannon ball and a turned wooden sabot makes for a wonderful artillery display piece to demonstrate what a cannon ball on sabot ready for firing looked like.  I have four of these.  While they last !!--$69. each
18. Finely crafted and faithfully reproduced 3/4 scale Model 1860 Parrott Rifle.  The barrel is cast iron with a 3/8 inch seamless liner for maximum strength.  The wheels are hickory and all carriage parts are white oak just as the originals.  All hardware is steel not low strength aluminum or pot metal.  The cannon comes complete with all working implements including water bucket, worm, 2 rammers, 2 hand spikes, a portfire, prolong rope, and vent cover.  The wheel height is 42 inches and the barrel bore is 2.25 inches.  We will include free delivery within 300 miles of Murfreesboro, TN.  If you check around you will find this gun usually priced at $12,000.  Check out our price with a full complement of implements and free delivery !!!--$9,500.
19. Group of beautiful condition excavated unfired Confederate manufacture cannon friction primers.  These were excavated yesterday by one of my hunting buddies all out of one hole on the 2nd day Battle Line at the Battle of Nashville, TN. - As long as they last - I have eight.--$45. each
20. Complete layer of 6# canister balls.  These were locally dug and from the position where they were found are probably C.S.--$65. for the entire layer.-SOLD

21. Excellent condition original Billinghurst and Requa Battery Gun Clip.  Only a few hundred of these were ever produced.  This one still hinges perfectly.--$275.