The Civil War Relicman,
Harry Ridgeway

Winchester, Virginia USA 
Civil War artillery bought and sold

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Civil War artillery, Relicman sales catalog
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All  items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described.
All artillery items listed  have been disarmed.
 Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.
A2309     Parrott time fuse, no flange.
Ref: Jones Fuses, pg. 76 (1.6 in.)		 $50.
A2311     Parrott long "common" shell, Type I wrought iron sabot, Parrott time fuse, Parrott 20 pounder rifle, 3.67 in.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 219 (zinc time fuse, long "common" shell)		 $225.
A2318     Parrott shell, "case shot", wrought iron sabot, Parrott time fuse, Parrott 10 pounder rifle, 2.9 in.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 216  (zinc time fuse, "case shot" shell)		 Sold.
A2322      Ball, mortar shell, wood fuse, Coehorn mortar 24 pounder, 5.82 in.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 51 (Coehorn)   		   $300. 
A2323     Ball, shell, wood fuse, Coehorn mortar 24 pounder, 5.82 in.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 51 (Coehorn)		 $250.
A2325     Read tall shell, wrought iron sabot, copper time fuse  Confederate 20 pounder rifle, 3.67 in.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 280 (copper time fuse)		 $400.
A2332     Whitworth shell, no sabot five flat faces, threaded for a fuse, Whitworth 32 pounder rifle, 3.75 in.
Ref:  Bell Heavy Ordnance pg. 446, with variance.		 $4,000.
A2334     Read shell, smooth sided long pattern, wrought iron sabot is thick, copper time fuse, Confederate rifle, 3 in.
Recovered Washington NC, 1865 campaign.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 243 (smooth side, copper time fuse, thick iron sabot)		 sold.
A2335     Read bourreleted shell, copper ring thin sabot not milled, wood time fuse, Confederate rifle, 3 in.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 257 (wood fuse, cast copper sabot not milled)		 $500.
A2336     Read bourreleted shell, copper ring thick sabot and milled, wood time fuse, Confederate rifle, 3 in.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 257 (wood time fuse, milled copper sabot)		 $500.
A2337     Parrott shell, "common" (standard), wrought iron sabot, Parrott time fuse, Parrott 10 pounder rifle, 2.9 in.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 216  (zinc time fuse, "common" shell)		 $200. Sale pending.
A2343     Schenkl shell, short pattern with grooved tail, paper sleeve sabot, Schenkl percussion fuse, rifled 6 pounder smoothbore, 3.67 in.
Recovered: Port Republic, Virginia.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 307.		 $400.
A2345     Parrott shell, "common shot", wrought iron sabot, Schenkl percussion fuse, Parrott 10 pounder rifle, 2.9 in.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 216  (Schenkl percussion fuse, "common" shell)		 $300.
A2349     Ball, shell, "case shot" Bormann time fuse with single slot, smoothbore 12 pounder, 4.62 in.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 35 (Federal "case" shot, Bormann time fuse with single slot)		 $400.
A2350     Ball, shell, "case shot", Bormann time fuse with double slot, smoothbore 12 pounder, 4.62 in.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 35 (Federal "case" shot, Bormann fuse with double slot)		 $375.
A2351     Ball, shell, "case shot", Bormann time fuse, brass underplug, smoothbore 6 pounder, 3.67 in.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 29 ("case shot", brass underplug)		 Sold.
A2352      Parrott shell, "case shot", wrought iron sabot, Parrott time fuse, Parrott 10 pounder rifle, 2.9 in.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 216   		 sold.
A2359     Read bolt, short tear drop, wrought iron sabot, rifled 32 pounder rifle, 6.4 in.
Recovered: Saint Charles Arkansas, battle in 1862.
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance pg. 343  		$2,500.
A2360     Ball, shell, thin walled mortar with lifting ears, wood fuse with 1.25in. opening, smoothbore mortar, 8 in.
Recovered Mobile Bay Alabama. 
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 55 (wood fuse, lifting ears)		 $275.
A2361     Ball, shell, thin walled mortar with lifting ears, wood fuse with 1.25in. opening, likely Confederate, smoothbore mortar, 8 in.
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 57 (wood fuse, lifting ears)		 Sold.
A2365     Parrott shell, "common" (standard), narrow ring brass sabot, Parrott "improved one part" percussion fuse, Parrott 10 pounder rifle, 2.9 in.
Recovered: Richmond, Petersburg, Virginia campaign.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 226  (zinc one part percussion fuse, "common" shell)  		 $275.
A2366     Hotchkiss shell, "common" (standard), with flame grooves, lead band sabot, Hotchkiss brass time fuse, Ordnance rifle, 3 in.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 167 (brass time fuse, "common")		 $350.
A2368     Ball, shell, "common" (standard), wood time fuse with .875in. opening, 12 pounder, 4.62in.
Recovered: surplus stocks. 
Shell measures: diameter 4.52 in., weight 8 lbs. (empty). 
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 30 (12 pounder, small fuse hole, "common")		 Sold.
A2370     Parrott shell, short pattern "case shot", wrought iron sabot, Parrott time fuse with flat flange flush mounted, Parrott 20 pounder rifle, 3.67 in.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 219  (Parrott time flat flanged fuse, short "case shot" shell)  		$275.
A2372     Ball, Navy thick walled shell, single fuse, Navy watercap fuse, 1861, Federal Rodman, 11 in.
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 77.		 Sold.
A2373     Ball, shell, thin walled mortar with lifting ears, wood fuse with 1.75in. opening, smoothbore mortar, 10 in.
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 73 ( mortar, wood fuse, lifting ears)		 $400.
A2377     Stand of grape, contained by rings and plates, iron balls, no sabot, smoothbore or rifled 32 pounder, or Brooke or Parrott rifle, 6.4 in.
Recovered:  Mississippi defenses, original discovery was published in the North South Trade, Vol VI No 3 March April 1979, pg. 26.. 
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 105.		 $2,500.
A2378     Artillery "grease" or "tar" bucket. $350.
A2379     Britten shell, segmented interior, lead cup sabot, Britten percussion fuse, Blakely rifle, 3.5 in.
Recovered: Manassas, Virginia. 
Shell measures: diameter 3.4in., length 6in. (excluding fuse),  weight 11.5lbs. 
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 117.		  $950.
A2380     Hotchkiss shell, "common" (standard), no flame grooves, percussion fuse, Ordnance rifle, 3 in.
Recovered: Fussells Mill, Henrico, Virginia.   Shell measures: diameter 2.94 in., length 6.25 in. (fired), weight 8 lbs.  
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 166.		 $250.
A2383     Broun shell. short pattern, copper band sabot, wood fuse, Confederate rifle, 3 in.
Recovered Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia. 
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition) pg. 132 (wood fuse) 		$500.
A2384     Mullane shell, Marshall Arsenal, "Trans Mississippi", four studs, copper disc sabot, wood fuse, Confederate rifle, 3 in.
Recovered from Louisiana.  
Ref:  Dickey & George (1993 Edition), pg 213, as to pattern, not listed in 3 in. caliber. 		$2,000.
A2385     Sawyer shell, lead sabot and sleeved, smooth sided, Sawyer combination fuse, Sawyer rifle, 3.67 in.
Recovered: Port Hudson, Louisiana. 
Shell measures: diameter 3.6in., length 8.0in. (excluding fuse), weight 15lbs. 
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery, pg. 295.		 $1500.
A2386     Parrott shell, high band rabbeted brass ring sabot, Parrott percussion fuse, Parrott 30 pounder rifle, 4.2 in.
Recovered: North Carolina defenses. 
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 279 (West Point percussion fuse)		 $325.
A2387     Schenkl shell, long pattern, Schenkl percussion fuse, siege rifle, 4.5 in.
Recovered: Alexandria, Virginia. 
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 366.		 $600.
A2388     Selma shell, bourreleted rings, Confederate percussion fuse, copper disc sabot, Confederate rifled 24 pounder, 5.8 in.
Recovered: Port Hudson, Louisiana.  
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 385.		 $900.
A2389     Schenkl percussion fuse.
Recovered: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.  
Reference:  Jones Fuses Pg. 98.		 $50
A2390     Britten shell, cast for wood fuse, lead cup sabot, Confederate rifled 24 pounder, 5.8in.
Recovered: Charleston, South Carolina. Diameter 5.7 in.  
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 146.		 $400.
A2391     Ball, shell, thick walled, with lifting ears, non-threaded fuse with 1.35 in. opening, Columbiad smoothbore, 8 in.
Ref: Bell Heavy Ordnance, pg. 54 (Columbiad with lifting ears, wood fuse) 		$325.
A2394     Parrott shell, long pattern "common" (standard), wrought iron sabot, Parrott West Point percussion fuse, Parrott 20 pounder rifle, 3.67 in.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 219  (zinc West Point style percussion fuse, long "common" shell)		 $400.
A2397     Ball, shell, "common" (standard), Bormann time fuse, smoothbore 12 pounder, 4.62 in.
Ref: Dickey & George Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 35 ("common" shell) 		$175.
A2398     Parrott shell, "case shot", wrought iron sabot, Parrott time fuse, Parrott 10 pounder rifle, 2.9 in.
Recovered:  Shiloh, Tennessee. 
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 216  (zinc time fuse, "case shot" shell)		 Sold.
A2399     Ball, shell, "case shot", Bormann time fuse double slot, lead balls packed with sulfur matrix, iron under plug, smoothbore 12 pounder, 4.62in.
Shell measures: diameter 4.52in. weight 10lbs.
Ref: Dickey & George, Field Artillery (1993 Edition), pg. 35, "case-shot" sulfur matrix, iron underplug, double slot fuse.		 Cut half each $225.

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Artillery sales listings, page 3, items A2400 to A2499.

Artillery sales listings, page 4, items A2500 up.

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Restoration and disarming of artillery shells
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Shipping of artillery shells and my show schedule:
Shipping shells almost anywhere is not a problem.  UPS accepts packages up to 150 pounds, this will take care of most shells below 8 inch Parrotts and 13 inch round balls.  Heavier than that requires common carrier.  I charge shipping at estimated commercial cost.  I do attend most "national" shows (Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina).  I can deliver any shell to a show to be picked up at no charge.  Please understand that I only bring a small sampling of shells to sit on my table at a show, these things are heavy and I don't like to bring shells to a show unless they are making a one way trip.  So while I may have many shells on my webpage, I typically bring six or less to most shows.  So if you see a shell you want, please tell me you want it before I leave for a show, and I can bring it for you or work a layaway with final payment to be made at the show.

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