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A00718 - Rare CS 12pdr sideloader with brass underplug side plug from CS retreat route

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Item Number: A00718

Item Title: Rare CS 12pdr sideloader with brass underplug side plug from CS retreat route

Price: $695

Shipping: Not included

Provenance: CS

Type: Spherical case shot shell

Size: 12pdr

Sabot:

Fuse: Copper time fuse adapter

Book:
Dickey and George (1993 Edition) Page 43

Location Recovered: CS retreat route near Appomattox

Description:Robert "Bebo" Compton and his digging partner dug this and 35 others in a cache that won him a Best Finds of 2004 award. Bebo recently sold me the last 3 of these shells he had and each one was slightly different. This one has the brass underplug used as the sideplug. These were made at the Eagle Machine Works in Richmond and some have the AR stamp of the proprietor Adolphus Rahm, but I cannot see it on this one. They were down to using these leftover parts for the sideplugs near the end and these are only found in very late war locations.

Here is a link to the article about Bebo's find:

http://archive.wetreasures.com/relichunter/200507.htm

We have a busy upcoming show schedule with the Mansfield show May 4th & 5th and Gettysburg again in late June. 2 more shows on the calendar for July and another in August! Hope to see many of you at one of these shows.

We have a busy upcoming show schedule with the Mansfield show May 4th & 5th and Gettysburg again in late June. 2 more shows on the calendar for July and another in August!

Hope to see many of you at one of these shows.