Item Number: U00425
Item Title: Confederate McEvoy Fuse Igniter
Price: $55
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Provenance: CS
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Location Recovered: Richmond to Appomattox retreat route
Description:Ingenious device to start paper time fuses. On setback, the igniter went off lighting the paper time fuse beneath it. This was recovered in a group where the Confederates abandoned much of their artillery items for lack of horses on the retreat route.