Item Number: U00618
Item Title: McEvoy fuse igniter
Price: $55
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: CS
Type: McEvoy fuse igniter
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Book: Jones pages 63-64
Location Recovered: Confederate retreat route near High Bridge, VA
Description:Ingenious device that hung suspended above a paper time fuse and ignited upon setback from firing. This in turn started the paper time fuse burning. Still has the remnants of the iron pin from which it hung in the wood cylinder over the paper time fuse.