OVER 500 LOTS OF CIVIL WAR ITEMS, FIREARMS AND MILITARIA – INCLUDING TWO GATLING GUNS AND SEVERAL CANNONS – WILL BE SOLD BY FONTAINE’S AUG. 15th
Bisacca’s collection is a Colt M 1883 Gatling Gun, named after the man who invented it and a precursor to the modern-day machine gun. These include a British 1812 Naval mount cannon, a Coehorn mortar cannon, an 1861 Civil War ordinance rifled cannon with CSA markings, a Mann Smooth Bare prototype cannon, a Mann rifled prototype cannon, an 1892 Hotchkiss mountain rifled cannon, other cannons, and cannonballs. But he developed a fierce passion for the Civil War and devoured countless books on the subject. The property comprised a main building (which he called “Eastover”), a stable (now called “Tally Ho”), a chauffeur’s home, an eight-car garage (now called “The Lodge”) and a pump house, all on 1,500 acres. Statements and opinions expressed within the posts on this site are the responsibility of their authors/contributors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Antiques, Collectibles and Auction News nor its ownership. Issuers of news releases and not Antiques, Collectibles and Auction News are solely responsible for the accuracy of the content.