Unidentied iron object

[Ripcon]

I went back to my Union camp yesterday and found this. I was looking through some books and it resembles an iron candle stick holder but I don't know. Any help here. I've attached 3 photos.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

I've never seen one quite exactly like it. But the lipped top (and particularly important, its size) is the same as on the versions I've seen, and you dug it in a civil war army encampment, so I think your guess of candleholder is correct.

 

[Ripcon]

Thanks Cannonball Guy!

 

[trikikiwi]

I'm curious. I want to learn.
Is this object a previously recognized candle stick holder?
I look at the thickness of the apparently cast iron, with what looks like a smallish core, its conical shape, and have to ask, was it meant to be hand held, or what was it likely attached to?

 

[ARC]

I think what you MAY have found is not a candlestick...

But actually a "snuffer"... this larger style is often referred to as a "witches hat".