Object Details
- Palmetto Armory
- Description (Brief)
- The .69 caliber Palmetto Musket was essentially a U.S. Model 1842 Percussion Musket made under contract by William Glaze at the Palmetto Armory in Columbia for the state of South Carolina. The bulk of them were assembled from surplus or rejected parts from the Springfield Armory.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Navy Department
- ca 1852
- associated date
- 1852
- ID Number
- AF.256991
- catalog number
- 256991
- accession number
- 50774
- Object Name
- musket
- musket, percussion
- Other Terms
- musket; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .69 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa
- Measurements
- overall: 58 in; 147.32 cm
- place made
- United States: Confederate States of America
- United States: South Carolina
- associated place
- United States: South Carolina
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Firearms
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_417312
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-16be-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
