Palmetto Musket
Palmetto Musket
Previous
Next
Usage conditions apply
- 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
- Object Name
- musket
- musket, percussion
- Other Terms
- musket; Firearms; Percussion Fire;.69 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa
- date made
- ca 1852
- associated date
- 1852
- maker
- Palmetto Armory
- place made
- United States: Confederate States of America
- United States: South Carolina
- associated place
- United States: South Carolina
- Measurements
- overall: 58 in; 147.32 cm
- ID Number
- AF.256991
- catalog number
- 256991
- accession number
- 50774
- Credit Line
- Navy Department
- subject
- Firearms
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Civil War
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Nominate this object for photography.
Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.
If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.
