Palmetto Musket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1852
label: associated date
content: 1852
name: label: maker
content: Palmetto Armory
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Confederate States of America
label: place made
content: United States: South Carolina
label: associated place
content: United States: South Carolina
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Navy Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.256991
label: catalog number
content: 256991
label: accession number
content: 50774
objectType: label: Object Name
content: musket
label: Object Name
content: musket, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: musket; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .69 In; Smooth Bore; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 in; 147.32 cm