These Model 1842 pistols were manufactured at the Palmetto Armory circa 1852-1853 for the South Carolina militia. This example is marked "PALMETTO ARMORY" in an arch over a Palmetto palm tree, and the typical "S*C" obscured on the center of the lock, "COLUMBIA/S.C. 1852" on the tail of the lock, faint "V" over a palmetto on the upper left side of the barrel at the breech, and "Wm. GLAZE & CO." on the left barrel flat. It has a blade front sight and a swivel ramrod. It is believed that William Glaze did not actually manufacture these pistols but instead had them assembled and finished using parts from Northern contractors who manufactured Model 1842 pistols on contract with the U.S. Government. Glaze's partner, Benjamin Flagg, was formerly the superintendent of Asa Waters factory in Massachusetts. Waters had formerly manufactured the Model 1836 flintlock pistols and transitional style early percussion pistols upon which these percussion pistols are based. These pistols are all assumed to have seen hard Confederate use in the Civil War and many were destroyed.