Alan, thanks again for your reply. In the1863 report to Gen. Beauregard Gen. Finegan was scolded for arming the infantry with Cav. arms. My asumption is that he corrected this very soon after. The reply to Gov. Perry's offer to arm the 1st Fla. was to issue the U.S. percussion muskets instead of the Maynards.My best guess is that they were issued model 1842 smoothbores. And that is only a guess right now. The Maynards evidently were still in the Government arsenal. I am currently trying to establish known serial numbers in existance today that were carried by Fla. soldiers as I stated earlier. The one I have with an identifiction was carried by a soldier in the 3rd Fla. cavalry batl. It was captured on the black water at Gonzales near Pensacola and carried back to Maine along with other looted items as a war relic.I also have another that was dug up in a construction sight near Jacksonville. The condition is to bad to determine the serial numbers.As for the 2 serial numbers on 1st. model Maynards, I have noticed a number of them with mismatched numbers. It is my speculation that they were put together at the factory to fill an order such as from Florida that wanted all .35 caliber since the barrels were interchangeble. I hope that we may be able to establish the range of serial numbers that went to Florida. but alas that is only wishful thinking. I have viewed the reports at the end of the war of captured ordinance on had at Chatahoochie and Tallahassee and no Maynards were listed as on hand at that time.