. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . THE OEDNANCE ABMOBY, CHABLE8TON, S. C — THE VOLUNTEER TROOPS TRYING THE ARMS. The Confederate Ordnance Armory at Charleston, S. C, contained a splendid collection of arms, among which were specimens of all the armsknown in modern warfare. Here were found the Minie, Warner and Colts rifles, muskets of every possible make—breech, muzzle and chamber-load-ing pieces; also the terrible ten- and twelve-shooters known as Lindsays repeaters. With this latter death-dealing weapon all the officers in theppmpany were armed. r^^KKf§^Bifll^MHi\.

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