The Museum of ordnance and trophies exhibits all the various progressive stages in the manufacture of swords, muskets, cartridges, powder, and shot; models of field and siege guns, and the anatomical structure of horses for instruction in the department of cavalry. The collection of ancient and experimental weapons; of Rebel torpedoes, and Rebel shot from many battle-fields; of flag-staffs and flags from Mexico; Indian trophies and curious projectiles, and the numerous flags borne by the regular army in the last war with England, in the Florida war, in Mexico, and in the Rebellion, with their inscriptions, excites a degree of interest which cannot be overcome by a momentary glance.
The colors of the Fourth Regiment of U.S. Infantry bear the following historical inscriptions:
The colors of some other regiments and batteries bear even a greater number of inscriptions, but none date as far back in the past.
A pedestal and shell, brought from South Carolina, is inscribed on its four sides by Rebel and Union hands, as follows:
FIRST FACE.
Fifteen Inch Hollow Shot, fired by the
Abolition Fleet of Iron Clads, at Fort Sumter,
April 7, 1863.
SECOND FACE.
Presented to the Citadel Academy,
By General G.T. Beauregard,
Charleston, S.C., April 27, 1863.