The flag of South Carolina is a symbol of the U.S. state of South Carolina consisting of a blue field with a white palmetto tree and a white crescent. Roots of this design have existed in some form si
The state flag that was placed on the bier of Jefferson Davis, 1893.
The South Carolina state flag as depicted in the 1976 bicentennial postage stamp series.
South Carolina flag flying below the U.S. flag.
The state flag as depicted in a 1970 6-cent stamp commemorating the tricentennial of South Carolina.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860, and existing briefly as an independent state before becoming one of the founding member states of the Confederacy in F
Flag of South Carolina
…represent the arms of the state of South Carolina..." to the palace. Following its declaration of secession from the Union, the newly independent state of South Carolina considered many designs for its "national flag", with the first official draft for a flag being finalized on January 21, which was a white ensign with…
Fort Sumter, 1861, flying the Confederate flag after the fort's capture from the U.S. by the Confederacy.
Congressman Robert Smalls
54th Massachusetts Regiment charging towards Fort Wagner
The local Black population was delighted to see United States Colored Troops marching into Charleston, South Carolina, in February 1865, singing "John Brown's Body".