However, after the Ordinance of Secession passed Dec. 20, 1860, the Legislature ... and unequivocally say South Carolina in a way that most other state flag elements never have.

On December 27, 1860, Major Robert Anderson evacuated ... and humbled before the glorious little State of South Carolina.” “Our flag,” recorded Mary Chesnut, “is flying there.” ...

The South Carolina House approved taking down the Confederate flag from Capitol grounds early Thursday, a stunning reversal in a state that was the first to leave the Union in 1860 and raised the ...

In December 1860, South Carolina was the first state to secede ... black ministers and the NAACP threatened a boycott of the state if the flag didn't come down, and business leaders sued to ...

On Monday afternoon, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley became the latest person to urge the South Carolina legislature to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state’s Capitol.

History met the modern age in the worst way when South Carolina residents got their first look at the proposed state flag. A committee of historians got together to decide on the specifics of the ...