Republic of South Carolina
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The Republic of South Carolina is a term for the State of South Carolina as it existed from December 20, 1860 (when it seceded from the Union) to February 8, 1861 (when it joined the other Southern States in the Confederate States of America).
By a unanimous vote of 169-0 in a special State convention held in Columbia, South Carolina chose to secede from the Federal Union. It adapted the palmetto flag as its national banner.
After South Carolina seceded in 1860, former congressman James L. Petigru famously remarked, "South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum." Soon after seceding, South Carolina began preparing for a presumed Federal military response while working to convince other Southern States to secede as well and join in a Confederacy of Southern republics. Today the term is used by those who support independence for the State.
