The FLAGS of
CIVIL WAR
SOUTH CAROLINA

By

Glen Dedmondt

- Now Available at the Quartermaster's Table -



ABOUT THE BOOK

"An important contribution . . . Glenn's research provides valuable information and his patent affection for our Southern heroes lends a warmth to the page appreciated by all those who esteem the valour and Cause of liberty for which these banners stand."

David Beckmann, owner, CSA Flags

IN HIS DILIGENT RESEARCH FOR THIS DEFINITIVE WORK, the author located, measured and determined the historical significance of more than one hundred South Carolina flags flown during the War Between the States. The result is an exhaustive exploration of every known South Carolina Civil War flag in existence today.

These various flags represented cavalry, infantry, artillery and naval detachments, as well as garrisons, secession and state sovereignty.

Featured are: the Lone Star and Palmetto Flag, the first Southern flag hoisted over Fort Sumter; the Charleston Depot battle flag, carried by the French-speaking Lafayette Artillery; and the naval Jack, flown only on a ship of war when in port.

Much more than a historical examination, The Flags of Civil War South Carolina stands as a tribute to the men who bore these colors . . . men who were the heart of the regiment, the soul of the battle line, and the focus of the enemy's fire.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Glenn Dedmondt, a lifelong resident of the Carolinas, has spent much of his life in the United States Marine Corps. He has served in, among others, Viet Nam; Okinawa; Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; and Parris Island. He received his bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Southern Missionary College in Collegedale, Tennessee.

A member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans since 1986 he shares his passion for history as a teacher of South Carolina history. He also teaches science at the elementary level. Dedmondt has given several speeches to the Sons of Confederate Veterans organization, discussing such topics as the Carolinas’ coastal forts, songs of the South, and South Carolina artillery in the War Between the States.

He has been published in the Confederate Veteran magazine and is the author of Southern Bronze, the history of South Carolina’s Garden Battery. The Flags of Civil War North Carolina and The Flags of Civil War Alabama are all available from Pelican.

Mr. Dedmondt is currently living in Johnston, South Carolina, with his wife, Donna. He has two grown sons and is interested in acoustic guitar, playing classical, folk, and classic country music.