Republic of South Carolina 3057717 217597193 2008-06-06T19:20:12Z Stiehler 5902107 {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = |conventional_long_name = Republic of South Carolina |common_name = South Carolina |continent = North America |region = |country = USA |status = |empire = |era = |year_start = 1860 |date_start = December 20 |year_end = 1861 |date_end = February 8 |p1 = United States of America |flag_p1 = US flag 33 stars.svg |s1 = Confederate States of America |flag_s1 = CSA FLAG 4.3.1861-21.5.1861.svg |national_motto = [[Dum spiro spero]] |image_flag = Flag of South Carolina.svg‎ |image_map = Map of USA SC.svg |image_map_caption = Map of the Republic of South Carolina inside the United States |common_languages = [[English language|English]] ([[de facto]]) |capital = [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]] |leader1 = |title_leader = |government_type = Republic |currency = |stat_pop1 = 703,708 |stat_year1 = 1860 }} The '''Republic of South Carolina''' is a term for the [[U.S. State|State]] of [[South Carolina]] as it existed from [[December 20]], [[1860]] (when it seceded from the [[Union (American Civil War)|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 [[Flag of South Carolina|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. ==See also== * [[History of South Carolina]] * [[Origins of the American Civil War]] ==External links== * [http://republicofsc.wordpress.com/ Republic of South Carolina] * [http://www.FreeSCRepublic.com Free SC Republic] [[Category:History of South Carolina]] [[Category:Secession crisis of 1860-1861]] [[Category:South Carolina in the American Civil War]]