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South Carolina Zouave Volunteers |
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On October 22nd, 1861, the Daily Southern Guardian announced �the flag designed to be present by the ladies of Columbia to Captain McCord�s Zouave Volunteers will be on exhibition at J.J. Browne�s store, next to the Exchange Bank, for a few days.� A week later the presentation was made, on which occasion the company, escorted by the Chicora Rifles and the College Cadets, formed in front of the piazza of the Congaree House, where President Longstreet, of the South Carolina College, committed the flag to the care of color bearer William G. Gardner. Although this flag has not survived, a contemporary description indicates that it was made from blue silk. A white silk palmetto and crescent, embroidered by �the Nuns of Columbia,� decorated the obverse side, while the reverse featured a tiger�s head, painted by �Monseiur Dovilliers, of Columbia.� The pattern for the latter may have been taken from a woodcut used in both Charleston Zouave Cadet and South Carolina Zouave Volunteer Company orders published in Charleston and Columbia newspapers in 1861. This flag did not survive the war. (Image by K. Robison) |
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The South Carolina Zouave Volunteers formed in 1861 at Columbia, South Carolina. They had intended to move immediantly to join the Infantry Battalion of Hampton's Legion but at the time of the companies formation there was a measles outbreak in Columbia and they were detained. After they were released from the temporary quartentine they were move to the Coastline between Charleston and Savannah by order of the Governor.
In July of 1862 the company finally joined the Legion in Virginia and was designated as Company H of the Infantry Battalion. In May of 1864 it was decided to mount the Infantry Battalion of the legion and a detachment, under Lieutenant Welch, was sent to Columbia to secure horses.
They surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia on April 10th, 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. |
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COMPANY OFFICERS & N.C.O.'S |
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Langdon Cheeves McCord: He was born on April 7th, 1841 in Columbia, South Carolina. He was Mortally wounded in August of 1862 at 2nd Manassas, and lingered in a hospital in Richmond, Virginia until his death on January 23rd, 1863. His remains were brought home to Columbia, and he was buried in Elmwood Cemetery.
John D. Palmer: Severly Wounded in August of 1862 at 2nd Manassas, Virginia, and was disabeled from further active service. |
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1st Lieutenant |
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Thomas H. Clark: He was Killed in Action on January 17th, 1864 at Dandridge, Virginia.
William G. Gardner: He served as Company Color-bearer until promoted. He was Wounded sometime in 1864. |
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2nd Lieutenant |
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A.M. Snider
S.L. Hammond
Stephen Elliott Welch: He was born on January 12th, 1843 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was educated in Charleston, South Carolina. Before the outbreak of the war he was involved in the mercantile buisness as a Clerk. With the secession of South Carolina he and his brother (William Hawkins Welch) enlisted in the Charleston Zouave Cadets, and he was appointed as 2nd Sergeant of the Company in January of 1861. On August 7th, 1861 he enlisted in the South Carolina Zouave Volunteers in Columbia, South Carolina and was appointed as the company's 1st Sergeant. At the Battle of 2nd Manassas in August of 1862 he was wounded in the leg but not severly and continued onto the Battle of Sharpsburg in September where he was wounded again this time by a shell fragement. From September to December 1st, 1862 he was at home recuperating, but returned to his company in time for the engagement at Fredericksburg. He was later promoted to Junior 2nd Lieutenant, and from January of 1864 until the wars end he was in charge of the Company. For a brief time he served as Acting Adjutant of the Legion, but returned to his company after that service was completed. With the Wars end he returned to Charleston and operated a wholesale fruit and produce buisness. |
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1st Sergeant |
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S.E. Welch: See 2nd Lieutenant
H.C. Arant |
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Sources
---Pages 902-904, Volume V, Confederate Military History
---Page 63, The Flags of Civil War South Carolina, by Glenn Dedmondt |
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