Description10th South Carolina Infantry Regiment.jpg
English: Battle flag of the 10th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, from Rolls and Historical sketch of the Tenth Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, in the Army of the Confederate States by C.I. Walker. Walker, Evans & Cogswell, printers, 1881. Note: This flag was preserved as follows: At Bentonsville, Color Sergeant Meyers and a part of the Regiment were cut off in the rear of the enemy's line. The Staff was thrown away, and the Flag concealed by Sergeant Meyers on his person The party escaped, and saved the Flag. The Flag of the 10th Regiment was used as the Colors of the 10th and 19th Regiments consolidated and was surrendered. Captain Harllee preserved this Flag, and presented it to Colonel Walker, after the surrender of the Army. Feeling that so priceless a relic was not safe in private hands. Colonel Walker, June 12th, 1875, with the consent of all the Company Commanders, placed it in the keeping of the Carolina Rifle Club, of Charleston, of which he was then the Commander.
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Battle Flag of the 10th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States Army