Regiment
Company B
Company G

Regimental Flag

The regimental flag of the 13th South Carolina Infantry was surrendered at Appomattox on April 9, 1865 when the troops surrendered. This flag is listed as War Department Capture No. 431.

In 1880 a monument to the Confederate soldiers from Newberry was erected. A brief description of the events are as follows: "On June 30th about 8,000 people came to the unveiling. The Battle flag of the 13th Regiment, McGowan's Brigade, was borne in the procession by Colonel William Lester..."

It is now at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.

The image of the 13th's regimental flag courtesy of Glenn Dedmondt

Company B: Brockman Guards

In the summer of 1861, Benjamin T. Brockman and his brother, Jesse K. Brockman, organized a company of men from Spartanburg district, South Carolina. This company became known as "The Brockman Guards." The ladies of the Reidville area decided to make a beautiful blue flag with gold stars and border for the company which then was Company B of the 13th South Carolina. On the reverse of the flag is a painted coastal scene which is attributed to the South Carolina artist A. Grinevald who was a painting and drawing teacher.

This flag is now in the Confederate Relic Room in Columbia, South Carolina.

Company G

The flag of Company G, 13th South Carolina Regiment was made by a band of noble women in Columbia and presented to the young courageous boys who formed the company and left to enter that great conflict Between the States. The flag was designed on a square of royal blue silk with a gold fringe around it. It is circled with 13 stars and overshadowed with a Palmetto tree within a large circle. The band has the words "conquer or die."

After the Company had fought and struggled for some time, and a number of the heroes had made the supreme sacrifice, orders were given that company flags be discarded and that Regimental flags be used. It was then that Lt. Young Brown sent the flag back home to his younger brother, Mr. G. D. brown, who very kindly gave it to the William Lester Chapter, U.D.C.

This Company flag was on a long staff but was sawed off for convenience to bring it home in a trunk.