South Carolina Palmetto Insignia Lapel Pin History' Buckner’s Division went with Lieutenant

Buckner’s Division went with Lieutenant General James Longstreet on his expedition into East Tennessee

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Great honor was paid to them and other connections of the family who were present

1st South Carolina Volunteers - Company I Monticello Guards

South Carolina Palmetto Insignia Lapel Pin History' Buckner’s Division went with LieutenantSecession Cockade. Cockades have a long history of being worn to express cultural and political sentiments, similarly to campaign buttons or awareness ribbons in our modern times. This example is based on a surviving wartime hat pin, denoting the Palmetto Tree and Shields of South Carolina.