1st South Carolina Volunteers (African Descent) (Click Image for More Information) In May of 1862, months before the President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation officially sanctioned the recruitment of African descendants for the Union Army, Major General David Hunter organized a company of black soldiers at Hilton Head, South Carolina for service in his Department of the South. Largely comprised of escaped slaves who had been pressed into Federal service, the unit was ultimately disbanned and restructured as a single company, which became the nucleus of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers (African Descent). Ordering Instructions | Return to - Art Gallery | Go To - Book Store     Black Camisards, Inc. P.O. Box 904 | Severn, MD 21144 Phone: (410) 499-2816 Orders@blackcamisards.com     ©1998-2007 Black Camisards Inc. All Rights Reserved. Last Updated: December 29, 2007