Tim Scott and South ... first Southern state to secede from the Union, adding a palmetto tree to its flag. In April 1861, Confederate troops fired on the federally held Fort Sumter in Charleston ...

North Carolina State transfer portal defensive back and Sumter, S.C. native Brandon Cisse is coming home. Cisse, ranked the No. 9 cornerback in the transfer portal, committed to South Carolina today.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina football added former NC State cornerback Brandon Cisse ... tackles and two passes defended. Cisse is from Sumter, South Carolina, and played at Lakewood High School ...