[[Image:CMercury.GIF|thumb|150px|left|The Charleston ''Mercury'' newspaper printed this special broadside edition on December 20, 1860, just as news reached the editors that the state government withdrew from the Union.]] | [[Image:CMercury.GIF|thumb|150px|left|The Charleston ''Mercury'' newspaper printed this special broadside edition on December 20, 1860, just as news reached the editors that the state government withdrew from the Union.]] |