In South Carolina, it is illegal to remove a Confederate Southern Cross of Honor marker from a gravesite. One may serve up to ten years in prison or pay a $5000 fine per offense.
South Carolina Code of Laws Section 16-17-600 B
(B) It is unlawful for a person willfully and knowingly, and without proper legal authority to:
(1) Obliterate,vandalize, or desecrate a burial ground where human skeletal remains are buried, a grave, graveyard, tomb, mausoleum ,Native American burial ground or burial mound, or other repository of human remains;
(2) deface, vandalize, injure, or remove a gravestone or other memorial monument or marker commemorating a deceased person or group of persons, whether located within or outside of a recognized cemetery, Native American burial ground or burial mound, memorial park, or battlefield; or
(3) obliterate, vandalize, or desecrate a park, Native American burial ground or burial mound, or other area clearly designated to preserve and perpetuate the memory of a deceased person or group of persons.
A person violating the provisions of subsection (B) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.