The Army had planned to remove the memorial this week.
A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, a cemetery official said.
Cannonballs, a sword blade and a wagon wheel are among the artifacts found in the Congaree River.
Known as a Good Luck Flag, it was displayed for 29 years at the USS Lexington Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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