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For one month on this hill, South Carolina troops guarded the entrance to Petersburg, and here on July 30, 1864, they suffered death from a mine exploded by Federal forces. Here the surviving Carolinians under the command of Stephen Elliott, by their valor, turned a dreadful disaster into a glorious victory.
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Petersburg, Virginia · United States
