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The South Carolina monument is just west of The Crater at Stop Eight on the Petersburg National Battlefield Eastern Front Auto Tour.
From the marker:
South Carolina
On this hill for one month
South Carolina troops guarded the entrance
to Petersburg and here July 30, 1864,
suffered death from a mine exploded by the Federals. Here the surviving Carolinians
under the command of
Stephen Elliott
by their valor
turned a dreadful disaster into a glorious victory.
—
Erected by
the South Carolina Division,
United Daughters of the Confederacy
1923
Closeup of the tablet