Bennett Place
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
Marker Inscription
Bennett Place. Farm home of James Bennett, where Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his army to Union Gen. William T. Sherman, Apr. 26, 1865. Johnston's surrender followed Lee's at Appomattox by 17 days and ended the Civil War in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.
Erected by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
The Story
At this modest farmhouse belonging to James Bennett, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his army to Union General William T. Sherman on April 26, 1865. Coming seventeen days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, it was the largest surrender of the war and ended Confederate resistance across the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.
Why it matters
Bennett Place, not Appomattox, marks the true close of the Civil War in the Deep South — the moment the fighting finally stopped for hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
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Related people
- · Joseph E. Johnston
- · William T. Sherman
- · James Bennett
Related events
- · Surrender at Bennett Place
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