When did Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston meet Union General William T. Sherman at Bennett Place?
The meeting occurred on the 17th of April 1865 on a dirt road connecting Durham Station and Hillsborough in North Carolina.
The meeting occurred on the 17th of April 1865 on a dirt road connecting Durham Station and Hillsborough in North Carolina.
Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton rejected the document because it included demands for reestablishing state governments which exceeded Grant's authorized instructions regarding only military matters.
The final agreement disbanded active Confederate forces totaling 89,270 soldiers across North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Florida.
James Bennett died in 1878 leaving Nancy alone before the couple moved to Durham to start anew without him despite suffering tremendous losses including their son Lorenzo and daughter Eliza's husband Robert Duke.
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources manages operations today near Duke University in west Durham.