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Media:Example.oggMedia:Example.oggMedia:Example.ogg The Battle of Bentonville was fought March 19–21, 1865, in Bentonville, North Carolina, near the current town of Four Oaks, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the last major battle to occur between the armies of Major General William T. Sherman and General Joseph E. Johnston. In light of overwhelming enemy strength and the relatively heavy casualties his army suffered in the battle, Johnston surrendered to Sherman little more than a month later at Bennett Place, near Durham Station. Coupled with Robert E. Lee's surrender earlier in April, Johnston's surrender represented the effective end of the war. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Download high resolution version (1948x1755, 2206 KB)Battle of Bentonville, N.C., fought March 19th, 1865. ...
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 - March 21, 1891) was a military officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, whose effectiveness was undercut by tensions with President Jefferson Davis. ...
Sherman in South Carolina: The burning of McPhersonville. ...
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Battle of Averasborough Conflict American Civil War Date March 16, 1865 Place Harnett County and Cumberland County, North Carolina Result Inconclusive The Battle of Averasborough was a prelude to the Battle of Bentonville three days later. ...
March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
Four Oaks is a town located in Johnston County, North Carolina. ...
Sherman in South Carolina: The burning of McPhersonville. ...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
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Portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman by Mathew Brady William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, and author. ...
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Popularly known as Bennett Place, the farmhouse owned by James and Nancy Bennett (alternately and probably correctly, Bennitt) was the site of the largest surrender of troops during the American Civil War on April 26, 1865. ...
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a career U.S. Army officer and the most celebrated general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. ...
Background
During the late winter and early spring of 1865, William T. Sherman's Union army cut a swath of destruction through South Carolina, a logical continuation of the previous fall's March to the Sea. On March 8, Union soldiers crossed into North Carolina as a collection of Confederate units attempted to concentrate and block their path. Sherman divided his command into two parts, a Left Wing commanded by Major General Henry W. Slocum and a Right Wing commanded by Major General Oliver O. Howard. The two wings marched separately toward Goldsboro beginning on March 13. Confederate reconnaissance revealed this disposition, and Johnston attempted to concentrate his entire army on Slocum's wing before it reunited with the rest of the Union column. The Confederate attack commenced on March 19, as Slocum's men marched on the Goldsboro Road, two miles south of Bentonville. The 21st Michigan Infantry, a company of Shermans veterans. ...
Engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie depicting Shermans March Shermans March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign, conducted in late 1864 by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army during the American Civil War. ...
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Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. ...
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March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
Battle Slocum was convinced he faced only enemy cavalry, not an entire army. Therefore, he initially notified Sherman that he was facing only cursory resistance near Bentonville and did not require aid. But, in the afternoon, Confederate infantry loomed out of the woods along the Goldsboro Road and drove the Union left flank back in confusion. Confederates under Major General D.H. Hill filled the vacuum left by the retreating Federals and began enfilading the Union troops remaining along the front. After a heated engagement, Union reinforcements arrived and checked Hill's assault. Fighting continued after nightfall as the Confederates tried without success to drive back the remaining Union line. General Daniel Harvey Hill Daniel Harvey Hill (July 12th, 1821 - September 24th, 1889) was a Confederate general and Southern scholar. ...
Slocum had called for aid from Sherman during the afternoon attacks, and Johnston, knowing he would soon be heavily outnumbered, refused his left flank to cover his only available retreat path over Mill Creek. Surely enough, Howard's wing arrived on the field late on the afternoon of March 20 and extended Slocum's right flank. Only light skirmishing occurred on this day. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ...
On March 21, Union Major General Joseph A. Mower launched an unauthorized attack on the Confederate left flank, which was defending Mill Creek Bridge. Mower's men managed to come within one mile of the crossing before they were driven back. Among the Confederate casualties was Lieutenant General William J. Hardee's 16-year-old son, Willie. Hardee had reluctantly allowed his son to attach himself to the 8th Texas Cavalry just hours before Mower's attack. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...
Joseph Anthony Mower (1827-1870) was a Union general during the American Civil War. ...
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William J. Hardee (1817-1873) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. ...
During the night, Johnston withdrew his army across Mill Creek and burned the bridge behind him. Sherman took little notice and did not pursue the Confederates, but continued his march to Goldsboro. The Confederate army had failed in its last chance to achieve a decisive victory over the Union army in North Carolina.
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Mark A. Moore (born April 5, 1966) is a writer and historian, and a graduate of East Carolina University. ...
References - National Park Service battle description
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