Bennett Place

Bennett Place (HM1TT)

Location: Durham, NC 27705 Durham County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 1.767', W 78° 58.439'

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The End of War

— Carolinas Campaign —

(Preface, upper left) :
The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the "March to the Sea." Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Scattered Confederate forces consolidated in North Carolina, the Confederacy's logistical lifeline, where Sherman defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's last-ditch attack at Bentonville. After Sherman was reinforced at Goldsboro late March, Johnston saw the futility of further resistance and surrendered on April 26, essentially ending the Civil War.

On April 17, 1865, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and Union Gen. William T. Sherman met under a flag of truce midway between their lines on Hillsborough Road, seven miles west of Durham Station, to discuss surrender terms. Johnston suggested that they use this nearby farmhouse—the home of James and Nancy Bennett—for privacy.

Inside the Bennett house, Sherman informed Johnson of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Uncertain of the consequences of this murder, the generals began negotiations, with Sherman offering terms similar to those that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had given Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9. Johnston countered with a plan for "a permanent peace," including political terms. At their second meeting on April 18, Sherman submitted a "basis for agreement": disbanding remaining Confederate armies, recognizing existing state governments, establishing federal courts, restoring political and civil right to former Confederates, and general amnesty. Confederate President Jefferson Davis approves the agreement, but U.S. Secretary of War Edwin C. Stanton rejected it summarily. U.S. general-in-chief Grant ordered Sherman to meet again with Johnston and offer him the Appomattox terms.

On April 26, Sherman and Johnston met here for the last time, and Johnston accepted the terms, surrendering the armies under his command including those in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida—some 89,270 Confederates. It was the largest surrender of troops in the war.
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Series This marker is part of the North Carolina Civil War Trails series
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 1:23am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 682543 N 3989113
Decimal Degrees36.02945000, -78.97398333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 1.767', W 78° 58.439'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 1' 46.02" N, 78° 58' 26.34" W
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Area Code(s)434, 919
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4201-4507 Bennett Memorial Rd, Durham NC 27705, US
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