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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSB_battle-of-bentonville-march-19-21-1865-historical_Four-Oaks-NC.html
(Tablet 1)
Army of Tennessee
Lt. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
Cheatham's Corps
Maj. Gen. William B. Bate
Bate's Division
Col. Daniel L. Kenan
Finley's Brigade
Lt. Col. Eli Washburn
1st Florida · 3rd Florida · 4th Florida …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WRT_shermans-right-wing-arrives-at-bentonville-historical_Four-Oaks-NC.html
You are facing east towards Green Flower's farm, where lead elements of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Right Wing clashed with Confederate cavalry late in the morning on March 20.
The previous evening, the Right Wing, comprised of Maj. Gen. O.O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WRS_johnston-establishes-his-headquarters-historical_Four-Oaks-NC.html
On the eve of the battle, Confederate General Joseph Johnston established his headquarters in the field in front of you on property belonging to John Benton, Bentonville's namesake. Summoned from retirement by Gen. Robert E. Lee only a month befor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WQI_bentonville-union-soldiers-memorial-historical_Four-Oaks-NC.html
In memory
of
Union Soldiers of the
14th, 15th, 17th and 20th Corps who
served during the Battle of Bentonville
March 19 - 21, 1865
XIV Corps · XV Corps · XVII Corps · XX Corps
Representing the States of
Alaba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WPZ_march-20th-johnston-remains-on-the-battlefield-historical_Four-Oaks-NC.html
One-quarter mile to your front stood the center of the Confederate line on the afternoon of March 20. Shaped like a horseshoe, the center faced south towards the Goldsboro Road. Johnston's decision to remain on the battlefield after his failure th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOE_confederate-general-joseph-e-johnston-historical_Four-Oaks-NC.html
General Johnston's Military Career
Named after Captain Joseph Eggleston, under whom his father Peter Johnston served in Lighthorse Harry Lee's Legion during the Revolutionary War, General Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born February 3, 1807 near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOD_uncle-billy-comes-to-bentonville-historical_Four-Oaks-NC.html
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.
— Gen. William T. Sherman, Sept. 12, 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOC_the-battle-shifts-east-fighting-on-march-21-historical_Four-Oaks-NC.html
You are looking west, toward Sam Howell Branch, where on the morning of March 21, Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard's XV and XVII Corps opposed the Confederate divisions of Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke and Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws. The dawn began with a heavy d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H52_flag-of-truce_Clayton-NC.html
(preface)
The Carolina 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 objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush Gen. Rob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H51_william-e-dodd_Clayton-NC.html
Ambassador to Germany 1933-37, professor and writer of U.S. history. He was born 2 mi. N.E.