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Surrender at Bennett Place

Name: Surrender at Bennett Place
Start: 1865-04-26
Location: Bennett Place

When: April 26, 1865
Where: Bennett Place
Part of: Collapse of the Confederacy and end of the American Civil War, March–May 1865

Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to William Tecumseh Sherman at Bennett Place.

Sherman met with Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston at Bennett Place in Durham, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865. The first meeting saw Sherman agreeing to certain political demands by the Confederates, which were promptly rejected by the Union cabinet.

Sources

Battle of Appomattox Court House Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
Bennett Place Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-01

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