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Tag Archives: James Bennett
Appomattox and Bennett Place: A Remarkable Contrast
I had the honor and privilege of attending and participating in a portion of the weeklong commemoration sof the surrenders at Bennett Place on April 18, 2015, the 150th anniversary of the signing of the initial peace treaty by Maj. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Appomattox Court House, Army of Tennessee, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Appomattox Station, Bennett Place, Edmund Kirby Smith, James Bennett, Jefferson Davis, Joseph Johnston, Nancy Bennett, Richard Taylor, This Astounding Close, To the Bitter End, William T. Sherman, Wilmer McLean
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Events Larger Than One Person: The Surrenders at Bennett Place, Durham, North Carolina
Part One. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston learned of the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia in Wilmer McLean’s parlor in the hamlet of Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 several days later. Lee had … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Appomattox Court House, Bennett Place, James Bennett, John C. Breckinridge, Judson Kilpatrick, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Wade Hampton, William T. Sherman
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