Bentonville, Battle of

The Battle of Bentonville (March 19–21, 1865) is fought in Bentonville, North Carolina, near the town of Four Oaks, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War.

It is the last battle to occur between the armies of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.On the first day of the battle, the Confederate States Army attacks one Union Army flank and is able to rout two divisions but does not manage to rout the rest of the army off the field.

The next day, the other Federal flank arrives and for the next two days, the armies skirmish with each other before Johnston's army.

As a result of the overwhelming enemy strength and the heavy casualties his army suffers in the battle, Johnston surrenders to Sherman little more than a month later at Bennett Place, near Durham Station.

Coupled with Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender earlier in April, Johnston's surrender represents the effective end of the war.

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