Bentonville
Download or Read eBook Bentonville PDF written by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr. and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr. |
| Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
| Total Pages | : 323 |
| Release | : 2000-11-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780807862162 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0807862169 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Bentonville by : Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr.
Book excerpt: The battle of Bentonville, the only major Civil War battle fought in North Carolina, was the Confederacy's last attempt to stop the devastating march of William Tecumseh Sherman's army north through the Carolinas. Despite their numerical disadvantage, General Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate forces successfully ambushed one wing of Sherman's army on March 19, 1865 but were soon repulsed. For the Confederates, it was a heroic but futile effort to delay the inevitable: within a month, both Richmond and Raleigh had fallen, and Lee had surrendered.
