Beaufort, North Carolina | Tours of the site include the Josiah Bell House, home of Rebel spy Josiah Fisher Bell.

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Bennett Place State Historic Site
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4409 BENNETT MEMORIAL ROAD
DURHAM, NC 27705, USA
Website: http://www.bennettplacehistoricsite.com/
Once the home of James and Nancy Bennitt (or Bennett), this 189 acre Piedmont North Carolina farm became the location of the largest surrender of Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War. Over the course of three days (April 17, 18, and 26, 1865) General William Tecumseh Sherman and General Joseph Eggleston Johnston deliberated the terms of surrender and peace, which helped reunite this country. In the final resolution, on April 26, 1865, 89, 270 Confederate soldiers who were still actively fighting in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina were officially surrendered. Three more primary surrenders followed in Citronelle, Alabama with the surrender of Lt. General Richard Taylor's army on May 4, 1865, in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 26, 1865 with the capitulation of General Kirby Smith's Army of the Trans Mississippi, and finally on June 23, 1865, American Indians (Creek, Cherokee, Seminole, and Osage) under the command of Brigadier General Stand Watie surrendered the last major army in the field at Doaksville, Oklahoma. Additionally, small bands of Confederate soldiers returning home turned over their weapons and furled their flags. The American Civil War was over.
Winnabow, North Carolina | The fort, an earthen fortification, was constructed in March 1862 as part of the overall Cape Fear defense system.
Kinston, North Carolina | The CSS Neuse was a product of the Confederate navy's ill-fated attempt to regain control of the lower Neuse River and retake the city of New Bern during the Civil War.
Kure Beach, North Carolina | Before its fall in January 1865, the fort protected blockade-runners en route to Wilmington with supplies vital to the Confederate army.
Four Oaks, North Carolina | Bentonville was the site of the last major battle of the Civil War.
Creswell, North Carolina | At the dawn of the Civil War, the historic site was a wealthy planter's estate and home to more than 300 enslaved men, women, and children.
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