Bennett Place surrender

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event of the American Civil War military surrender

The Bennett Place surrender was the largest troop capitulation of the American Civil War, marking the effective end of major Confederate resistance in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bennett Place 2
Bennett Place surrender canonical 1
Bennett Place, North Carolina 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event of the American Civil War ⓘ
military surrender ⓘ
agreementType military capitulation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs surrender at Bennett Farm ⓘ
surrender at Bennett Place ⓘ
approvedBy Confederate military leadership ⓘ
surface form: Confederate authorities under Jefferson Davis

United States government ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
casualties minimal combat casualties associated with the surrender itself ⓘ
category History of North Carolina during the American Civil War ⓘ
Surrenders of the American Civil War ⓘ
chronologyPosition one of the final major Confederate surrenders of the war ⓘ
commandedBy Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
commemoratedBy Bennett Place State Historic Site ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1865-04-26 ⓘ
documentedIn official records of the War of the Rebellion ⓘ
effect accelerated collapse of the Confederate war effort ⓘ
disbandment of large Confederate field armies in the Southeast ⓘ
endDate 1865-04-26 ⓘ
followedBy subsequent smaller Confederate surrenders in 1865 ⓘ
involves Army of Tennessee ⓘ
Confederate States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Confederate forces in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida

Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Union Military Division of the Mississippi
location Bennett Place surrender self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bennett Place

near Durham, North Carolina ⓘ
negotiatedBy Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
partOf Appomattox campaign aftermath ⓘ
precededBy surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
relatedTo Reconstruction era ⓘ
end of the American Civil War ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
surrender of Confederate forces in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida ⓘ
signedAt Bennett family farmhouse ⓘ
significance effectively ended major Confederate resistance in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida ⓘ
largest troop capitulation of the American Civil War ⓘ
startDate 1865-04-17 ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carolinas Campaign → relatedSurrender → Bennett Place surrender ⓘ
Joseph E. Johnston → placeOfSurrender → Bennett Place surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bennett Place, North Carolina
Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area → containsHistoricSite → Bennett Place surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bennett Place
Bennett Place surrender → location → Bennett Place surrender self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bennett Place