Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site

S of Princeton, off U.S. 701 and SR 1008, Princeton, North Carolina

Photo

File:BENTONVILLE BATTLEGROUND STATE HISTORIC SITE.jpg

Photo taken by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD

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Map

Coordinates:
+35.30651, -78.32353
35°18'23" N, 78°19'25" W

Quadrangle map:
Newton Grove North

Street Views

Description

The Battle of Bentonville, where two military titans of the Civil War--Gens. William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston--faced each other for the final time in a major battle, was the last occasion on which a Confederate army mounted an all-out offensive during the Civil War. The loss here was the Confederacy's death knell, for it fatally weakened their last mobile field army. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, June 19, 1996

National Register information

Status: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 26, 1970
Reference number: 70000460
Area of significance: Military
Levels of significance: National; State
Evaluation criteria: A - Event
Property type: Site
Historic function: Battle site
Current function: Park
Period of significance: 1850-1874
Significant year: 1865

Update Log

March 30, 2015: Photo imported by Michael Miller
May 13, 2014: New Street View added by Michael Miller

Related landmarks

Harper House (Contributing resource)

Sources

Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
National Register database - Reference number 70000460
National Historic Landmark information