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
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
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Map
Coordinates:
+35.30651, -78.3235335°18'23" N, 78°19'25" W
Quadrangle map:Newton Grove North
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