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Preface Acknowledgments
1. No Such Army since the Days of Julius Caesar
2. As Good as a Picnic and Three Circuses
3. The Skeleton Army
4. The Final Scene of the Drama Is at Hand
5. We Are Not Enemies, I Hope?
6. To Obtain Fair Terms of Peace
7. The Best I Can Do
8. Conquered but Not Subdued
9. Do You Bring Back Peace or War?
10. Slide Back into the Union Epilogue. "Old Joe" and "Uncle Billy"
Appendix A. Postmaster General John H. Reagan's "Basis of Pacification," April 18, 1865
Appendix B. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's "Memorandum or Basis of Agreement," April 18, 1865
Appendix C. Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield's "Terms of a Military Convention" and "Supplemental Terms," April 26, 1865
Appendix D. Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Terms of Agreement Entered into with Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865, and Supplementary Terms, April 10, 1865
Appendix E. Text of Parole Issued to Confederate Soldiers in North Carolina Appendix F. Organization of Union Forces Appendix G. Organization of Confederate Forces Notes Bibliography Index
Illustrations
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman Gen. Joseph E. Johnston The Confederate arsenal, Fayetteville Two views of the Battle of Bentonville Mower turning the Confederate left at Bentonville View of Goldsboro
Peace MakersLt. Gen. Wade Hampton Governor Zebulon B. Vance Sherman and his generals Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee Johnston County Court House, Smithfield The peace commissioners Bvt. Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler President Jefferson Davis Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard Secretary of War John C. Breckinridge Generals Sherman and Johnston meeting at Bennett Place The confrontation between Generals Hampton and Kilpatrick
"Black Jack" Logan saving Raleigh Alexander Dickson House, near Hillsborough Postmaster General John H. Reagan Sherman's "Memorandum or Basis of Agreement," April 18, 1865
Bennett Place Theodore R. Davis Interior view of the Bennett house Three views of the North Carolina state capitol, Raleigh President Andrew Johnson's birthplace, Raleigh The Governor's Palace, Raleigh Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton Bennett Place, as drawn by a Pennsylvania cavalryman Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield Brig. Gen. Thomas Muldrop Logan Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Hartsuff Rear Adm. and Brig. Gen. Raphael Semmes Confederate officers in Greensboro receiving their paroles Two views of Confederate arms and accoutrements stored in Greensboro Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox The Grand Review of Sherman's army, May 24, 1865
Maps
1. The Carolinas campaign, January-March 1865
2. Howard's and Slocum's wings advance from Goldsboro, April 10-11, 1865
3. Sherman's pursuit of Johnston, April 10-13, 1865
4. The last ride of Lieutenant Walsh, April 13, 1865
5. The Army of Tennessee's line of retreat, April 13-16, 1865
6. Stoneman's last raid: North Carolina, April 9-13, 1865
7. The last encampments of the Army of Tennessee, April 26-May 3, 1865
8. The final march of Sherman's army and the homeward journey of Capt. Samuel T. Foster and Granbury's Texas brigade, May-June 1865
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Thomas Price
reviewed This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place on December 30, 2019
This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place
The "sequel" to Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville, Mark Bradley carries the Civil War in North Carolina to its final end - the surrender of Johnston's Army. As the armies scarcely skirmished, this is not an account of battles and action, but rather one of negotiations between Confederate army leaders and politicians with Union General Sherman. Of course, the Union held the upper hand in these negotiations but, in probably the most interesting section of the book, Sherman granted terms (post Lincoln's assassination) far more favorable than were acceptable to the Federal political leadership, notably Edwin Stanton. This led to Stanton's rebuke of Sherman, and the tearing up of the initial terms. How this all came to pass was pretty interesting to read and the outcome led to lifelong grudges.
Jefferson Davis makes an appearance that, despite fleeing Richmond, is insistent the war can still be won in the Trans-Mississippi and that Johnston should fight on. But, Johnston's Army was disintegrating through desertions, especially after his troops learned of Lee's surrender at Appomattox. All throughout the war, Confederate troop morale was good, even in spite of losses yet in April 1865, it collapsed almost entirely. This section too was interesting to me.
The book fills a niche in Civil War history and I would imagine be particularly interesting to North Carolina residents in an around the Raleigh-Durham area if for nothing than a depiction of a bygone era of small towns and farm country instead of the metropolis of today.
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Add This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place, Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. J, This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place, Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. J, This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place to your collection on WonderClub |
