Bentonville

Bentonville The battle of Bentonville was the last major fight between the North and the South in teh Civil War. It was also the largest battle fought in North Carolina during the war. For that reason, the state has perserved the battlefield and offers a fourteen-mile guided tour to tell visitors what happened. The union armies in teh spring of 1865, however, came into the state from several directions. After Wilmington was lost, the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad continued to transport what few supplies were still availiable to Confederate soldiers. For three days-- March 19, 20, and 21 of 1865-- the Confederates hung on to thier postition. Johnston shifted his Union Army. On the first day the confederates had advatage of suprise.

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Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee was born in Virginia's Westmoreland County on Jan. 19, 1807, the third son of Henry ("Light Horse Harry") and Ann Hill Carter Lee. Declining fortunes forced the family's removal to Alexandria, where Robert distinguished himself in local schools. His father's death in 1811 increased responsibilities on all the sons; Robert, especially, cared for his invalid mother. Lee graduated number 2 in his class from the US military academy in 1829.Commissioned a brevet lieutenant of engineers, he spent a few years at Ft. Pulaski, Ga., and Ft. Monroe, Va. At Ft. Monroe on June 30, 1831, he married Mary Ann Randolph Custis. When Johnston was wounded in May 1862, Davis gave Lee command of Johnston's army. Lee renamed his force the "Army of Northern Virginia." The new commander looked the part: 5 feet 10 1/2 inches tall, robust at 170 pounds, Lee had graceful, almost classic features. He attracted men and women alike, was easy in manner, courteous and kind as a friend, and was a loving husband and father. In September 1870 he was stricken, probably with an acute attack of angina, and died on October 12. Mourning swept the South and the world. Lee was the embodiment of a cause and the symbol of an age. Robert E. Lee