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The Battle of Bentonville (March 19–21, 1865) was fought in Johnston County, North Carolina, near the village of Bentonville, as part of the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was the last battle between the western field armies of William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston .
The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved 2,063 acres (8.35 km 2) of the battlefield from 1990 to 2023. [4] About 1/3 of original battlefield is owned by the state of North Carolina.
The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved more than 114 acres (0.46 km 2) of the Wyse Fork battlefield. [3] The battlefield is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lenoir County, North Carolina. The battlefield is now under threat by an NCDOT project to create a bypass around Kinston.
Pages in category "Battles of the American Revolutionary War in North Carolina" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Second Continental Congress voted to declare independence from the British on July 4, 1776, shortly after the battle; which took place in the Wilmington area near Currie in Pender County in southeastern North Carolina. The national military park was established on June 2, 1926, and was redesignated as a national battlefield on September 8 ...
The battle was "the largest and most hotly contested action" [19] in the American Revolution's southern theater. Before the battle, the British had great success in conquering much of Georgia and South Carolina with the aid of strong Loyalist factions and thought that North Carolina might be within their grasp. The British were in the process ...
A current map shows a larger battlefield. In particular, the American third line has been moved back, and the last shots of the battle have been placed further south, in Greensboro Country Park. Today, the National Park Service has moved beyond Schenck's interpretation of the battle with a more researched understanding of the battle's events ...
The beach at Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, North Carolina. The museum features a map of the 1865 battle with three-dimensional models of Fort Fisher and Battery Buchanan. The map features a narration of the battle and fiber-optic lights to show the troop activities and locations.