Directory of Bentonville Battleground Resources

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The Battle of Bentonville, fought March 19-21, 1865, was the last full-scale battle of the Civil War in which a Confederate army was able to mount a tactical offensive. This battle was the largest ever fought in North Carolina. It was the only significant attempt to defeat the Union army of Gen. William T. Sherman during the Carolinas campaign in the spring of 1865.

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• Bentonville Battleground

  http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bentonvi/bentonvi.htm
  Official site. Offers image galleries, battle synopsis, maps and information about battlefield preservation.

• The Battle of Bentonville: Caring for Casualties of the Civil War

  http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/69bentonville/69bentonville.htm
  Classroom-ready lesson plan about how battlefield medical care developed during the Civil War, particularly in the Union Army.

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