Jct. of SR 1313 and 1314, Durham, North Carolina. County/parish: Durham.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 26, 1970. NRIS 70000452.
3 contributing buildings.
Bennett Place is a former farm and homestead in Durham, North Carolina, which was the site of the last surrender of a major Confederate army in the American Civil War, when Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to William T. Sherman. The first meeting (April 17, 1865) saw Sherman agreeing to certain political demands by the Confederates, which were promptly rejected by the Union cabinet in Washington. Another meeting had to be held (April 26) to agree on military terms only, in line with Robert E. Lee’s recent surrender to Ulysses S. Grant. This effectively ended the war.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720072