"The Battle of Bentonville (19-21 March 1865) was among the last major battles of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Having cut swathes of destruction first through Georgia, then through South Carolina, Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman next invaded North Carolina, with the goal of pushing up into Virginia to join forces with Ulysses S. Grant's army outside Richmond. The Confederates hastily stitched together an army to oppose him, which was placed under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston."
"On the night of 15 November 1864, the city of Atlanta, Georgia, went up in flames. By morning, a full third of the city lay in smoldering ruins as 62,000 Union soldiers marched out of Atlanta and into the heart of Georgia, to begin what would become known as Sherman's March to the Sea. Led by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, the Union army advanced in two columns, pillaging the Georgian countryside while simultaneously destroying factories, ripping up railroads, and liberating thousands of slaves."
Sherman marched through Georgia and South Carolina with systematic destruction of infrastructure, factories, and plantations while liberating thousands of enslaved people. Union forces then invaded North Carolina to push northward and join Ulysses S. Grant near Richmond. Confederate forces were hastily assembled under General Joseph E. Johnston to oppose Sherman. The opposing armies clashed at Bentonville, where Confederate troops were defeated and forced to retreat. The earlier destruction of Confederate forces in the region limited resistance. A little over a month after Bentonville, Johnston surrendered to Sherman at Bennett Place.
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