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Desk at Bennett Place

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David Walbert
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July 18, 2009
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  • North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives. (Page 7.11)
  • Antebellum homes and plantations: A tour of some of North Carolina's historic houses and farms — big and small, rich and poor — from before the Civil War. (Page 6.1)

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desk at Bennett Place

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Inside the reconstructed Bennett home is this depiction of the setting where General Joseph Johnston and Major General William T. Sherman negotiated the terms of the surrender for the Army of Tennessee and the remaining Confederate forces fighting in the Southeast.