UNITY MEMORIAL COLUMNS
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Columns
Year Dedicated: 1923
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: COURTESY OF BENNETT PLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE
Submitted By: DOCSOUTH.UNC.EDU/COMMLAND/
IN THE BENNETT HOUSE GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON AND MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN MET AT NOON APRIL 17, 1865 TO DISCUSS TERMS OF A SURRENDER. THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE SPOT WHERE THE MILITARY FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TRIUMPHED AND ESTABLISHED AS INVIOLATE THE PRINCIPLE OF AN INDISSOLUBLE UNION.
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