Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site

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The life-size bronze statue of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the Confederate commander.

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Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site, in Johnston County, preserves part of the ground where federal and Confederate soldiers met in bloody combat nearly 150 years ago. The three-day action at Bentonville in March 1865 was among the last major conflicts of the war and was the largest land battle fought in North Carolina.

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