Farm home of James Bennett, where Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his army to Gen. William T. Sherman, April 26, 1865. Johnston’s surrender followed Lee’s at Appomattox by 17 days and ended the Civil War in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.

Marker is at the intersection of Bennett Memorial Road and Neal Road, on the right when traveling south on Bennett Memorial Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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