Bennett Place

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Bennett Place State Historic Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	4409 Bennett Memorial Rd., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°1′45″N 78°58′32″W / 36.02917°N 78.97556°W / 36.02917; -78.97556
Area	30.5 acres (12.3 ha)
Built	1789
NRHP reference No.	70000452[1]
Added to NRHP	February 26, 1970

Bennett Place is a former farm and homestead in Durham, North Carolina, which was the site of the last surrender of a major Confederate army in the American Civil War, when Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to William T. Sherman. The first meeting (April 17, 1865) saw Sherman agreeing to certain political demands by the Confederates, which were promptly rejected by the Union cabinet in Washington. Another meeting had to be held (April 26) to agree on military terms only, in line with Robert E. Lee’s recent surrender to Ulysses S. Grant. This effectively ended the war.