Bennett Place Program Features Largest Civil War Troop Surrender
March 12, 2010 | Posted by javal Two hardened war adversaries who later became great friends negotiated the largest troop surrender of the American Civil War at Bennett Farm near Durham Station on April 26, 1865. A re-enactment of one of the war’s last surrenders will be held at Bennett Place State Historic Site on Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18, highlighting a week of free commemorative events for the 145th anniversary of the end of America’s deadliest war, which cost more than 625,000 lives.
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