The chimney of the old Benett House near Durham, North Carolina which Generals Sherman and Johnston met in the three conferences in April 1865 which resulted in the final agreement by which the last confederate troops laid down their arms. It is now a North Carolina State Park and the monument typifying Unity was erected in 1892
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Location: average distance Identification: identified building appears in photograph No people present in picture
Type
image
Identifier
fritz_metcalf-7288
Subject
Monuments - Civil War North Carolina United States - History State parks - North Carolina Historical sites North Carolina
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