Battle of Bentonville Facts

Date

• March 19–21, 1865

Location

• Near Bentonville, in Johnston County, North Carolina

Campaign

• Carolinas Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Henry W. Slocum

Principal Confederate Commanders

• General Joseph E. Johnston

Union Forces Engaged

• Army of Georgia

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Army of the South

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 60,000

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 21,000

Estimated Union Casualties

• 1,527 (194 killed, 1,112 wounded, and 221 missing/captured)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 2,606 (239 killed, 1,694 wounded, and 673 missing/captured)

Result

• Union victory

Significance

• Only major Confederate attempt to stop William T. Sherman after the Battle of Atlanta, in August, 1864.
• Last major Confederate engagement of the War Between the States.
• Largest Civil War engagement fought in North Carolina.

Timeline of the Carolinas Campaign

These are the main battles and events of the Carolinas Campaign in order.

• February 3, 1865 — Battle of Rivers’ Bridge
• February 11, 1865 — Battle of Aiken
• March 7–10, 1865 — Battle of Wyse Fork
• March 10, 1865 — Battle of Monroe’s Cross Roads
• March 16, 1865 — Battle of Averasboro
• March 19–21, 1865 — Battle of Bentonville