147th Anniversary of the Largest Surrender of the American Civil War
& 50th Anniversary of Bennett Place State Historic Site
April 28-29, 2012
SATURDAY, April 28, 2012
10 AM
Bennett Farm, Union and Confederate Military, and Civilian Refugee Camps Open
Meet the Bennett Family, Union & Confederate Soldiers, CSA Postmaster, CSA Hospital, Civilian
Refugees, Robert Szabo: 19th Century Photography Studio, Wagon Rides by Ronald Hudson & His
Mules (Living history throughout the day)
10:30 AM
Jim Wise, Author & Historian, Bennett Place, 50 years of Historic Preservation
(Lecture in Theater of Visitor Center)
11:00 AM
Meeting of Gen. Johnston and Maj. Gen. Sherman: Terms of Surrender
(Tours Inside Bennett House-Approximately every 20 minutes until 12:30 PM. Tours resume at 1 PM
until last tour at 3:30pm- Tickets can be reserved at Provost Tent outside back door of visitor center)
11:30 AM
Jeff Toalson, Author & Historian, No Soap, No Pay, Diarrhea, Dysentery & Desertion: A
Composite Diary of the Last 16 Months of the Confederacy from 1864 to 1865
(Lecture in Theater of Visitor Center)
12:30 PM
Josh Haugh & Brad Quinlin, Authors & Historians, NEW BOOK: Duty Well Performed:
The History of the 21st Ohio Infantry Regiment
(Lecture in Theater of Visitor Center)
12:30 PM
DINNER (All military and civilian refugees in their respective camps)
1 PM
Meeting of Gen. Johnston and Maj. Gen. Sherman: Terms of Surrender
(Tours Inside Bennett House-Approximately every 20 minutes throughout the day until 3:30pm-Tickets
can be reserved at the Provost Tent outside the back door of visitor center)
1:30 PM
Michael Hardy, Author & Historian, Tarheel Veterans of the War Between the States
(Lecture in Theater of Visitor Center)
2:30 PM
Brenda McKean, Author & Historian, Blood & War at My Doorstep: North Carolina
Civilians in the War Between the States
(Lecture in Theater of Visitor Center)
3:30 PM
Wade Sokolosky, Author & Historian, No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar:
Sherman's Carolinas Campaign from Fayetteville to Averasboro
(Lecture in Theater of Visitor Center)
3:30 PM
Surrender Negotiations Conclude
4 PM
All Event Activities End
(Bennett Farm and Camps Close to the Public)
5 PM
Bennett Place Historic Site Closes to the Public
This 147th Surrender Anniversary & 50th Anniversary commemorative events are funded primarily by the Bennett Place
Support Fund, Inc., a nonprofit 501-C3 organization and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
147th Anniversary of the Largest Surrender of the American Civil War
& 50th Anniversary of Bennett Place State Historic Site
April 28-29, 2012
SUNDAY, April 29, 2012
10 AM
Bennett Farm, Union and Confederate Military, and Civilian Refugee Camps Open
Meet the Bennett Family, Union & Confederate Soldiers, CSA Postmaster, CSA Hospital, Civilian
Refugees, Robert Szabo: 19th Century Photography Studio
(Living history throughout the day)
10:30 AM
Jim Wise, Author & Historian, Bennett Place, 50 years of Historic Preservation
(Lecture in Theater of Visitor Center)
10:30 AM
Meeting of Gen. Johnston and Maj. General Sherman: Terms of Surrender
(Tours Inside Bennett House-Approximately every 20 minutes until 12:30 PM. Tours resume at 1 PM
until tours conclude at 2 PM- Tickets can be reserved at Provost Tent outside back door of visitor center)
11:30 AM
Josh Haugh & Brad Quinlin, Authors & Historians, NEW BOOK: Duty Well Performed:
The History of the 21st Ohio Infantry Regiment
(Lecture in Theater of Visitor Center)
12:30 AM
Mark Bradley, Author & Historian, This Astounding Close, The Road To Bennett Place
(Lecture in Theater of Visitor Center)
12:30 PM
DINNER (All Soldiers and Civilian Refugees in their respective camps)
1:30 PM
Unveiling of “The Meeting of the Generals”: New Historical Wayside (Sponsored by the
MOSB-Military Order of the Stars & Bars) (Near the Bennett Farm)
2:00 PM
Meeting of Gen. Johnston and Maj. Gen. Sherman: Terms of Surrender-CONCLUDES
2:30 PM
Unity Monument Commemoration Ceremony
(Wreath laying ceremony by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of Union Veterans,
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sons of Union Veterans, Union and Confederate Soldiers)
3:30 PM
147th Anniversary of the Surrender & 50th Anniversary Activities Conclude
(Camps Close to the Public)
5 PM
Bennett Place Site Closes to the Public
THANK YOU for Your Support for these past 50 years.
This 147th Surrender Anniversary & 50th Anniversary commemorative events are funded primarily by the Bennett Place
Support Fund, Inc., a nonprofit 501-C3 organization and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.