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Battle and Staff Ride Overview

Bentonville Battlefield
A great site with overview information on the battle.
Staff Ride Guide
by William Glenn Robertson
Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington DC, 1987.

A history of the staff ride with an outline explaining how to organize and lead a staff ride at any level.

Books at MCB libraries in North Carolina

Moore's Historical Guide to the Battle of Bentonville - Moore, Mark A.

Call Number: 973.738 MOORE (Avail @ Camps Lejeune & Johnson)

ISBN: 1882810155

Publication Date: 1997

Guide to the field where Sherman and Johnston fought their final battle, with detailed route and battle maps.

Bentonville : the Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston - Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs

Call Number: 973.738 HUGHES (Avail @ Camp Lejeune)

ISBN: 0807822817

Publication Date: 1996

A detailed tactical study of one of the last major Civil War confrontations.

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Mower's Charge

The Battle of Bentonville, N.C.
Major General Mower, commanding First Division, Seventeenth Corps, turning the Confederate left half a mile from Bentonville, March 20th, 1865.

Primary Source Material

Each of the following are copies of correspondence and journals written in the time period for the Battle of Bentonville.

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Use the search feature on this page with at least one keyword as "Bentonville". Bentonville, NC was part of the Columbia Campaign (not Pea Ridge).
Diary of an Officer in Sherman's Army Marching Through the Carolinas
by Clement Eaton. The Journal of Southern History , Vol. 9, No. 2 (May, 1943), pp. 238-254.
Battle of Bentonville; links to primary documents
Links are to personal narratives and sketches by soldiers in the battle. From the Documenting the American South Digital collection at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
North Carolina Civil War Image Portfolio
Prints and Photographs, North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Maps

Battle of Bentonville Maps
Battle of Bentonville, March 19, 1865. Library of Congress Map Collection.
North Carolina Maps: Battle of Bentonville
Using the interface, users can compare a historic map from the North Carolina Maps project with a current map or satellite image.

Student PME Papers

The Role of Union Logistics in the Carolina Campaign of 1865
by Maj. Johnny Sokolosky USA, CGSC Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1996.

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