Today I went from one battlefield to another. The second one was Bentonville Battlefield, located near the village of Bentonville. This Civil War battle was the last one between Union forces led by General William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate forces led by General Joseph Eggleston Johnston. Near the visitor center is the Harper House, which was built in the 1850s and commandeered by Union Troops for use as field hospital.
Near the main house is this kitchen. Such kitchens were often separate from large houses, to prevent any cooking fires that got out of control from spreading between the buildings, and to keep enslaved workers inconspicuous.
In this view of the Harper House, the two side doors were used by slaves to bring food into the main house from the kitchen.
Near the kitchen is this slave cabin. I don't know if they are original or reconstructed.
A short walk east of the visitor center leads to the monument area. The large monument in the foreground in the next picture is to Confederate troops from North Carolina.
In this next shot, the closer monument is dedicated to Union troops from about 10 states. The more distant monument memorializes Confederate troops from Texas.
This monument is dedicated to soldiers who died in the battle.
Each of these gravestones is to an unknown individual Confederate soldier.
To learn more, go to North Carolina Historic Sites, Johnston County and American Battlefield Trust. Everything seen in this post is within walking distance of the visitor. In the next post, there will be some things somewhat farther away.
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