Confederate troops from all parts of North Carolina served in virtually all the major battles of the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy's most famous army. The largest battle fought in North Carolina was at Bentonville, which was a futile attempt by Confederate General Joseph Johnston to slow Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's advance through the Carolinas in the spring of 1865. In April 1865, after losing the Battle of Morrisville, Johnston surrendered to Sherman at Bennett Place, in what is today Durham. North Carolina's port city of Wilmington was the last Confederate port to fall to the Union, in February 1865, after the Union won the nearby Second Battle of Fort Fisher, its major defense downriver. COUNT 5
QSN1 What was the name of the Confederacys most famous army? ANS1 Army of Northern Virginia QSN2 How many battles of the army of Northern Virginia did confederate troops from north Carolina fight in? ANS2 virtually all QSN3 What was the name of the largest battle fought in North Carolina? ANS3 Bentonville QSN4 What was the name of the confederate general that fought in Bentonville? ANS4 General Joseph Johnston QSN5 What was the name of the Union General that fought in Bentonville? ANS5 General William Tecumseh Sherman