Please join us for a Chambersburg Civil War Seminars & Tours Lecture Series! Our next lecture will be: We Ride a Whirlwind: Sherman and Johnston at Bennett Place by Eric Wittenberg. Cost is $6 per person. Zoom Login details will be sent with your email registration confirmation.

Synopsis: 

While the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House rightfully receives a great deal of attention as a critical moment, it was NOT the end of the Civil War. More than 125,000 Confederate troops remained in the field consisting of four separate armies. When Gen. Joseph Johnston surrendered to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman at Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina on April 26, 1865, Johnston surrendered 90,000 Confederate troops, the largest surrender of the Civil War, representing all remaining troops east of the Mississippi River, with the exception of the Confederate garrison at Mobile, Alabama. Yet, these events are often overlooked and…