Bennette Place
Durham, North Carolina
Where Gen. Joseph E. Johnston Surrendered
The image of the postcard below was shared by Ben Henderson, whose ancestral roots run deep in Orange County.
He wrote:
"At the end of the Civil War, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, was staying in Hillsborough at the home of Alexander Dixon, who was married to
Elizabeth Wilson, my g-g-great aunt. Their home is the current Visitors Center in Hillsborough. Each day, Gen. Johnston would
ride from Hillsborough to the Bennette place, where he would meet Gen. William T. Sherman to work out the terms of surrender of the
Confederate States of America."
The postcard is dated 1911.
