This monument, dedicated in 1992, honors the soldiers from North Carolina who fought and died at the March 19 to 21, 1865 Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina. Many of the soldiers who died lie in a mass Confederate grave near the monument. A total of 3,092 Confederate soldiers became casualties in the engagement, which was the last offensive movement by General Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee. A month later he surrendered the remnants of his forces at Greensboro, North Carolina.
This monument, dedicated in 1992, honors the soldiers from North Carolina who fought and died at the March 19 to 21, 1865 Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina. Many of the soldiers who died lie in a mass Confederate grave near the monument. A total of 3,092 Confederate soldiers became casualties in the engagement, which was the last offensive movement by General Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee. A month later he surrendered the remnants of his forces at Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Inscription
IN MEMORY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT AND DIED SO COURAGEOUSLY AND THE CIVILIANS WHO SUFFERED SO GRIEVOUSLY DURING THE BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE; MARCH 19-21, 1865
SLEEP, SOLDIER, SLEEP, IN THY ROUGH EARTHEN TOMB
WHILE ABOVE THEE THE WINTER WINDS RAVE
IN SUMMER THE BIRDS WILL THY REQUIEM SING
AND WILLOWS WEEP OVER THY GRAVE
NO COFFIN ENCLOSED HIS MANGLED REMAINS
NO SHROUD, SAVE HIS UNIFORM OLD
BUT HIS NAME IS ENTWINED IN THE LAURELS OF FAME
AND ON MEMORY'S PAGES ENROLLED
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