﻿Proemial 
  Historic 
  Facts. 
  

  

  THE 
  OLD 
  BENNETT 
  HOUSE— 
  CLOSING 
  SCENE 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   LATE 
  CIVIL 
  WAR— 
  AN 
  HISTORIC 
  BOTTLE. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  historic 
  facts 
  were 
  collated 
  for 
  the 
  *' 
  His- 
  

   tory 
  of 
  Durham 
  " 
  by 
  our 
  courteous 
  and 
  talented 
  townsman, 
  

   Garland 
  E. 
  Webb, 
  Esq.: 
  

  

  Nineteen 
  years 
  ago, 
  the 
  26th 
  of 
  April, 
  there 
  occured 
  

   about 
  3| 
  miles 
  from 
  Durham, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  closing 
  scenes 
  

   of 
  that 
  great 
  drama 
  known 
  in 
  American 
  history 
  as 
  the 
  

   " 
  War 
  Between 
  the 
  States." 
  Sherman's 
  army 
  was 
  encamped 
  

   here, 
  the 
  place 
  being 
  known 
  then 
  as 
  " 
  Durham's 
  Sta- 
  

   tion," 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  place 
  of 
  perhaps 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  

   200 
  inhabitants. 
  Johnston 
  with 
  his 
  army 
  was 
  encamped 
  

   near 
  Hillsboro. 
  The 
  war 
  was 
  fast 
  coming 
  to 
  a 
  close. 
  Lee 
  

   had 
  surrendered, 
  and 
  what 
  remained 
  of 
  the 
  brave 
  Southern 
  

   army 
  were 
  disheartened 
  and 
  ready 
  to 
  surrender 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  

   opportunity, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  2Gth 
  of 
  April, 
  1865, 
  General 
  John- 
  

   ston 
  surrendered 
  his 
  army 
  to 
  General 
  Sherman 
  at 
  Greens- 
  

   boro, 
  N. 
  C, 
  but 
  the 
  capitulation 
  was 
  arranged 
  at 
  what 
  was 
  

   known 
  as 
  the 
  Bennett 
  House, 
  about 
  3^ 
  miles 
  from 
  Dur- 
  

   ham. 
  It 
  was 
  here 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  great 
  Generals 
  met 
  and 
  ne- 
  

   gotiated 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  peace, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  here 
  at 
  this 
  plain 
  

   old 
  farm 
  house 
  the 
  curtain 
  fell 
  upon 
  the 
  last 
  act 
  of 
  that 
  

   terrible 
  drama, 
  and 
  the 
  dark 
  clouds, 
  that 
  had 
  so 
  long 
  hung 
  

   gloomily 
  over 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  our 
  people, 
  began 
  to 
  clear 
  away, 
  

   and 
  a 
  new 
  era 
  commenced 
  to 
  dawn 
  upon 
  the 
  South. 
  

  

  THE 
  PLACE 
  OF 
  CAPITULATION. 
  

  

  Our 
  chronicler 
  being 
  anxious 
  to 
  visit 
  this 
  historic 
  spot, 
  

   accepted 
  an 
  invitation 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  D. 
  Jones, 
  a 
  wealthy 
  

  

  