Bennett Place surrender
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The Bennett Place surrender was the largest troop capitulation of the American Civil War, marking the effective end of major Confederate resistance in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bennett Place | 2 |
| Bennett Place surrender canonical | 1 |
| Bennett Place, North Carolina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3645436 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bennett Place surrender Context triple: [Carolinas Campaign, relatedSurrender, Bennett Place surrender]
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A.
Battle of Appomattox Court House
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was the final major engagement of the American Civil War in Virginia, leading to General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
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B.
Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
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C.
Battle of Appomattox Station
The Battle of Appomattox Station was a late–Civil War engagement in April 1865 in which Union forces captured Confederate supply trains near Appomattox, hastening General Robert E. Lee’s surrender.
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D.
Battle of New Hope Church
The Battle of New Hope Church was a significant 1864 engagement in the American Civil War’s Atlanta Campaign, where Union and Confederate forces clashed in a bloody but indecisive fight in Georgia.
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E.
Battle of Five Forks
The Battle of Five Forks was a decisive American Civil War engagement in April 1865 in Virginia, where Union forces broke Confederate lines, leading directly to the fall of Petersburg and Richmond and the surrender at Appomattox.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bennett Place surrender Target entity description: The Bennett Place surrender was the largest troop capitulation of the American Civil War, marking the effective end of major Confederate resistance in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.
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A.
Battle of Appomattox Court House
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was the final major engagement of the American Civil War in Virginia, leading to General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
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B.
Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
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C.
Battle of Appomattox Station
The Battle of Appomattox Station was a late–Civil War engagement in April 1865 in which Union forces captured Confederate supply trains near Appomattox, hastening General Robert E. Lee’s surrender.
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D.
Battle of New Hope Church
The Battle of New Hope Church was a significant 1864 engagement in the American Civil War’s Atlanta Campaign, where Union and Confederate forces clashed in a bloody but indecisive fight in Georgia.
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E.
Battle of Five Forks
The Battle of Five Forks was a decisive American Civil War engagement in April 1865 in Virginia, where Union forces broke Confederate lines, leading directly to the fall of Petersburg and Richmond and the surrender at Appomattox.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event of the American Civil War
ⓘ
military surrender ⓘ |
| agreementType | military capitulation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
surrender at Bennett Farm
ⓘ
surrender at Bennett Place ⓘ |
| approvedBy |
Confederate authorities under Jefferson Davis
ⓘ
linked to:
Confederate military leadership
United States government ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States Army
ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ |
| casualties | minimal combat casualties associated with the surrender itself ⓘ |
| category |
History of North Carolina during the American Civil War
ⓘ
Surrenders of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | one of the final major Confederate surrenders of the war ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Joseph E. Johnston
ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Bennett Place State Historic Site ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| date | 1865-04-26 ⓘ |
| documentedIn | official records of the War of the Rebellion ⓘ |
| effect |
accelerated collapse of the Confederate war effort
ⓘ
disbandment of large Confederate field armies in the Southeast ⓘ |
| endDate | 1865-04-26 ⓘ |
| followedBy | subsequent smaller Confederate surrenders in 1865 ⓘ |
| involves |
Army of Tennessee
ⓘ
Confederate forces in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida ⓘ
linked to:
Confederate States Armed Forces
Union Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
linked to:
Military Division of the Mississippi
|
| location |
Bennett Place
ⓘ
linked to:
Bennett Place surrender
near Durham, North Carolina ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy |
Joseph E. Johnston
ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ |
| partOf | Appomattox campaign aftermath ⓘ |
| precededBy | surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Reconstruction era
ⓘ
end of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| result |
Union victory
ⓘ
surrender of Confederate forces in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida ⓘ |
| signedAt | Bennett family farmhouse ⓘ |
| significance |
effectively ended major Confederate resistance in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida
ⓘ
largest troop capitulation of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| startDate | 1865-04-17 ⓘ |
| state | North Carolina ⓘ |
| year | 1865 ⓘ |
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Subject: Bennett Place surrender Description of subject: The Bennett Place surrender was the largest troop capitulation of the American Civil War, marking the effective end of major Confederate resistance in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.
Referenced by (4)
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