"Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union General William T. Sherman. In this first full-length examination of the end of the war in North Carolina, Mark Bradley traces the campaign from the Battle of Bentonville in March 1865 to the surrender at Bennett Place on April 26"--Dust jacket.

No such army since the days of Julius Caesar -- As good as a picnic and three circusses -- The skeleton army -- The final scene of drama is at hand -- We are not enemies, I hope? -- To obtain fair terms of peace -- The best I can do -- Conquered but not subdued -- So you bring back peace or war? -- Slide back into the Union -- "Old Joe" and "Uncle Billy".