A Desperate Battle for Desperate Times

It was at Bentonville, North Carolina that the storied Army of Tennessee under the command of Joseph E. Johnston made one last desperate attempt to stop the Union army under William Tecumseh Sherman before it linked arms with Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia. On March 19, 1865 Johnston unleashed a savage attack that nearly broke one of Sherman's wings.  This "Last Grand Charge of the Army of Tennessee" would be the final major Confederate assault of the war.

Today, we are announcing a new campaign to save 240 acres of this remarkable Civil War battlefield – the opening effort of a larger campaign to save 455 battlefield acres in North Carolina. These 240 acres, in four different parcels, will bring the total saved by the Civil War Trust at Bentonville to 1,142 acres! Even better, the Trust has secured a tremendous matching that will double the giving power of every dollar you donate to this campaign.