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Battle of Bentonville

Confederate Commander

Gen. Joseph E. Johnston

Gen. Braxton Bragg

Forces Engaged: 21,900

Killed: 239

Wounded: 1,694

Missing or Captured: 673

Total Casualties: 2,606

Confederate Officers

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Lieut. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart

Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Hill

Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Palmer

Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus

Maj. Gen. Henry D. Clayton

Brig. Gen. Alpheus Baker

Maj. Gen. William W. Loring

Maj. Gen. Edward C. Walthall

Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds

Brig. Gen. George D. Johnston

Maj. Gen. William B. Bate

Brig. Gen. James A. Smith

Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley

Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke

Brig. Gen. William W. Kirkland

Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood

Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee

Brig. Gen. William B. Talioferro

Brig. Gen. Stephen Elliott, Jr.

Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws

Brig. Gen. John D. Kennedy

Brig. Gen. Albert G. Blanchard

Maj. Gen. M. C. Butler

Brig. Gen. Evander M. Law

Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Logan

Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler

Brig. Gen. William W. Allen

Brig. Gen. Robert H. Anderson

Brig. Gen. George G. Dibrell

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Confederate Order of Battle

Army of Tennessee

Department of North Carolina &

Department of South Carolina &

Cavalry

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Confederate Official Records

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March 19-21, 1865

Bentonville, North Carolina

Union Victory

Part of Carolina's Campaign

Union Commander

Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman

Forces Engaged: 60,000

Killed: 194

Wounded: 1,112

Missing or Captured: 221

Total Casualties: 1,527

Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard

Maj. Gen. John A. Logan

Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles R. Woods

Bvt. Brig. Gen. William B. Woods

Maj. Gen. William B. Hazen

Brig. Gen. John M. Oliver

Bvt. Maj. Gen. John E. Smith

Brig. Gen. William T. Clark

Bvt. Maj. Gen. John M. Corse

Brig. Gen. Elliott W. Rice

Maj. Gen. Francis P. Blair, Jr.

Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Mower

Brig. Gen. John W. Fuller

Brig. Gen. Manning F. Force

Bvt. Maj. Gen. Giles A. Smith

Brig. Gen. Benjamin Potts

Brig. Gen. William W. Belknap

Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum

Bvt. Maj. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis

Brig. Gen. William P. Carlin

Bvt. Brig. Gen. Harrison C. Hobart

Bvt. Brig. Gen. George P. Buell

Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan

Brig. Gen. William Vandever

Brig. Gen. John G. Mitchell

Bvt. Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Fearing

Bvt. Maj. Gen. Absalom Baird

Maj. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams

Brig. Gen. Nathaniel J. Jackson

Brig. Gen. James S. Robinson

Bvt. Maj. Gen. John W. Geary

Bvt. Brig. Gen. Ario Pardee

Bvt. Brig. Gen. Henry A. Barnum

Bvt. Maj. Gen. William T. Ward

Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Cogswell

Bvt. Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick

Bvt. Brig. Gen. Smith D. Atkins

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Union Order of Battle

XV Corps and XVII Corps

XIV Corps and XX Corps

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Union Official Records

1 through 52

53 through 102

103 through 229​

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