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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
reak the Confederate line, and Johnston, finding the immense host concentrated in his front, withdrew to Smithfield without being pursued, and Sherman turned towards Goldsboro for supplies and recuperation. Sherman in his report treats this as a drawn battle—equivalent to admitting a defeat, as his forces outnumbered Johnston's four to one. Every State in the South and almost the entire North, was represented on the bloody field of Bentonsville. The gallant Kirkland and his surviving followers will always feel proud of the record they made there. With this engagement our conflicts in the field were ended. The retreat began which ended in Johnston's surrender, and the brigade was disbanded at Center Church, Randolph county, North Carolina. May the blessings of Providence attend every survivor of this devoted band unto his life's end! Charles G. Elliott, Late Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General. Norfolk, Va., November, 1895. [From the Richmond Dispatch, November 24. 1895