| Campaign of the Carolinas | |||||||||
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| Part of the Western Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||||
 The Burning of Columbia, South Carolina, on February 17, 1865, as depicted in Harper's Weekly | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 United States (Union) |
 Confederate States | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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William T. Sherman |
 Joseph E. Johnston  | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Army of the South | |||||||||
The Carolinas campaign (January 1 – April 26, 1865), also known as the campaign of the Carolinas, was the final campaign conducted by the Union Army against the Confederate Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.[a] On January 1, Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman advanced north from Savannah, Georgia, through the Carolinas, with the intention of linking up with Union forces in Virginia. The campaign culminated in the defeat of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army at the Battle of Bentonville, and its unconditional surrender to Union forces on April 26, 1865. Coming just two weeks after the defeat of Robert E. Lee's army at the Battle of Appomattox Court House, it signaled that the war was effectively over.
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