<P> The home of James and Nancy Bennett , simple yeoman farmers , served as the site of the surrender negotiations between Major General William T. Sherman and General Joseph E. Johnston April 17 , 18 , and 26 , 1865 . It was the largest surrender of the American Civil War , officially ending the fighting in Florida , Georgia , South Carolina , and North Carolina . The original house burned in 1921 and was reconstructed as a one - story log structure covered by weatherboards with a gable roof and a shed addition . Also on the property are a log kitchen and smokehouse . </P>
who owned the farmhouse where the two commanders of the civil war met to end the war
James and Nancy Bennett