Meeting of the Generals

On April 17, 1865, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston met on this section of the Raleigh to Hillsboro Road at the home of James and Nancy Bennett to negotiate a peace settlement to end the ...

The Church of the Generals

St. John’s Episcopal Church

General Robert E. Lee – Vestryman 1842-1844

General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson – Baptized 1849

General Matthew B. Ridgway (N.A.T.O. Commander) – Baptized 1899---------------

Other general and flag officers

who have worshipped here areJoseph H. Bailey, Harvey Brown, John B. Clitz, ...

The Generals

Union

Mahlon Dickerson Manson (1818-1895)

An apothecary turned politician, Mahlon Dickerson Manson served as a captain in the Mexican War. He enlisted as a private when the Civil War began but was soon promoted to colonel. Manson fought at Rich Mountain, West ...