Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - North Carolina yakanga iri nzvimbo yehondo shomanene, inofungidzirwa kuti yakapa varwi vanenge 125 000 kuConfederation. North Carolina yakapawo mauto eUnion anenge 15 000. Varwi vanopfuura 30 000 vokuNorth Carolina vaizofa nezvirwere, kukuvadzwa muhondo, kana kuti nenzara. Mauto eConfederate anobva kumativi ose eNorth Carolina akashanda munenge muhondo dzose huru dzeHondo yeNorthern Virginia, uto reConfederation rakakurumbira zvikuru. Hondo huru yakarwiwa muNorth Carolina yaive paBentonville, yaive kuyedza kusingabatsiri kwakaitwa neConfederate General Joseph Johnston kunonotsa kufambira mberi kweMubatanidzwa General William Tecumseh Sherman kuburikidza neCarolinas muchirimo cha1865. Muna April 1865 pashure pokurasikirwa neHondo yeMorrisville, Johnston akazvipira kuna Sherman paBennett Place, mune yava kunzi Durham, North Carolina. Iri rakanga riri boka guru rokupedzisira reuto reConfederate rakanga razviisa pasi. Guta rechiteshi chengarava reNorth Carolina reWilmington raive chiteshi chikuru chekupedzisira cheConfederate chevamhanyi vanovharira; yakawa muchirimo cha 1865 mushure meHondo yechipiri yeFort Fisher iri pedyo
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