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We Ride a Whirlwind Material:Paperback Stanton raisedWe Ride a Whirlwind: Sherman and Johnston at Bennett Place by Eric Wittenberg he events at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865 have long been considered the end of the Civil War. However, there were still Confederate armies in the field. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, commander of the Union armies operating in North Carolina, still faced a 31,000 man Confederate army commanded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. In addition, another 60,000