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Numerous locations claim to be the site of the Last Battle of the Civil War. Bentonville, North Carolina is said to be the site of the last major battle of Civil War, where the Confederacy was able to mount a tactical offensive. Fort Blakeley in Alabama calls itself the location of the last combined-force battle of the War.
A+E Networks. Two days of heavy fighting conclude near Pittsburgh Landing in western Tennessee. The Battle of Shiloh became a Union victory after the Confederate attack stalled on April 6, and fresh Yankee troops drove the Confederates from the field on April 7.