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Advance tickets available for Largest Civil War Re-enactment in North Carolina in 2010: 145th Anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville

October 27, 2009 – 3:59 pm

FOUR OAKS – Advance tickets are now available for purchase for the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina’s largest Civil War reenactment, slated for March 20-21, 2010, at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site. Advance tickets — purchased before March 1, 2010 — are $8 for adults and $4 for children aged 7-12. [...]

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Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site Sets Civilian Living History Program

September 23, 2009 – 1:23 pm

FOUR OAKS – Experience the blended aroma of assorted homemade foods cooked over on open hearth at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site during the Fall Civilian Living History Program on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. During the American Civil War, a variety of food substitutes such as sweet potato coffee, “artificial oysters” and [...]

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Soldier’s Lives and Artillery Fire of Bentonville Bloody Battle

August 14, 2009 – 4:29 pm

The excitement and challenges experienced by the common Confederate soldier will take center stage Saturday, Aug. 22, at Bentonville Battlefield in Four Oaks during the state historic site’s colorful summer living history program. From 10 a.m.-4 p.m., living historians dressed as Confederate soldiers will show how the men who fought in America’s bloodiest war [...]

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Bentonville Battlefield to Host Living History Program

May 27, 2009 – 4:17 pm

FOUR OAKS—Discover how Civil War soldiers lived in camp and what role the enlisted man played in battle during Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site’s annual summer living history program, Saturday, June 6, in Four Oaks. The event is free and open to the public.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., period-costumed living historians will show [...]

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Civil War Reenactors Will Throng the Bentonville Battlefield While Period Weapons Crack and Roar on Saturday, May 16

May 7, 2009 – 2:22 pm

FOUR OAKS—Discover how Civil War soldiers lived in camp and what role the enlisted man played in battle during Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site’s annual summer living history program, scheduled for Saturday, May 16.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., period-costumed living historians will show how soldiers in this divisive war made meals, maintained their weapons [...]

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CivilWarTraveler.com Features Bentonville

April 3, 2009 – 10:05 am

Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston saw an opportunity to at least slow down Gen. William T. Sherman’s 60,000-man Union army as it marched through North Carolina in March 1865. The Confederates set a trap for Sherman near the tiny hamlet of Bentonville, but the resulting battle, March 19-21, 1965, turned out to be a decisive [...]

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Cultural Resources Celebrates Women’s History Month

March 6, 2009 – 4:58 pm

From a United States First Lady to a famed educator to a pioneering parachutist, North Carolina women have made their mark on history. The Department of Cultural Resources offers a number of activities based around Women’s History Month in March.
The State Capitol, Raleigh: “The North Carolina Kids and the Great Depression” is a program on [...]

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