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Hardships of Homefront Life During Civil War

September 29, 2008 – 4:27 pm

FOUR OAKS - The evocative aroma of assorted homemade dishes cooked over on open hearth will fill the kitchen at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site during a fall civilian living history program scheduled Saturday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Because of shortages, food substitutes such as sweet potato coffee, “artificial oysters” (corn substituted for [...]

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Bentonville Battlefield to Host Artillery, Reenactors Aug. 23

August 12, 2008 – 10:21 am

FOUR OAKS—Come listen to Civil War reenactors talk about camp life during the bloody 1860s conflict and see how soldiers lived, during Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site’s summer living history program Saturday, Aug. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m..
Costumed “soldiers” from the 27th Regiment of N.C. State Troops will present demonstrations and give talks [...]

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Bentonville Battlefield

May 1, 2008 – 12:20 pm

 
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Donnie Taylor, site manager for the Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site, takes viewers on a tour of the Harper House (ca. 1855), which was used during the battle as a hospital.  The house is furnished as a Civil War field hospital. 
The Battle of Bentonville, fought March 19-21, 1865, was the last full-scale action of the [...]

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Reburial of Civil War Soldiers Confirmed at Bentonville

January 28, 2008 – 10:54 am

FOUR OAKS —Archaeologists announced on Friday, Jan. 25, that they have confirmed longstanding stories about a number of Civil War soldiers who died in the 1865 Battle of Bentonville being reburied at the site in the 1890s.  Assistant State Archaeologist John Mintz and Wake Forest University Director of Public Archaeology Kenneth Robinson reached this conclusion after [...]

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