Bentonville history program scheduled for Saturday
By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on August 18, 2006 1:45 PM
Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site will hold a Civil War living history program and artillery demonstration Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The focus will be on the role of the common soldier and will feature members of the 27th North Carolina Infantry re-enactment group. Musket firing demonstrations will be held at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. A blacksmith will be at work all day and period music will be performed from 2-3 p.m. A three-inch ordnance rifle, an artillery piece commonly used in the war, will be fired at 11:30 a.m. and again at 1:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
The battlefield site is located on state road 1008, about 20 miles west of Goldsboro. From Wayne County, visitors can follow Stevens Mill Road into Johnston County, or they can take U.S. 13 south or N.C. 55 west to Newton Grove, turn north onto U.S. 701 and then onto state road 1008.
More information about the event can be obtained by calling 910-594-0789.