Record #:

4636

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

On March 18-19, 2000, thirty-seven hundred Civil War reenactors portraying Confederate and Union soldiers commemorated the Battle of Bentonville in Johnston County. Bentonville is the state's largest Civil War battle reenactment and is staged only once every five years.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 48 Issue 3, May 2000, p57-59, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Bentonville, Battle of, N.C., 1865; Historical reenactments--Bentonville