150th Bentonville Battlefield Anniversary Re-Enactment

Following is the detail schedule of events for the main event days, Saturday and Sunday.  All Activities are subject to change without notice.  Tickets are required for the battles only. The battle will take place rain or shine. There will be no refunds.  

Saturday, March 21, 2015

9:00am-5:00pm        Activities Open to the Public - FREE             

Visitors center, information tent, Friends of Bentonville tent, and gift shop tent open to the public. Re-Enactor Camps and Sutlers open to the public. Harper House Area open to the Public - House Tours, Civil War Era Medical Displays and 19th Century Domestic Life Demonstrations.

9:30am-10:15am      Col. (Ret) Wade Sokolosky - The Battle of Wyse Fork (Activities Tent)

10:30am-11:15am    Eric Wittenberg — The Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads (Activities Tent)

11:30am-12:15pm    Mark Smith — The Battle of Averasboro (Activities Tent)

12:30PM-1:15PM       Mark Bradley — Battle of Bentonville Day 1 (Activities Tent)

1:30pm-2:15pm        The Civil War Trust — Preservation in North Carolina and Bentonville (Activities Tent)

3:00pm-4:00pm        Battle — “The Fight for the Morris Farm”
** Any Remaining Tickets for the battle will be sold first come, first serve, at the Info tent until 2:30pm                      

5:00pm                      Site closes to the Public

Sunday, March 22, 2015

9:00am-5:00pm         Activities Open to the Public - FREE

Visitors center , information tent, Friends of Bentonville tent, and gift shop tent open to the public.  Re-Enactor Camps and Sutlers open to the public. Harper House Area open to the Public —House Tours, Civil War Era Medical Displays and 19th Century Domestic Life Demonstrations.

8:15am-9:15am         Civil War Era Church Services (Activities Tent)

9:30am-10:15am       Chris Meekins — The North Carolina Civilian Experience During the Civil War (Activities Tent)

10:30am-11:15pm     David S. Cecelski — The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves' Civil War. (Activities Tent)

11:30am-12:15pm     Mark Bradley — Battle of Bentonville Day 2 & 3 (Activities Tent)

1:30pm-2:30pm         Battle — “Last Grand Charge of the Army of Tennessee and Morgan’s Stand.” 
** Any Remaining Tickets for the battle will be sold first come, first serve, at the info tent until  1:00pm

5:00pm                      Site closes to the Public