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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Bentonville Reenactment

Once every five years, the Bentonville Battlefield in NC comes to life. So we went to that event today as the first official Faith Christan Academy field trip. Luckily, it was on a Saturday so Jeff went with us. This year, was the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville. The Bentonville Battlefield is the largest Civil War battlefield in North Carolina. There were more than 3,500 re-enactors and an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 people are expected to attend both today and tomorrow.

We walked through their camps where they slept overnight. Some camps were even cooking lunches and dinners over a real fire. We made a complete day of walking around the camps, shops, and battlefield. It was so fun. I loved seeing people dressed up in period costumes.

The Bentonville Battle was fought March 19 to 21, 1865, over 6,000 acres of North Carolina farmland. More than 80,000 troops engaged in combat, and roughly 4,100 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing during combat.

The cannons scared me so bad. JD and I kept our hands over our ears the whole time after the first shots. We were all on the Union side and really didn't get to see the Confederates up close at all. The place was packed but we managed to work our way to the very front when it started. There were boys in tree so they could get a better view. (Too funny.)






1 comment:

  1. Thanks for posting the pictures and sharing the day with us. What a great experience for all
    of you. So glad we had no math of any kind today, and no spelling works.

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