Take a ride on a wagon around the historic Harper House at Bentonville Battlefield’s annual fall festival Saturday, Oct. 20. The program will include demonstrations by costumed interpreters and a festival atmosphere that will offer wagon rides provided by End of the Drive Mule Farm, carnival games, vintage baseball, crafts, pumpkin hunt and more!
Near the Harper House, historic interpreters will demonstrate the daily life of women and children. Get a glimpse of their everyday tasks such as open-hearth cooking, spinning and knitting. Visitors will be able to speak to the interpreters about how shortages affected their lives and what substitutions were made during the years of the Civil War.
Though admission for most games and activities are free, wagon rides will cost $2 each, children ages five and under ride free. The Southern Snack Shack will sell concessions. Everyone is invited to join in a game of 19th century baseball. The program is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities are subject to change without notice. For information about the activities, contact Amanda Brantley at (910) 594-0789.
The Battle of Bentonville, fought March 19-21, 1865, involved 80,000 troops and was the last Confederate offensive against Union Gen. William T. Sherman. Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site interprets the battle and the hospital, where many Confederates were left in the aftermath.
The site is located at 5466 Harper House Road, Four Oaks, NC 27524, three miles north of Newton Grove on S.R. 1008, about one hour from Raleigh and about 45 minutes from Fayetteville.
For more information, visit or call (910) 594-0789.
Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site is part of the Division of State Historic Sites in the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.