Advance tickets are now available for purchase for the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina’s largest Civil War re-enactment, slated for Mar. 20-21 at Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site.

Advance tickets — purchased before Mar. 1 — are $8 for adults and $4 for children aged 7-12. After Mar. 1, tickets will be $10 for adults and $5 for children. Children 6 and under attend free.

Bentonville Battlefield is the largest Civil War Battlefield in the state and the site of the only offensive battle to stop General William T. Sherman’s March from Atlanta, Ga. This was the last major battle fought during the Civil War, with over 80,000 troops engaged covering 6,000 acres of farm land in Eastern North Carolina. More than 3,500 re-enactors and 30,000 spectators are expected to attend the event, which includes two battles, military and civilian encampments and special educational programs over a two-day period.

This year’s event is being sponsored by the Benton-ville Battlefield Historical Association (BBHA), the Johnston County Visitors Bureau, and the N.C. Division of Historic Sites, a division of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the state historic site.

Tickets can be purchased in person by visiting the site’s visitor center or by ordering through the online store at www.bentonvillebattlefield.com. Tickets can also be purchased by mailing a check to: Bentonville 145th Event Tickets, P.O. Box 432, Newton Grove, NC 28366. Checks should be payable to the BBHA. “We’re very excited about the amount of interest we’ve had in tickets so far, and we’re looking forward to a tremendous event in March,” said Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site Manager Donny Taylor. The battlefield is located three miles north of Newton Grove on U.S. 701 and then three miles east on S.R. 1008. For more information, call 910-594-0789 or visit the Web site at www.nchistoricsites.org/bentonvi/bentonvi.htm.

Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site is an agency of the Division of State Historic Sites in the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and communities, and the vision to harness the state’s cultural resources to build North Carolina’s social, cultural and economic future. For more information, visit www.ncculture.com.