Before sunrise on April 18, 1863, the town of Fayetteville was in the midst of a Civil War battle. On Saturday, the Washington County Historical Society will commemorate the event with a reenactment and more.
The Battle of Fayetteville
![The 160th anniversary of the Battle of Fayetteville will be observed Saturday on the grounds of Headquarters House Museum.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a056c5a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/500x261+0+0/resize/880x459!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8a%2F15%2F229eec8743d983e8c4fec981092f%2Fbattle-grove.jpg)
Courtesy of the Washington County Historical Society