Historic Graffiti Traditional Cache
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A container made to blend in filled with the usual swag at another site on the North Carolina Civil War Trail (make sure you check out the nearby marker after you find the cache!!)
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The following is reprinted from the Fayetteville Observer, August 26, 2007:
BAD BEHAVIOR IN CHURCH
Maybe it was the rain.
Maybe it was just too wet for Sherman's boys to burn anything.
But when Union Gen. John Logan's troops hunkered down for the evening at Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church, some of them decided to leave a permanent reminder of their visit.
In early March, 1865, Sherman split his forces as they advanced on Fayetteville. He traveled with four divisions of the 15th Corps into North Carolina, which camped on March 7 at Laurel Hill Church. Along the way, they destroyed some rail stock and a small gun factory in Laurinburg.
Then the heavy rains came.
Church historian Sylvia McLean says calvary troops removed the pews from the church to keep their horses dry. The infantry later used the pews to cover mudholes in the march to Wagram.
The lucky soldiers who got to stay dry with the horses began idly scribbling on the walls.
After the war, many of the names were whitewashed over. Others were covered by visitors eager to add their own names. Eventually church members carefully preserved many of the ramaining names by chipping out the plaster.
They are preserved in a display at the church, as is a replacement Bible sent by a Union soldier a few years after the war.
For more information, and hours, call (910) 276-7151
Of course, muggles will abound on Sundays, so it is probably best to avoid this cache on the Lord's Day. The hint is a bit of a spoiler, so use it only if you have to.
FYI:
This cache would count for Page 72 on the North Carolina Delorme Challenge (GCTYE6), and for Scotland County on the North Carolina County Challenge (GC19YRC)
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