| Six Hundred TwentyEighth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Hiram Granbury |
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Hiram Bronson Granbury (March 1, 1831 – November 30, 1864) was born in Copiah County, Mississippi. After being educated at Oakland College in Rodney, Mississippi, he moved to Waco, Texas, in the early 1850s. Granbury studied law at Waco, was admitted to the bar and served as chief justice of McLennan County, TX from 1856 to 1858.
Upon the secession of Texas from the Union, Granbury organized the Waco Guards, a volunteer infantry company, and headed east to Kentucky with them as their first captain. He was captured along with his regiment at the Battle of Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862. Granbury was imprisoned at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor but was permitted to visit Baltimore on parole in order to attend to his wife, who was to have an operation. He was freed in an exchange of prisoners on August 27, 1862 for two lieutenants. Almost immediately, on August 29, 1862, Granbury was promoted to colonel of the 7th Texas Infantry Regiment.
On February 29, 1864, Colonel Granbury was promoted to brigadier general. He then led the Texas brigade. This brigade was composed of eight understrength Texas regiments, including the 7th Texas Infantry. He fought with particular distinction at the Battle of New Hope Church in the Atlanta Campaign.
After the fall of Atlanta, General John B. Hood moved his army into Tennessee in an effort to retake Nashville for the Confederacy. At the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864, Hood ordered 18 brigades to make numerous hopeless frontal assaults against fortified positions occupied by the Union Army forces under Major General John M. Schofield. Granbury’s brigade charged the center of the Federal breastworks and he was killed, along with Major General Patrick R. Cleburne. In total, six Confederate generals died in or as a result of the battle.
Twenty-nine years after the battle of Franklin, his body was moved to Granbury, the town named after him. Hiram's marker is the starting point for this 4 stage cache in the Granbury Cemetery. Answer the question (they're easy peasy), get the next set of coordinates (add a new waypoint), follow your GPSr (hopefully you have a real one and don't use an iPharse), find the final (2ml cryo tube just like the picture), SIGN THE LOG (an absolute requirement, no excuses), claim the find (please take some time to write a real log note and not just some generic statement).
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| Stage I |
| Where is Hiram's wife buried? |
| Alabama |
N32 27.206 |
W097 47.198 |
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| Texas |
N32 27.081 |
W097 47.211 |
| Mississippi |
N32 27.194 |
W097 47.088 |
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| Stage II |
| What animal was John William Jr.? |
| Falcon |
N32 27.172 |
W097 47.123 |
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| Fox |
N32 27.242 |
W097 47.139 |
| Finch |
N32 27.226 |
W097 47.182 |
| Fawn |
N32 27.239 |
W097 47.095 |
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| Stage III |
| What animal was Ira? |
| Bass |
N32 27.070 |
W097 47.232 |
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| Bird |
N32 27.273 |
W097 47.086 |
| Bear |
N32 27.254 |
W097 47.192 |
| Beaver |
N32 27.170 |
W097 47.240 |
| Bull |
N32 27.256 |
W097 47.098 |
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| Final |
| What kind of geocaching animal are you? |
| Hound |
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| Flounder |
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FP cemetery caches are always placed with regards to the location, so please be mindful of your presence here, watch where you step and be respectful of the residents interred here. Please carefully re-hide the container better to maintain the integrity of the cache.
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GPSr Accuracy 7.7' @ Final |
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