Welcome to the Winchester-Frederick County Civil War Trail sponsored by the Winchester-Frederick County Convention and Visitors Bureau (WFCCVB)
What better way to commemorate our area’s Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Civil War than with a Civil War geo-trail! Come learn about our area’s involvement in the Civil War and explore all that the Winchester-Frederick County area has to offer.
This trail is comprised of 20 cache sites that are part of the Virginia Civil War Trails Program. Learn more about Civil War Trails by visiting www.CivilWarTrails.org. The Winchester-Frederick County Visitors Center is located at 1400 S. Pleasant Valley Road, Winchester, VA 22601. The Visitors Center is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., closed on major holidays.
Update 2017: This trail is now comprised of 28 caches. :)
Battle of Rutherford's Farm
To find this cache, start at the listed coordinates. Use the three wayside markers (not the silver signs) at this location to answer the questions correctly to fill in the blanks.
Answer the question below to fill in the blanks for the first half of the coordinates N 39 13._ _ _
Early withdrew south of Winchester to Fisher’s Hill near Strasburg, and then launched a surprise attack against the Federals at Kernstown how long after the fight here?
(This marker has been removed, so I leave you with the correct answer below)
One day: 676
Four days: 244
One week: 509
Answer the question below to fill in the blanks for the second half of the coordinates W 078 07._ _ _
By 1890, Rutherford was essentially a sheep farmer. How many sheep did he own in 1890?
Five: 556
Seventy five: 785
One hundred twenty: 878