Thirty caches are located in five different regions throughout NC. Instructions for sending the documentation are in the passport. Once all five regions are completed, you have earned a special NC Civil War trackable geocoin. Mail the passport to the address inside the passport – then your passport will be returned with your unique coin.
All of the containers are the same - camouflaged 6 inch PVC tubes - the code word you need for your passport is inside the container on a laminated card and also taped on the container that holds the log sheet. Date your logbook and add your code word in the numbered area for the cache. As the containers may become over tightened, carry a TOTT to ease the opening process.
Passports will be available at the event, some Civil War Museums in NC, and via mail if you send me you address or you can download your passport here.
Blount Bridgers House
As war threatened, John Luther Bridgers was one of three delegates sent by North Carolina to Montgomery, Ala., to try to effect an amicable solution. Failing in this attempt, he was unanimously chosen captain of the Edgecombe Guards, an organization that had the unfortunate distinction of suffering the first southern casualty, Private Henry L. Wyatt, at the Battle of Big Bethel. Captain Bridgers was cited for gallantry in this action and promoted to lieutenant colonel of Heavy Artillery (Tenth Regiment, North Carolina Troops). As such he commanded Fort Macon until ill health forced his resignation. He subsequently served on the staff of Lieutenant General D. H. Hill and also assisted his brother, Robert, in managing the vital High Shoals iron furnace in Gaston County.