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.
Thomas’ Legion
Confederate Col. William H. Thomas organized Thomas’ Legion of Cherokee Indians and mountaineers here in September 1862. Several locals, both white and Indian, joined the unit, which fought in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina. Thomas eventually recruited more than 2,000 men, among them about 400 Cherokee.
The cache is not located at the posted coordinates.
The sign at the posted coordinates will supply you with the information needed to find the cache.
The cache is located at N35 11.ABC W083 22.DEF.
To get ABC, take the date of the Confederate reunion in New Orleans and subtract 1673.
To get DEF, take the date of the Confederate reunion in New Orleans and subtract 1257.