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.
Marshall - Col. Allen House
Divided loyalties boiled over early here when a local election in May 1861 resulted in gunfire and death. In January 1863, a band of Union soldiers and citizen sympathizers from the Shelton Laurel community raided Marshall, burning and looting buildings. Prisoners were executed. The event became known as the "Shelton Laurel Massacre."
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 47.ABC W082 40.DEF.
To get ABC, take the listed number of prisoners that were executed and add 645.
To get DEF, take the listed number of prisoners that were executed and add 080.