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.
Moody Tavern
The cache is not at the posted coordinate, but is a good place to start, at the Historical Marker “Moody Tavern, Stoneman’s Headquarters”.
Early in April 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman cavalry moved from Tennessee into Virginia and then south through Danbury to destroy railroad track, warehouses, and supplies that supported Gen. Robert E. Lee Army of Northern Virginia. Stoneman led 4,000-5,000 men as a long train of supply and ambulance wagons, artillery pieces and caissons, and pack mules. He expected to encounter resistance in Stokes County but found none. While in Danbury on April 9-10, Stoneman established his headquarters here at Moody Tavern. The second floor of the structure offered a commanding view of the area from its east-and west-facing rooms, allowing Stoneman and his staff to observe his camp and any approaching enemy forces.
During Stoneman occupation of the county, his men put the nearby Moratock Iron Works out of commission. The Confederacy relied on this and similar charcoal-fired furnaces to furnish iron for the foundries that produced cannons, swords, and rifles.
Stoneman soon received word of Lee surrender in Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrender near Durham, North Carolina, on April 23 effectively ended the war, and Stoneman led his men back to Tennessee.
From the information on the Historical Marker, note the following information:
1) The year Gen. George Stoneman graduated the U.S. Military Academy at West Point: 18A6
2) Find the date Nathaniel Moody and John Pepper built the “Moody Tunnel Iron Works” 184B
3) The year Gen. George Stoneman Died: C894
Solve: N 36 24.5AB W 080 12.37C
Use these coordinates to locate the cache Do not forget to sign the log and record the code from the container in your Civil War Trail Passport.