Pry House Field Hospital Museum Mystery Cache

The cache is not at given coordinates.  At the given coordinates are two historical signs.  Use the historical sign to the left to answer the questions to get the coordinates to the final geocache location.

The Pry House Field Hospital Museum is located in the historic Pry House on the Antietam Battlefield, which served both as Union Commander General George B. McClellan’s headquarters and as Medical Director Dr. Jonathan Letterman’s headquarters during the battle. Exhibits include a re-creation of an operating theater, interpretive panels, objects relating to the care of the wounded, the history of the Pry House and family, and information on the revolutionary system of evacuation of wounded created by Dr. Letterman during the battle, which is still in use today. This is why the Pry House is considered the birthplace of military and emergency medicine.

The grounds around the house also offer many incredible sights to see. The Pry Barn, which was used as a field hospital, is open to the public with displays on field hospitals. There is also an overlook at which you can view the battlefield in almost the same spot at General McClellan and his staff did in 1862. Right outside the house is a 19th century-style medicinal and kitchen garden. Every plant serves a practical, rather than aesthetic, purpose. This includes medicinal plants, herbs, and vegetables for the kitchen table, just like the Pry family would have had in the 1860s.

• A = From the Section titled “Signal Station”, height of the flag in feet + 1.
• B = From the Section titled "Field Hospital", the sum of the first two digits in the number of soldiers wounded in the two armies.
• C = Last number in the number of soldiers wounded in the two armies.
• D = From the Section titled "Signal Station", # of miles flag signals can be easily read.
• E = # of letters in last name of an ”organizational genius.”
• F = From the Section titled "Field Hospital", last number in the number of soldiers wounded in the two armies.

Checksum is 31.

Hours of Operations

• From Memorial Day through September - Open Saturday and Sunday 11:00AM - 5:00PM and available through the week for group tours by appointment.
• From April - May & October - November - Open Saturday and Sunday 11:00AM - 4:00PM
• Closed December through March

Geocaches may only be placed on National Park Property at the direction of National Park Service staff. This geocache has been approved by the National Civil War Medicine Museum personnel. This geocache is only available when the gates to the entrance to the Pry House grounds is opened.