Union Army P.O.W Camp Cemetery Traditional Cache
Union Army P.O.W Camp Cemetery
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You will find this cache at a small park made just for this historical marker in Waller County, Texas. The location is south of Hwy 290 at Sorsby Rd on Austin-Branch Rd. which is 2.5 mi. W of Hempstead.
No need to go outside the fenced area. The cache is at the coordinates listed and parking is within 6 feet. The silver painted bottle tube with log inside is zip tied loosly enough you can slip it out, sign and replace. BYOP as the container is not large. The Historical marker is a very short walk from the cache.Several Confederate military facilities were positioned near Hempstead. It was an important railroad junction. During the Civil War, Camp Groce was a prisoner-of-war stockade established on the plantation of Leonard Waller Groce (1806-1873.) Union Army prisoners who died at various camps were buried near this site on the McDade Plantation, adjacent to the McDade family cemetery. A yellow fever epidemic in 1864 resulted in many deaths at Camp Groce and other camps. Aaron Sutton a Union prisoner in Company B, 83rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry noted this in his journal. Find the rest of the history during your visit at this small park. Congrats kramer1730 FTF
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