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.
In 1862, Union Calvary under the command of General Edward E. Potter in New Bern attacked the Burgaw Depot setting it on fire. They were repulsed and pursued by Company A, NC Tenth Battalion (2nd Heavy Artillery) as their historian recorded after the war. Fortunately, the fire was put out before major structure damage could occur. The Burgaw Depot was likely saved due to the close proximity of Confederate troops stationed nearby.
The interior of the warehouse still bears the charred scars of a Union cavalry attack in 1863. In 1865, the depot was the Confederate headquarters for retreating generals and their troops for weeks after the fall of Fort Fisher and Wilmington. It also became the holding site for six thousand or more prisoners of war for over a week in February 1865.
To solve for the final coordinates -
N 34.33.352 W 077.55.ABC
A=The third number in the year that the depot was declared the oldest railroad depot in NC
B= Last number in the year that Pender County was formed subtract 2
C= Last number in the year that Burgaw Depot was set on fire.