I am replacing this cache with permision of original CO (kmodeski). The first Ode to Aquila cache was placed here on 8/29/2010 and had 167 finds. The information below regarding Aquila Randolph is from the original cache description (GC2E9QB). As a teacher at a local school , I thought it important to keep this cache location active.
Sacred to the memory of Aquila Randall, who died in bravely defending his Country and his Home, on the memorable 12th of September, 1814. Aged 24 years.
In the skirmish which occurred at this spot between the advanced party under Major Richd. K. Heath of the 5th Regt. M. M. and the front of the British column Major General Ross the commander of the British force received his mortal wound.
The First Mechanical Volunteers commanded by Captn. Benjn. C. Howard of the 5th Regt. M. M. have erected this Monument as a tribute of their respect for the memory of Their Gallant Brothers in arms.
How beautiful is Death when earned by Virtue.
Erected 1817 by the First Mechanical Volunteers, 5th Regiment, Maryland Militia.
Aquila Randall was a private in the Mechanical Volunteers of the Fifth Regiment of Maryland Militia. The officer commanding the company was Captain Benjamin Chew Howard (1791–1872), second son of Revolutionary War veteran Lieutenant Colonel John Eager Howard (1752-1827), hero of the Battle of Cowpens in 1781.
“Ross was shot on the gentle rise of ground in the road a few rods eastward of the monument.” Three rods would be about 50 feet. The skirmish occurred prior to the Battle of North Point between detachments of Baltimore militiamen pushed forward by American commander Brigadier General John Stricker and advance elements of the British Army advancing up the Patapsco Neck peninsula, soon after noon on 12 September 1814.
Since this is technically a new cache in a new host, feel free to sign the log and log a find even if you found the original...
Congratulations to DadTwins for FTF!