This Series of Caches is going out to the Medal of Honor Receipients from the Third Battle of WInchester
The first person I would like to highlight First Sergeant Conrad Schmidt.
Where you are standing in the parking lot was once the Dinke Farm and the actions of the Third Battle of WInchester Swirled around it.
By Francis T. Miller - The Photographic History of the Civil War Vol IV "The Cavalry" part of series published in 1911, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40205734
Conrad Schmidt was born on February 27, 1830 in Wurttemburg, Germany. Both of his parents died when he was only 4 yrs old. He was brought to the US by a brother who settled in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was raised and educated.
In February 1861, Conrad enlisted as a Sergeant in Company K, 2nd Dragoons, U.S. Cavalry.
On September 19, 1864, at Winchester, Virginia a remarkable act of courage and compassion took place. The charge was over and had been repulsed. Company after company of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry had smashed against Confederate breastworks to no avail. Orderly Sergeant Conrad Schmidt of Co. K had seen his commander go down in the melee, his right arm shattered by three pistol balls. Bloody, dazed, Captain Rodenbough staggered to his feet not fifteen yards from the enemy line when he saw his sergeant racing to his rescue. Overcoming fear is the definition of courage, and Schmidt’s actions that day earned him the nation’s highest award, the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Art by Don Stivers and depicts his rescue of his comander
For this action he was one of fourteen Union Soliders to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor
Now about the cache...what to say when you pull up to location you now where it is. I hope you have learned a bit about one of the Medal of Honor receiptients.