RR Knutz: Brandy Station Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 1/8/2012
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Visit the scene of the largest cavalry battle to ever take place in America! And
find one of the geocaches in the Railroad Knutz series while you are there!!


It seems appropriate that Norfolk Southern Railway, a Class I freight railroad formed from the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and the Southern Railway, has adopted the horse as its symbol, because a main line of the railroad passes through Brandy Station where during the Civil War the largest cavalry battle in American history took place. Approximately 17,000 mounted soldiers were involved in this battle!

In 1863 in the aftermath of the stunning Confederate victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, the victorious Confederate Army of Northern Virginia determined to strike deep into Union held territory which ultimately led to the Battle of Gettysburg. During the Confederate movement north the majority of the army was encamped at nearby Culpeper while the cavalry regiments were arrayed between there and the Rappahannock River as a protective force. This placed the Confederate cavalry along what was then called the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. To learn about what occurred during the Battle of Brandy Station you can read Battle_of_Brandy_Station.

But, better than that would be to visit the Graffiti House, home of the Brandy Station Foundation. This circa 1858 house garnered its name from inscriptions, drawings, messages and signatures of Civil War soldiers found on its second floor walls. It is on the grounds of this house that the cache will be found.

This cache is part of the Railroad Knutz series by the Cachew Knutz. For information about the series and the fabulous golden spike for the first to find the whole series, please check out the ultimate cache in the series, RR Knutz: The Golden Spike.

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