Tall Hats and Iron Men LbNA #57683 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | May 1, 2011 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Sussex |
| County: | Waukesha |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | CC Family  |
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| Found by: | The Christmas Elves |
| Last found: | Jun 12, 2011 |
| Status: | FFFFFOFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | May 1, 2011 |
This is the 6th of 6 Memorial Day letterboxes that will be available in May and June.
Tall Hats and Iron Men
July 1st, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The Iron Brigade was composed of soldiers from Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan. They had earned a reputation for extraordinary bravery at the Second Battle of Manassas and in the Corn Field at Antietam. They were also known for the distinctive tall hats that they wore.
At the onset of the battle at Gettysburg most of the Iron Brigade would fight at Herbst Woods and on McPherson’s Ridge. But the 6th Wisconsin was sent north of the Chambersburg Pike and would find themselves facing an unfinished railroad cut that was held by Confederate elements from Mississippi and North Carolina.
The Union forces charged through heavy fire to attack the Confederate position. At the railroad cut the battle degenerated into hand to hand fighting. Corporal Francis Waller, of the 6th Wisconsin, would find himself face to face with Corporal William Murphy of the 2nd Mississippi who was carrying the battle flag for his unit.
Clues:
From the bear referenced in the City of the Dead clues head back down the hill and back past the snow man. At the intersection head left toward the badger. From the badger head up the hill on a bearing of 200° to a large upturned stump.
To return to the parking lot continue on trail and turn right at the next intersecton.
Tall Hats and Iron Men
July 1st, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The Iron Brigade was composed of soldiers from Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan. They had earned a reputation for extraordinary bravery at the Second Battle of Manassas and in the Corn Field at Antietam. They were also known for the distinctive tall hats that they wore.
At the onset of the battle at Gettysburg most of the Iron Brigade would fight at Herbst Woods and on McPherson’s Ridge. But the 6th Wisconsin was sent north of the Chambersburg Pike and would find themselves facing an unfinished railroad cut that was held by Confederate elements from Mississippi and North Carolina.
The Union forces charged through heavy fire to attack the Confederate position. At the railroad cut the battle degenerated into hand to hand fighting. Corporal Francis Waller, of the 6th Wisconsin, would find himself face to face with Corporal William Murphy of the 2nd Mississippi who was carrying the battle flag for his unit.
Clues:
From the bear referenced in the City of the Dead clues head back down the hill and back past the snow man. At the intersection head left toward the badger. From the badger head up the hill on a bearing of 200° to a large upturned stump.
To return to the parking lot continue on trail and turn right at the next intersecton.