Antietam Letterbox clues
Placed July 23, 2000
By Two Gray Squirrels
Antietam Letterbox Number 1
Antietam National Battlefield lies north and east of Sharpsburg, along
Md. 34 and 65. both routes intersect either U.S. 40 or 40A and
Interstate 70. The visitor center is north of Sharpsburg on Md. 65 and
is open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day.
For more information about Antietam Battlefield go to the National Park
Service web page or click here.
Once inside the park be sure to visit the museum and get a map. Visit
Dunker Church and the other monuments within walking distance. Return to
your car and take the driving tour. Go to the site where the fighting
lasted for three hours. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker reported, “Every stalk
of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely
as could have been done with a knife and the slain lay in rows precisely
as they had stood in their ranks a few moments before.” Park and walk
back to find the soldier from the 137th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Corps. Find the clump of rocks and trees
that he is looking towards. Find the scared tree on the right and look
for the box under a rock at the base of that tree. Please be discrete
and replace the under the rock after stamping. This area is very public.
Antietam Letterbox Number 2
Proceed back on the driving tour enjoying each site and stop along the
way. Proceed to the site to lookout and see the battleground “as the
Georgians saw it”. From that point go back up the trail approx 26 paces
and stop. Look in the direction of the winners of the battle 349 degrees
to spot a tree trunk with 3 trees coming from it. Look to right of the
base of that tree under a flat rock for the prize that is yours to
stamp. Return the box and stamp under the rock and find the site that is
pictured on the stamp.
Hide a box of your own for me and others to find when you have finished.
May there be lots of nuts in your life,
Two Gray Squirrels
two new boxes at Antietam
2 messages in this thread |
Started on 2000-07-25
two new boxes at Antietam
From: (twograysquirrels@aol.com) |
Date: 2000-07-25 21:52:12 UTC-04:00
Re: two new boxes at Antietam
From: John De Wolf (jdewolf@mail.icrsurvey.com) |
Date: 2000-07-26 11:04:42 UTC
Way to go Squirrel! Nice work...
John
--- In letterbox-usa@egroups.com, twograysquirrels@a... wrote:
> Antietam Letterbox clues
> Placed July 23, 2000
> By Two Gray Squirrels
>
> Antietam Letterbox Number 1
> Antietam National Battlefield lies north and east of Sharpsburg,
along
> Md. 34 and 65. both routes intersect either U.S. 40 or 40A and
> Interstate 70. The visitor center is north of Sharpsburg on Md. 65
and
> is open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day.
>
> For more information about Antietam Battlefield go to the National
Park
> Service web page or click here.
>
> Once inside the park be sure to visit the museum and get a map.
Visit
> Dunker Church and the other monuments within walking distance.
Return to
> your car and take the driving tour. Go to the site where the
fighting
> lasted for three hours. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker reported,
“Every
stalk
> of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as
closely
> as could have been done with a knife and the slain lay in rows
precisely
> as they had stood in their ranks a few moments before.”
Park and
walk
> back to find the soldier from the 137th Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry,
> 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Corps. Find the clump of rocks and
trees
> that he is looking towards. Find the scared tree on the right and
look
> for the box under a rock at the base of that tree. Please be
discrete
> and replace the under the rock after stamping. This area is very
public.
>
> Antietam Letterbox Number 2
> Proceed back on the driving tour enjoying each site and stop along
the
> way. Proceed to the site to lookout and see the battleground
“as
the
> Georgians saw it”. From that point go back up the trail
approx 26
paces
> and stop. Look in the direction of the winners of the battle 349
degrees
> to spot a tree trunk with 3 trees coming from it. Look to right of
the
> base of that tree under a flat rock for the prize that is yours to
> stamp. Return the box and stamp under the rock and find the site
that is
> pictured on the stamp.
>
> Hide a box of your own for me and others to find when you have
finished.
>
>
> May there be lots of nuts in your life,
> Two Gray Squirrels
John
--- In letterbox-usa@egroups.com, twograysquirrels@a... wrote:
> Antietam Letterbox clues
> Placed July 23, 2000
> By Two Gray Squirrels
>
> Antietam Letterbox Number 1
> Antietam National Battlefield lies north and east of Sharpsburg,
along
> Md. 34 and 65. both routes intersect either U.S. 40 or 40A and
> Interstate 70. The visitor center is north of Sharpsburg on Md. 65
and
> is open daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day.
>
> For more information about Antietam Battlefield go to the National
Park
> Service web page or click here.
>
> Once inside the park be sure to visit the museum and get a map.
Visit
> Dunker Church and the other monuments within walking distance.
Return to
> your car and take the driving tour. Go to the site where the
fighting
> lasted for three hours. Union Gen. Joseph Hooker reported,
“Every
stalk
> of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as
closely
> as could have been done with a knife and the slain lay in rows
precisely
> as they had stood in their ranks a few moments before.”
Park and
walk
> back to find the soldier from the 137th Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry,
> 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Corps. Find the clump of rocks and
trees
> that he is looking towards. Find the scared tree on the right and
look
> for the box under a rock at the base of that tree. Please be
discrete
> and replace the under the rock after stamping. This area is very
public.
>
> Antietam Letterbox Number 2
> Proceed back on the driving tour enjoying each site and stop along
the
> way. Proceed to the site to lookout and see the battleground
“as
the
> Georgians saw it”. From that point go back up the trail
approx 26
paces
> and stop. Look in the direction of the winners of the battle 349
degrees
> to spot a tree trunk with 3 trees coming from it. Look to right of
the
> base of that tree under a flat rock for the prize that is yours to
> stamp. Return the box and stamp under the rock and find the site
that is
> pictured on the stamp.
>
> Hide a box of your own for me and others to find when you have
finished.
>
>
> May there be lots of nuts in your life,
> Two Gray Squirrels