Had a trip to Chattanooga this weekend and while researching the geocaches in the city, I thought that finding the virtual geocache The Great Chase #3, would be the most interesting. I would not be disappointed. The geocache is in reference to the Great Locomotive Chase a daring raid to cut Confederate communications between Atlanta and Chattanooga. The virtual is placed within the Chattanooga National Cemetery. Upon reaching the posted coordinates I saw that some of the Union men were buried near the monument and after later research, couple of the soldiers were the first recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. All the men, that included two civilians whom are buried near the monument were executed by the Confederate government as spies, since none were wearing uniforms.
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