William Henry Jemison, Veteran of the Civil War Multi-Cache

Caching in the cemetery as well as seeking the final should be done during daylight hours. Pay attention to your surroundings when seeking the final, being particularly aware if attempting late in the afternoon or evenings. Avoid seeking the final near or after dark as your safety may be in jeopardy.

You are seeking a short two stage multi cache that begins at the grave marker for William Henry Jemison, a Veteran of the Civil War.

Captain William Henry Jemison, Veteran of the Civil War

William Jemison attended Princeton University in 1845. At the start of the Civil War he joined the 2^nd Regiment, Alabama Cavalry as it mustered in May 1862 in Montgomery, Alabama. During his first year of service Jemison was wounded and lost an eye. He returned to Tuscaloosa and served as a Captain and Quartermaster of Tuscaloosa until the end of the war. After the war he was employed briefly as a professor of agriculture at the Alabama Agricultural School (now Auburn) then returned to Tuscaloosa to be the Quartermaster for the University of Alabama.

William Henry’s half-sister, Carolyn Helen Plane, was the first president of the Georgia Division of The United Daughters of the Confederacy, and she was the originator of the Stone Mountain Memorial in Georgia.  The beautiful carving on the mountain depicts Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis on horseback is a sight to be seen, it was her idea, and she spent many a day working on the promotion of the project. 

To locate the final, solve:

33 12.2AB  

87 34.5CD  

A = The second digit in the date of his death.

B = The number of letters in his half-sister’s last name.  

C = The number of letters in the current name of the agricultural school where he briefly served as a professor.

D = The second digit in the year of his death.