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WIH - Sally Tompkins Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/3/2020
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


The given coordinates are bogus, you must solve the puzzle for the correct ones.

Sally Tompkins was the first American woman to receive a military officer's commission in any army, and some say the only woman officer in the Confederate Army!

After the first serious Civil War battle at Manassas, nobody was prepared to treat all the wounded. Sally, a socialite in the Confederate capital of Richmond, was among the civilians who responded by opening the home of Judge John Robertson as a temporary hospital. Most temporary hospitals closed when a system of military hospitals was established, but the Robertson Hospital had done good work and was prepared to continue as Judge Robertson had taken his family to the countryside for safety. Regulations required that all military hospitals be under military command so Confederate President Jefferson Davis commissioned Sally as a captain in the Confederate Army so that she could continue her work. However she refused any pay.

Robertson Hospital, run by ladies from the Saint James Episcopal Church as well as a number of slaves, became one of the South's biggest wartime hospitals. It treated patients continuously throughout the war, discharging its last soldier on 13 June 1865. During its four-year existence, Robertson Hospital treated 1,334 wounded with only seventy-three deaths, the lowest mortality rate of any military hospital during the Civil War.

To get the correct coordinates, solve the puzzle below. The coordinates are N43 06.47A W071 11.87B

Which side did Sally support in the Civil War?
North  A = 1
South  A = 2
East  A = 3
West  A = 4

What state did Sally have her hospital in?
New Hampshire B = 1
Iowa B = 3
Texas B = 5
Virginia B = 9

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)