Lone Rock History 2 Multi-Cache
Uncle Dave 2: Gas price is a problem.
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When you drive into the village of Lone Rock from the north on highway 130 you pass by what is known as "Battery Park." This is on the right of the highway; a little wooden building (Dillon’s Tailor Shop) stands on the west side of the lot and a bronze monument some 15 feet high is on the east portion of the park. No one is buried there and on the monument is this:
Erected to the Memory
of the 6th Wisconsin Battery
Light Artillery
1884
The cords are for the 6th Wisconsin Battery monument. There are no graves around the monument.
On the monument you will find the information needed to complete the cords leading to the final cache.
N 43° AA.BBB
W 090° CC.DDD
AA = Date of Dillon’s death +1
BBB = Year of Dillon’s death -1770
CC = Age (Years) of Dillon at death -42
DDD = Number of Lieutenants under Dillon +985
The 6th Battery was organized by Henry Dillon of Lone Rock, who was afterwards elected as captain. Most of the recruits came from Richland County though there were some from adjoining counties. It was the first to receive its full quota of men and should have been numbered the 1st instead of the 6th. The organization was perfected at Lone Rock. Many were recruited from Dillon’s Tailor Shop.
On the monument are listed four important battles in which the 6th Battery took part: Vicksburg, Jackson, Corinth and Mission Ridge. The monument contains the names of the enlisted men as well as the officers of the Battery. It also has a metal cast of Capt. Dillon and underneath his likeness.
Capt. Dillon was buried in the Button Cemetery 2, (GC1WFWF) WSQ Button Cemetery also hidden in the area.
Additional Hints
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