“INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries and historic sites built by Hoosier Pioneers. In almost four years, the quest has grown to over seven hundred caches hidden in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Ontario, and the hiders have grown to over forty cacher teams, most of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans. Over 1,000 cacher teams have logged over 50,000 finds.
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INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST #706
"Reed Between the Lines"
Among the lines of monuments in Mt. Pleasant cemetery in Delaware County, Indiana are side-by-side, classic-white, military, service markers for Geo. F. Reed of the 28 Company, 159 Depot Brigade and for Jas. O. Reed who served in the Navy. As neither stone has birth or death information, it is likely that the remains of these veterans are not buried here.
However this cemetery is the final resting spot for two Civil War soldiers. Pvt. Samuel L. Williams served the Union and was wounded at both the Battle of Brawner Farm (1862) and again at the Battle of the Wilderness (1864). Fortunately his wounds were not life threatening as he filed for a pension in 1870. Pvt. James E. Wood was not so lucky. Fourteen months after he enlisted, he was killed on December 31, 1862 at Stones River, Tennessee.
HandiCaching.com rating: H12213
As usual, the cache is hidden away from graves, no ISQ searching after dusk and remember cache in – trash out. Have fun and please leave the cache exactly as found.
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