William R. Lollar, Civil War veteran Multi-Cache
William R. Lollar, Civil War veteran
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You are seeking a short two stage multi cache that begins at the grave marker for William R. Lollar, a veteran of the Civil War. Private Lollar served in Phelan’s Light Artillery.
William Riley Lollar was born November 2, 1840 and died March 7, 1910. He was married three times; he out lived his first two wives, and from his three wives he had 16 children.
Just after marrying his first wife, William joined Fowler's-Phelan's Battery when it was formed in January, 1862, at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with men from the 5th Alabama Regiment. It was stationed at Mobile for about a year, then was moved to Tennessee. For armament the unit had four 12 pound Napoleons. The unit fought with the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville. Later it was transferred back to Mobile. The battery reported 10 killed and 18 wounded at Chickamauga, had 6 killed and 9 wounded at Missionary Ridge, and 8 killed and wounded at Nashville. It was organized with 130 officers and men, and surrendered on May 4, 1865, with the same number. Captains William H. Fowler and John Phelan were its commanders.
To locate the final cache location, gather information from William’s grave marker.
The final is located at:
33 31.9AB
87 27.7CD
A = The number of times the letter “L” appears on the first line of text.
B = The total number of letters on the third line of text.
C = The total number of letters on the fourth line of text.
D = The total number of letters in the last word on the first line of text.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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