Confederates of Old Shepperd Cemetery Multi-Cache
Confederates of Old Shepperd Cemetery
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You are seeking a short four stage multi cache that will take you to the final resting places of the confederate veterans in Old Shepherd Cemetery.
The coordinates will take you to the grave of Private Lafayette McCool.
Lafayette was an early casualty of the war; he died only two months after enlisting in Fayette. He joined Company B of the 41st Alabama Infantry on April 22, 1862, and died June 26, 1862 in Tuscaloosa.
To find the next marker, solve:
33 33.2AB
87 49.6CD
A = The number of times the letter “E” appears in the last line of text.
B = Add 3 to the first number on the third line of text.
C = The second digit of the number on the third line of text.
D = The number of letters in the first word on the first line of text.
The second marker to visit is for Private William M. Johnson. This marker is difficult to read and may require you to use your fingers to trace the engraving.
William Johnson enlisted in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry. His unit saw action at Murfreesboro, Tennessee; at Chickamauga; at Beans Station and last mustered in the trenches in front of Petersburg, Virginia. Their captain described his unit at Petersburg as “badly clad and shod.”
To locate the next grave, solve:
33 33.2AB
87 49.6CD
A = The number of vowels in the final line of text.
B = The number of times the letter “R” is used in the first line of text.
C = The number of times the letter “H” is used in the first line of text.
D = Add 2 to the first digit of the infantry unit he joined.
The third grave marker you will visit is for Private John L. Patterson.
Private Patterson enlisted in Company I of the 1st Alabama Infantry, the unit known as the Clayton Guards with most men recruited from Barbour County.
The 1st Alabama Infantry regiment was the first organized under an act of the State legislature authorizing the enlistment of troops for 12 months. The companies rendezvoused at Pensacola, Florida in February and March 1861, and about the 1st of April organized and elected regimental officers. The men were recruited primarily from Barbour, Lowndes, Macon, Pike, Talladega, Tallapoosa, and Wilcox counties. Transferred to the army of the Confederate States soon after, it remained on duty at Pensacola for a year, occupied chiefly in manning the batteries and taking part in bombardments on November 23, 1861 and January 1, 1862. A detachment was in the night fight on Santa Rosa Island. Being the oldest regiment in Confederate service, it was first called on to reenlist for the war, at the end of the first year, and seven of the companies did so. Ordered to Tennessee, the regiment, 1000 strong, reached Island No. 10 on March 12 1862, and it joined General Johnston at Alatoona. It fought at New Hope and was afterwards transferred to General William Quarles' Brigade in which it served until the end. It participated at Kenesaw Mountain, and then lost considerably at Peach Tree Creek. In the assault on enemy lines at Atlanta, July 28 1864, the regiment won fresh renown but lost half its strength. They moved with General John Bell Hood into Tennessee and lost heavily at Franklin and Nashville. Transferred to North Carolina, it took part at Averysboro and Bentonville, and about 100 men surrendered at Goldsboro.
To locate the final, solve using both the military marker and the grave headstone:
33 33.2AB
87 49.6CD
A = From the headstone, the number of times the letter “J” appears in the final line of text.
B = From the military marker, the second digit in the year of his birth.
C = From the military marker, the first digit in the date of his birth.
D = From the headstone, add 1 to the third digit in the year of his death.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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