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113 NC CWGT Mount Olive Railroads Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Tatortott: FIVE YEARS and counting!
THANK YOU to all the cachers that have supported this trail - alas it is time to archive them and hopefully open area for a new cache.
I still have coins - just send me $5 for shipping and handling via PayPal. dianamfreeman@embarqmail.com

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Hidden : 2/25/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

150 Geocaches have been hidden to guide your exploration of NC as you traverse highways and by-ways across the state as you learn from those fighting and those keeping the home fires burning during the Civil War, 1861 - 1865.


Thirty caches are located in five different regions throughout NC. Instructions for sending the documentation are in the passport. Once all five regions are completed, you have earned a special NC Civil War trackable geocoin. Mail the passport to the address inside the passport – then your passport will be returned with your unique coin.

All of the containers are the same - camouflaged 6 inch PVC tubes - the code word you need for your passport is inside the container on a laminated card and also taped on the container that holds the log sheet. Date your logbook and add your code word in the numbered area for the cache. As the containers may become over tightened, carry a TOTT to ease the opening process.

Passports will be available at the event, some Civil War Museums in NC, and via mail if you send me you address or you can download your passport here.

Mount Olive Railroads:

After capturing Kinston Dec. 14, Foster dispatched Maj. Jeptha Garrard to the Mount Olive Station to destroy the building and tear up track. The Federal soldiers, arriving in Mount Olive, ranged up the track, ambushing a mail train and tearing up the railroad.

To get the final coordinates, you must find the required information on the Civil War sign.

N35.12.1J0

W078.03 Z66

J= .....left Mt. Olive about ____:00 PM.  (What time did they leave Mt. Olive?)

Z= ......two companies rode ____   miles south.

Small plastic tube.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybj ABG gur glcvpny AP PJ pbagnvare. Gvr lbhe fubrf.

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)