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49 NC CWGT Sherman's March Through Goldsboro Multi-Cache

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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 : 2/26/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 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.

Sherman's March Through Goldsboro:

Sherman's army of 60,000 entered South Carolina in February 1865 and moved quickly north, burning the capital at Columbia and destroying and looting countless civilian farms and plantations. Entering North Carolina the first week in March, Sherman marched toward Goldsboro, an important railroad junction sitting on what had been "Lee's Lifeline." Union forces quickly captured Fayetteville and burned the arsenal there.


You must use the information on the historical sign to solve the puzzle. The title counts as a line.

N35.22.671
W077.57.A7B

A= Number of letters in the second word of the title. Ignore all punctuation.

B= Number of letters in first word of the title.  Ignore all punctuation.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur svany jvyy gnxr lbh gb n arj Terrajnl - cnexvat vf oruvaq gur Ynagrea Vaa va Tbyqfobeb. TERNG cynpr sbe gnxvat gur qbtf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)