Wartime Jail: Asheville’s Prisons
Overflowing prisons housing Confederate draft evaders and deserters, runaway slaves, and Union prisoners were located in various parts of the city. The school here, the former Asheville Military Academy, was one of the buildings used for that purpose. Among Asheville’s prisoners were Unionist newspaper editor Alexander Jones and Col. James Keith who led the infamous Shelton Laurel Massacre of Unionist citizens in Madison County.
The cache is not located at the posted coordinates.
The sign at the posted coordinates will supply you with the information needed to find the cache.
The cache is located at N 35 36.ABC W 082 34.DEF.
To get ABC, take the year that the Asheville Military Academy became a public school and subtract 1138.
To get DEF, take the year that the Asheville Military Academy became a public school and subtract 1359.