Captain Benjamin F. Eddins
“The only confederate casualty of the battle of Tuscaloosa”
Company F of the 41st Alabama Infantry, CSA
You are seeking a 3 stage multi cache that beings at the historical marker where Captain Eddins was wounded. Here on the banks of the Black Warrior River, Captain Eddins lead a failed defense of the city and the university. Read the marker to solve
N 33 12.1AB
W 087 34.2CD
A = The number of letters in second word of the state that he was born in.
B = Add together the second and third digits of the year he was born.
C = The number of people that surrendered the city to Croxton.
D = The number of letters in Berry’s first name.
This will be the second marker for Captain Eddins. Read the markers here to solve:
N 33 12.1AB
W 087 34.1CD
A = The second digit in the date of his death.
B = The large stone engraved that incorporates his original grave marker notes a particular camp in the last line of text; add together the first and third digits of this camp number.
C = The large stone engraved that incorporates his original grave marker notes a particular chapter in the second last line of text; subtract the first digit from the second digit of this chapter number.
D = The third digit in the year of his death.