Soldier’s Rest Multi-Cache

Caching in the cemetery as well as seeking the final should be done during daylight hours. Pay attention to your surroundings when seeking the final, being particularly aware if attempting late in the afternoon or evenings. Avoid seeking the final near or after dark as your safety may be in jeopardy.

Soldier’s Rest

After 1862, military hospitals were located at Tuscaloosa in the former Indian Queen Hotel once located downtown and also in the east wing of the still incomplete Alabama Insane Hospital (Bryce Hospital). Confederate soldiers who died as a result of their wounds were buried in Greenwood Cemetery.  Union soldiers who died in Tuscaloosa were also buried here. However, their bodies were disinterred by the Federal government in 1865 and moved to national cemeteries.

It is thought that many of the dead from the confederate hospitals were wounded at the Battle of Shiloh.

The posted coordinates take you to a group of grave markers, most of which are marked simply “Unknown Confederate Soldier”.

To locate the final, solve:

33 11.8AB  

87 34.3CD  

A = The number of markers in this group of markers that lists the name of the confederate soldier buried there.

B = Divide the number of markers in this group of markers by 5.

C = Divide the number of markers in this group of markers by 4.

D = At the entrance to this group of markers there is an engraved stone mounted flush with the ground. Count the number of times the letter “S” appears on this marker.