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William H Douthit, Veteran of the Civil War Multi-Cache

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isht kinta: Since the cache owner has not responded to my reviewer log requesting the geocache be maintained, the geocache has been archived.

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Hidden : 4/17/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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William H Douthit, Veteran of the Civil War

Corporal Douthit served under Captain Benjamin Massingale in Company K of the 20th Alabama Infantry. Douthit followed so many other young men from Tuscaloosa into this particular Company; there are at least 5 other of his companions from this company buried nearby in this cemetery.  Further, his brother in law, John Perry “Bud” Bartee is buried nearby; he too served in a Civil War unit from Tuscaloosa, Lumsden’s Battery. Both Bartee and Douthit died the same year, just over a month apart.

 

To locate the final, solve:

33 11.0AB 

87 34.6CD

A = The second digit in the date of his death.

B = The number of letters in the word on the second line of text.

C = The third digit in the year of his death.

D = The fourth digit in the year of his birth.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chyy naq pngpu

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)