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Henry Clay Vaughan, Veteran of the Civil War Multi-Cache

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GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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Hidden : 5/22/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

You are seeking a two stage multi cache that begins at the grave of Henry Clay Vaughn, a Veteran of the Civil War…


Henry Clay Vaughan

Veteran of the Civil War

He and a group of guys from school …

 

Charles Paddock Storrs, a 22 year old cadet at the University of Alabama persuaded forty-six of his fellow students to join him in volunteering their services to the Confederate States Army in July 1863. Together they fromed Company F of the 7th Alabama Cavalry in 1863. Henry Clay Vaughn, also a cadet at the University was part of this group and was elected to be the company’s lieutenant.

For more than a year the Seventh Regiment remained on coastal duty in front of Mobile and Pensacola, seeing little action. On April 2, 1864, it briefly engaged Captain Ad Schmidt's Company M, Fourteenth New York Cavalry, at Nix's farm, losing fifteen men killed. They suffered losses again at Camp Gonzales later being defeated at Fort Hodgson, they surrendered their regimental flag seventeen horses and a large quantity of guns and ammunition.

To locate the final, solve

33 11.9AB 

87 34.4CD  

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

B = The first digit in the date of his death.

C = Add together the first and third digits in the year of his birth.

D = Add 1 to the second digit in the date of his death.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chyy naq pngpu

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)