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MnSQ: Army First Lieutenant Axel H. Reed
The cache is not located near a grave... Please be respectful and cache in, trash out. Also, please only search for cache during daylight hours.
At the posted coordinates, you should look for the gravesite of Army 1st Lieutenant Axel H. Reed (look closely as there are many Reed gavesites in the area).
Reed was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor while attached to the 2nd Minnesota Infantry. While in arrest at Chickamauga, Ga., left his place in the rear and voluntarily went to the line of battle, secured a rifle, and fought gallantly during the 2-day battle; was released from arrest in recognition of his bravery. At Missionary Ridge commanded his company and gallantly led it, being among the first to enter the enemy's works; was severely wounded, losing an arm, but declined a discharge and remained in active service to the end of the war.
On this gravestone, Axel passed away in 19_ _. Consider this AB
Then:
N44 45.(811 + AB)
W94 09.(658 + AB)