“INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit
Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic
cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just a year and a
half, the quest has grown to over two hundred twenty caches hidden
in twenty-two Indiana counties, and two Ohio counties, and the
hiders have grown to eight cacher teams, six of which are comprised
of A Man and His Dog... One who is a man and his Cat, and
one who is a Dog and her Woman. Over 390 cacher
teams have logged over 4,550 finds. One cache machine found 102 ISQ
caches in a single day.
Photos by SHADOW
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST
#197
”Coffee, Tea, or
???!"
I know you can’t see him, but
try to listen carefully to what the SHADOW has to say about this
place:
Welcome to
Teegardin Cemetery in Ostego Township, Steuben
County.
This is a mid sized
still-active cemetery. The name is well deserved as there are many
Teegardin graves here, one of whom is a veteran of the Civil War.
There are also quite a few Clarks buried here as
well.
The site is kept
immaculate. A new black fence surrounds the area. A parking area is
provided, when dry.
The earliest
markers date to 1840, of which I found at least three. Many were
later 1840's. This cemetery is situated on a small hill, giving a
nice view of the surrounding area, which is mostly farm
ground. --THE SHADOW
George Clark, died 1840 at age 12 and
Halbert Clark died 1846 at age 6 share a tombstone. George's
Mother, Eliza died a month after Goerge. Father James is buried
here as well.
UNION OHIO
VOLUNTEERS
118th Regiment,
Ohio Infantry
Organized at
Lima, Cincinnati and Camp Mansfield, Ohio, August and September,
1862. Ordered to Kentucky and assigned to duty as guard along
Kentucky Central Railroad from Buston's Station to Paris, Ky.,
September, 1862, to August, 1863. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, September to
November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Kentucky,
November, 1862. District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to
June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of
the Ohio, to July, 1868. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army
Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps,
to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of
the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to June,
1865.
SERVICE.-Skirmish at Paris, Ky., July 29, 1863
(Detachment). Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August
16-October 17, 1863. Duty at Kingston till December 6. Action at
Kingston November 24, and near Kingston December 4. Moved to
Nashville December 5; thence march to Blain's Cross Roads and Mossy
Creek. Action at Mossy Creek December 29. Operations in East
Tennessee December, 1863, to April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign
May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton May 9-13. Battle of
Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line
of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and
Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and
against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17.
Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22.
Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie
River July 5-17. Decatur July 19. Howard House July 20. Siege of
Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on
Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1
(Reserve). Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood
in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.
Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River,
November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville
December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December
17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., till January 16, 1865, Movement to
Washington, D. C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January
16-February 9. Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Fort
Anderson February 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of
Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26.
Advance on Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender
of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh, Greensboro and Salisbury
till June. Mustered out June 24,
1865.
Regiment lost
during service 1 Officer and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 1 Officer and 127 Enlisted men by disease. Total
184.
The cache container is a
decon container. BYOP.Park with CareThe cache is not
located near a grave... If you find a fallen US flag, please stick
it back in the ground. As always, please be respectful, and cache
in, trash out.
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