Trough Springs #2,Pvt Samuel Hollingsworth's stash Traditional Cache
Trough Springs #2,Pvt Samuel Hollingsworth's stash
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Small ammo can containing some trade items and logbook. Trail is a bit steep in places but there are switchbacks and a few benches along the way, bushwacking in from Monte Sano Blvd. is not suggested.
The good news is that it's down hill on the way in, but that means uphill on the way out. One of three caches placed on the LandTrust property along the Trough Springs/Bushwacker Johnston trail.
This one is just before Trough Spring.
One of the things that Bushwacker Johnston did prior to his surrender to the Union forces was to have his men hide their best weapons in the nearby caves and rocks. The Confederates gathered up the worst junk they could find to turn over. It is mentioned in the Unions report that the weapons that the Confederates turned in were the sorriest that these soldiers had ever seen. These fellas had been hiding caches way back in 1865 and before as they used this method of stashing supplies all around the Tennesssee Valley.
Private Samuel Hollingsworth enlited in New Hope, Madison Co. AL September 1, 1864. He was a member of company F of the 25th Alabama Calvary Battalion under Lt. Col. Milus Johnston and was with him at the surrender in 1865. He was born April 2, 1845, in Madison Co. 1907 Confederate Veteran census lists his residence as Gurley.
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(Decrypt)
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