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William Kelly Mabry, 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Since the cache owner has not responded to my reviewer log requesting the geocache be maintained, the geocache has been archived.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 : 5/22/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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You are seeking a two stage multi cache that begins at the grave of William Kelly Mabry, a Veteran of the Civil War ...


William Kelly Mabry, Veteran of the Civil War

 

Buried next to his brother is William Mabry. He was likely related to General Joseph Alexander Mabry, the visitor from Tennessee who won a duel in Tuscaloosa with Dr. William Archibald Leland, but was days later was stabbed to death by the same good doctor. (there is a cache nearby in this cemetery about these characters).

William enlisted as a Private in Company H of the 5th Alabama. This regiment was involved in several major battles and lost many men on the battlefield and to sickness in camp.

The 5th Alabama Infantry mustered in at the onset of the war with 1,719 men; at Appomattox only 4 officers and 53 men remained. The regiment engaged the enemy in battle at Manassas (Bull Run), Seven Pines, First Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Second Cold Harbor,  Monocracy, Kernstown, Winchester, Fisher’s Hill, Cedar Creek, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox.

To locate the final, solve:

33 11.9AB  

87 33.7CD  

A = The number of times the letter “A” appears on the marker.

B = The number of times the letter “A” appears on the third line of text.

C = The number that appears on the third line of text.

D = The number of times the letter “L” appears on the first line of text.

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)