Camp of 1812

Difficulty: moderate
Terrain: easy
Placed by: Bigguy
Date placed: 1/3/04

***Alive and well on 1/3/2004***

***Note: This is a microbox please bring stamp pad and pencil!***

This is the 10th box in our `Legends of Jackson County' series.

During the War of 1812 against the British, large numbers of troops
were marshaled to meet the threat including here on the western
frontier. (I know it's hard to imagine Ohio being the western
frontier of the United States!) Ohio was a key strategic area and a
military camp was established in Jackson County to recruit, train,
and make available soldiers to oppose and British or Indian
offensives in the area. During the long, tedious encampment, many of
the men carved their initials into a large boulder at the edge of the
camp. The area has been known as the Camp of 1812 ever since.
Sadly, the boulder was dynamited for use for bridge abutments by the
highway department in the 1930's. (We forget sometimes that
environmental and historical impact statements are a product of the
late 20th century!) The only visible reminder that the Camp was here
is a sign in a yard across the road and east a couple hundred yards
from this letterbox.

You'll have no trouble solving this cipher if you remember the name
of the general who won the Battle of New Orleans after the war was
officially over.

JBQEL CANAP NSVNU FOSDS FNAUD GTGQE

TOKHN AECYF IFAOW DWHUR RVIXW INIUK

HCECI QXGTG QEQVV FBJDV RSHAX WUOJJ

RBAUK VFVEE YKQHU NRGSK OADPT YGHRM

TTOWP RQIPN LVRVA KVTCK NSDYP WFXNV

RWPNL KUSVS HWDGB LVRCR WXC

As always, spacing is for ease of transcription only. When you find
it, email us at bigguy9210@yahoo.com and tell us how it's doing.
Have fun!