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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War 180 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 148 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 148 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 114 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 112 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 107 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 104 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 96 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 94 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 92 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Signal Corps in the Confederate States army. (search)
by the parties who intend to communicate in cipher. The message is written under the key. Suppose, for example, the key to be In God we trust; and the message, Longstreet is marching on Fisher's Hill. It will be written thus: I n G o d w e t r u s t i n G o d w e t r u s t i n G o d w e t r L o n g s t r e e t i s m a r c d run down the I vertical column until it intersects the L horizontal column. The letter at the intersection is T. This is substituted in the message for L in Longstreet. The other letters are converted in the same way, and the message will read thus: T b t u r p v x n a 1 u n x g k I r z f h x b a u k f v d m e c Sometimicated to Sheridan, as Early intended it to be, Sheridan telegraphed to Washington, and Halleck telegraphed to Grant. In time, the answer came to Sheridan that Longstreet was nowhere near Early. This telegram was long a puzzle to the Union general. When Early was asked about it after the war, he simply laughed. The Signal Co