Civil War message opened, decoded

[Blacksheep]

Interesting piece of history.


"RICHMOND, Va. – A glass vial stopped with a cork during the Civil War has been opened, revealing a coded message to the desperate Confederate commander in Vicksburg on the day the Mississippi city fell to Union forces 147 years ago."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101225/ap_on_re_us/us_message_in_a_bottle

 

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[Marchas45]

Read it, great story. Love the part about the bullet to sink it if the enemy was to close.

 

[kc10bull]

I posted this article under Civil War. I think it's very interesting! Oh on a side note my last name is Pemberton, so just gets me to wondering if he is somewhere on my family tree

 

[birdman]

Good read ,those were desperate times for the south.

 

[kc10bull]

Guess What! I was doing family research and he is in my family tree, isn't it wonderful when the past connects with the present!