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And 147 years later, the Confederacy gets the memo that no help was coming.
The message, corked inside a two-inch-long vial at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va., had been on display since 1896 without so much as a curious glance at its contents. But an inquisitive employee and a few code-crackers got to the bottom of the bottle and uncovered a secret message sent during the Civil War.
The message was from a Confederate general and sent to Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, informing him that his troops would be unable to help their Confederate comrades defend the crippled city of
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
This is horrible news.
I hate to say it, but it looks like Richmond might end up falling to the Yankees.
God help us all!
Originally posted by Pastafarian
Send reinforcements FAST!!! If the yankees win then the federal government will destroy this country and erode our rights.
Originally posted by FarArcher
Damn Yankees.
(I only recently learned that that was two separate words.)
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
This is horrible news.
I hate to say it, but it looks like Richmond might end up falling to the Yankees.
God help us all!
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
This is horrible news.
I hate to say it, but it looks like Richmond might end up falling to the Yankees.
God help us all!
Originally posted by airspoon
How cool is that? At least it's cool in hind-sight but I think the defeat of the CSofA in the war for their independence was a major turning point for America, where liberty started to erode to the point where it is today, non-existent. Sure, it's a good thing that slavery ended but the war wasn't really about slavery anyway (though slavery was interjected by Lincoln to keep Europe from coming to the aid of their trading partners, the Southern States). Also, it is my belief that slavery wouldn't have lasted much longer, even if the CSA would have won their independence. That form of slavery was becoming outdated and impractical by the mid 19th century and it would have only been a matter of time before the CSA followed suite, if for no other reason than the trading treaties with England and France.
Anyway, it's little treasures like this that really make you think and allow you to ponder over the emotion of the situation. It wasn't really that long ago, relatively speaking, yet it seems so distant. It is really only the mechanics of the economy that have changed, while the purpose and soul remains the same. It wasn't that long ago......
--airspoon
edit on 28-2-2011 by airspoon because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Xcathdra
It was found with another message as well.. Once decoded the other message said:
Gen. Custer - Hold your position, we have reports of Indians in the area. Do not advance.
As far as the OP pretty cool. Amazing how a note from 174 years can drag people into the feeling that the war occured yesterday.
Originally posted by The GUT
Are you sure it's too late? Some of us down here in 'Bama are ready to go if'n need be!
Originally posted by Xcathdra
As far as the OP pretty cool. Amazing how a note from 174 years can drag people into the feeling that the war occurred yesterday.
Originally posted by JohnnyTHSeed
That message is still considered classified information. Both the historian and the codebreaker should be tried for treason for leaking this information.
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Well spotted - the Confederacy got that wrong too!!