Cipher Challenge
Pemberton's Vicksburg Telegram
Confederate lieutenant general John C. Pemberton sent this mixed clear-and-cipher telegram to Joseph E. Johnston from Vicksburg on 26 December 1862. The source preserves mistakes in the transmitted text. Friedman's federal lectures
Source & status
- Origin
- Historical cipher
- Solution
- Established
Ciphertext
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