Civil War Treasures: Encrypted Criticism In The 18th New York Infantry

Authors

Hans Rasmussen

Abstract

Discussion of codes and ciphers in the Civil War naturally focuses on those used by armies and governments, but the LSU Libraries Special Collections holds a personal letter in which a sergeant of the 18th New York Infantry Regiment employed a cipher to criticize the lieutenants in his company for t....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.19.4.04

Recommended Citation

Rasmussen, Hans (2017) "Civil War Treasures: Encrypted Criticism In The 18th New York Infantry," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 19 : Iss. 4 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.19.4.04
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol19/iss4/24