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They had access to quite interesting cryptography tools as well, such as a cipher disks : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipher_disk

And see : http://slclip.wikispaces.com/Cryptology+during+the+US+war+of...

There's an interesting article by Lee Taylor on civil war codes and encryption too http://chesapeakesignals.com/encrypt.htm



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