Civil War message decoded: No help coming

Sunday, December 26, 2010

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

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