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Sure, you go to Google Gadgets. There are a few Civil War ones that you can put on your site. Look here:http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open&hl=en&gl=&q=civil+warThe "today in history" one is the seventh on the list. Just follow the directions listed and it should be easy to put on your site.
Better late than never !http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12079281
Better late than never !http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12079281
That's actually a cool story. I wonder if the people who cracked the code relied on historical information on how codes were produced during the Civil War, or if they deciphered it on its own.
Better late than never !http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12079281
That's actually a cool story. I wonder if the people who cracked the code relied on historical information on how codes were produced during the Civil War, or if they deciphered it on its own.
The code is called the "Vigenere cipher", a centuries-old encryption in which letters of the alphabet are shifted a set number of places so an 'a' would become a 'd' ~ essentially, creating words with different letter combinations.The code was widely used by Southern forces during the Civil War, according to Civil War Times Illustrated.http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=353593&catid=37 http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/vigenere_cracking.html
