Saturday, April 12, 2008

A Civil Code

Can you decode the following message which was sent, undetected, in 1862 during the American Civil War? Who sent the message?

Burnside, Acquia creek:
Can Inn Ale me with 2 oar our Ann pas Ann me flesh
ends N.y. Corn Inn our with U cud Inn heaven day nest
Wed Roe Moor Tom darkey hat Creek Why Hawk of
abbot inn b chewed i if-Bates

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12 Comments:

Anonymous Daniel said...

I got fed up so i typed it into google. I have the translation but i wont post it because i want someone else to post it and explain how they got it!

April 13, 2008 12:27 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I dont even understand what they said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 13, 2008 9:49 AM  
Blogger Cerebrums1 said...

Try reading it backwards, from end to beginning. And consider "sounds like".

April 13, 2008 8:14 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

WOW thats really clever

April 14, 2008 8:45 AM  
Anonymous Huzzy said...

dang! cerebrums beat me to it. i was gonna say that. well anyways i tried that and i got some part of it. you know where it says, "me with 2 oar our Ann pas " i think its supposed to be 'spend an hour or two with me' and also i think "inn b chewed i if" from the riddle pronounced backwards is 'if i should be'. lol atleast i tired =P

April 14, 2008 2:15 PM  
Anonymous CodyC said...

I hate watching Wheel of Fortune with people who shout out part of the puzzle, ie; "four score and "something something something," but this has gone unanswered awhile.....

"If I should be in (a bit of debt),
why ????? at (darkey=blacks?)
Tomorrow Wednesday ?????
Could you ?????? ???????
Meet(flesh=meat) me and pass and hour or two with me.
A. Lincoln

Very tough. Kudos.....

April 14, 2008 8:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what????

April 19, 2008 10:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what????

April 19, 2008 10:30 PM  
Anonymous Marty M said...

If I should be in boat off Aquia Creek at dark to-morrow (wednesday) evening could you without inconvenience meet me and pass an hour or two with me,

i think judging by other coments, but i wanna no if its right

April 21, 2008 2:16 PM  
Blogger Emilio C. said...

My brain hurts, I don't really understand it, but after I read the comments, I started to......

May 6, 2008 11:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The real actual answer is-------
"If I should be in boat off Aquia Creek at dark to-morrow evening, could you, without inconvenience, meet me and pass an hour or two with me. A. LINCOLN." thats the answer actually!!!

May 14, 2008 7:16 PM  
Anonymous mummys boy said...

my mummy says im a bad boy

June 3, 2008 8:08 AM  

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