10/22/18
Over the past few centuries, many letters, photos and artifacts from the Civil War have been recovered. After close analysis of some of the items recover, people have become skeptical of what really happened and why. For example, a photo that is stated to be black Confederate soildiers has been in fact proven to be a picture of black Union soldiers. The photo was doctored to make it seem like slaves were fighting with the Confederates. Another example would be a letter sent to President Jackson from New York governor Martin van Buren. If you read the letter carefully, you can tell it is fake. You can find words that were not commonly written in texts during that time period. This makes the reader believe that there could have been a hidden message written within the letter. If there was a hidden message, then what was it?