[Homer_J_Simpson]

But who did he write it to? It doesn't seem like a responsible CO - and Anderson was nothing if not responsible - would write to a newspaper in hostile territory and describe how vulnerable he was. How did the Richmond Whig get the letter?

[M Kehoe]

Good question.

Maybe Samuel Wylie Crawford?

But since the “Richmond Whig” got the letter in December of 1860, that would be classified information, and would require a security clearance and a need to know.

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