Abe Lincoln and the Rail Fence Cipher

One common type of cipher is called a "transposition" cipher. You don't replace any letters of your message, but you do rearrange them in a specific way to make your message hard to read unless you know the rule to how it was mixed up. One transposition cipher that was used during the U.S. Civil War was called the "Railroad Cipher." It is actually not the hardest code to track, but it slowed down enemies enough in trying to decipher it that it served it's purpose. Lincoln was known to use ciphers in sending orders to his generals.

I wonder if Abe Lincoln ever sent a message like this?

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Good luck!