{"id":72,"date":"2025-02-25T21:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T21:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2025-04-16T19:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:00:29","slug":"presentation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sfisqlu.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/csa-disc\/presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Confederate cipher disc was a device used by the Confederate Army during the American Civil war, from 1862 to 1865.<br>It is composed of 2 concentric discs, each with a regular alphabet, around an axle. 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