Decapitation of the Union

[RJNorton]

The next to last paragraph is very obtuse, at least to me. I wonder if it was meant to sound like spy talk in order to suggest that Weichmann was a spy.

Yes. Pam, on p. 362 of AB Mike Kauffmann writes, "More to the point, though, she (Clara) was a Confederate insider, and the letter strongly implies that the prosecution's star witness was one as well. Had the defense known of it, they might have neutralized Lou Weichmann's effectiveness on the stand."

It seems apparent to me that if Mike K. is right, and this letter was a plant written by Sarah Slater, the intent of the letter was to embarrass/discredit Weichmann on multiple levels (not just his alleged bisexuality).