Robert E. Lee issued Special Order 191 during the Maryland campaign, before the Battle of Antietam. A copy of the order having been lost, was recovered by ...
Special Order 191 (series 1862), also known as the "Lost Dispatch" and the "Lost Order", was a general movement order issued by Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee ...
Confederate General Robert E. Lee issued Special Orders No. 191 on
Telegram from Major General George McClellan Regarding General Robert E. Lee's Lost Order. 9/13/1862. Print. Add to Favorites: Create a new folder and put ...
The document concluded, “By command of General Robert E. Lee” and was signed “R.H. Chilton, Assistant Adjutant General.” The paper was ...
... the idea that a lost copy of Robert E. Lee's operational plans in Maryland
was slow to act, and the advantage the intelligence provided was lost.
Later, stories of the "Lost Dispatch" appeared in newspapers, and D. H. Hill was largely blamed.
The lost document that changed the course of American history: How Robert E. Lee's
Lee's Lost Order. The Following is a copy of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's battle plan for his invasion of the north. It fell into the hands of Lee's enemy ...