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 ...
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 ...
Confederate General Robert E. Lee issued Special Orders No. 191 on
... the idea that a lost copy of Robert E. Lee's operational plans in Maryland mysteriously coming into the hands of Federal commander George ...
The document concluded, “By command of General Robert E. Lee” and was signed “R.H. Chilton, Assistant Adjutant General.” The paper was ...
was slow to act, and the advantage the intelligence provided was lost.
The Hagerstown Civil War Round Table features a talk by Tom Clemens about the impact of Robert E. Lee's famous Special Order 191, the ...
Later, stories of the "Lost Dispatch" appeared in newspapers, and D. H. Hill was largely blamed.
Guelzo, Allen C. "The Spy and Robert E. Lee: Gettysburg's "Lost" Order, June 28, 1863." Civil War Monitor 2.1 (Spring 2012). This item is not available in The ...
The lost document that changed the course of American history: How Robert E. Lee's secret Civil War battle plans were found wrapped around ...