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 ...
McClellan halted Lee's invasion into the North, but did not pursue the Confederates. The ramification of the loss and find of the "Lost Order," ...
Lee issued a special order, No. 191, dividing his army into two parts, starting Sept . 10. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson would get two-thirds ...
Described varyingly as “the all-time military jackpot,” a great intelligence coup handed out “on a silver platter,” and more, the idea that a lost copy ...
Lee's "Lost Orders" Prior to Antietam: A Historical Note. By Charles B. Dew. What was arguably the most incredible string of coincidences that occurred during ...
Despite the clarification, the Lost Order was four days old when McClellan read it, and the wording called for the various parts of Lee's plan to be ...
Hill—had negligently lost a copy of Lee's general movement order which allowed McClellan to thwart Lee's plans and force him into battle at Sharpsburg. When ...
was slow to act, and the advantage the intelligence provided was lost.
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