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Lee's Lost Orders:
When a Union corporal stooped to pick up three cigars lying in a clover field near Frederick, MD, he had no idea what he had found. Wrapped around them were General Robert E. Lee's plans for his Maryland campaign. For General George B. McClellan, finding Special Orders No. 191 on September 13, 1862 was incredible luck. He telegraphed Lincoln: "I think Lee has made a gross mistake and he will be severely punished for it." |