The Tale Untwisted: General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders (Gene M. Thorp, Alexander B. Rossino - CWC) Section- General Robert E. Lee At the outset of the

At the outset of the Battle of the Wilderness

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had granted the governor authority to raise regiments of black soldiers

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the usually stoical Grant threw himself down on his cot and cried

The Tale Untwisted: General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders (Gene M. Thorp, Alexander B. Rossino - CWC) Section- General Robert E. Lee At the outset of theby Gene M. Thorp & Alexander B. Rossino The discovery of Robert E. Lees Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, on September 13, 1862, is one of the most important and hotly disputed events of the American Civil War. For more than 150 years, historians have debated if George McClellan, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, dawdled after receiving a copy of the orders before warily advancing to challenge Lees forces atop South