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- Spies It almost worked

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John Motley Morehead and Jonathan Worth led the campaign against secession in early 1861

His admiration for the great Civil War president inspired him to personally design and produce a beautiful volume

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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- Spies It almost workedby 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