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) 2021 home of Titian and Veronese

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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) 2021 home of Titian and Veroneseby 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