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 had granted the governor authority

had granted the governor authority to raise regiments of black soldiers

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

and a man who fought a lifelong war to keep the republic safe–no matter what it took

increasing hunger

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 had granted the governor authorityby 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