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Dispatch Found Here Changed U S History Reveals Civil War Tale
A long-remembered dispatch story recounts how a folded Lee order wrapped with cigars was found by Union scouts. The article traces Lee's 1862 Maryland invasion from Frederick to Sharpsburg and the impact of Special Order 191 on the campaign. It notes Mary land connections, key figures like McClellan Jackson and Stuart, and the eventual pursuit toward Harper's Ferry.
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Kote
Ereserack
Harry &. Decker
Potomac Eorson Company
Varios
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
Potomac
Maryland
White's Ford
Lee
Frederick
C & O Canal
Town
Rockville
Army of the Potomac
George B. McClellan
Washington
Pope
Second Bull Run
Frederick County
Northern
Virginiown
Jeb Stuart
Fitzhugh Lee
New Market
Wade Hampton
Hyattstown
Sugar Loaf Mountain
T. T. Mumford
Stuart
Urbana
Ivan R. Standoff
Hyattstoun
Pennsylvania
South Mountain
Cumberland
Shenan‘doan
Hagerstown
Inechester
Northeas
Har ‘Risburg
Pennsylvania Central
Cumberland Alley
Susquehanna River
Baltimore
Philadelphia
T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson
Jackson
Presbyterian
Evangelical Reformed Church
Army of
Northern Virginia
Middletown
Sharpsburg
Baltimore & Ohio
Martinsburg
Thay
Longstreet
Boonsboro
McLaws
R. H. Anderson
Harper's Ferry
Maryland Heights
Walker
Cheeford
Lovettsville
Loudoun Heights
Few
D. H. Hill
McLaus
R. E. Lee
R. H. Chilton
D H Mil
Miner
Jeb Stuarts
Osermin
Fredericker
MacClellan
Hampton
30Th Ohio Infantry
M. C. Butler
2Nd
South Carolina Cavalry
Hill
McClellan
Chilton
MacClelllan
McCllellan
Potomac River
Hagerstoun
Sharpsburs