Who wrote Lee’s lost orders? Scholars have long asserted that Col. Robert H. Chilton played a pivotal role in drafting and distributing Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders No. 191 near Frederick, Maryland, on September 9, 1862. One copy, addressed to Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill and outlining the Confederate plan to attack the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry, fell into the hands of Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan on September 13. This intelligence prompted McClellan to swiftly strike Lee’s army at South Mountain. But is this supported by the evidence?
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Who wrote Lee’s lost orders? Scholars have long asserted that Col. Robert H. Chilton played a pivotal role in drafting and distributing Gen. Robert ...
