General Lee wrote three sets of orders to be sent to the specific Generals concerned with the phase of the Maryland Campaign that he had planned. One set of orders went to James Longstreet, one to Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and the third set of orders were sent to D.H. Hill.
Longstreet received his orders, memorized it then ate it.
Jackson received his orders and, seeing that it concern D.H. Hill directly and not knowing orders had already been written out for Hill, he personally copied his orders and sent them to Hill.
D.H. Hill received Jackson's handwritten orders, read it and then put it away for safe keeping. He never received order from Lee's HQ.
The orders from Lee's HQ intended for D.H. Hill vanished from the Confederate radar and were found by a Unionist wrapped up with some cigarettes and, recognizing the importance of what had been found, he sent the orders straight to McClellan.
D.H. Hill was made the scapegoat for the "lost orders" incident.
The so-called lost orders of General Lee were found on a field near Frederick, Maryland. These orders were not the battle plan for the upcoming Battle of Antietam. The orders referred to the division of his forces in order to prepare for any major battles with the Union's Army of the Potomac.For example, General Longstreet was ordered to seize the towns of Boonsboro and Hagerstown.
Lincoln was disappointed that General George B. McClellan had allowed Confederate general Lee to escape after the Battle of Antietam. The result of Lincoln's disappointment was the replacement of McClellan by General Burnside.
He was angry at himself for making his wife pregnant so he accidentally went into war.
The importance of The Battle of Antietam was for General Lee to advance into Northern territory and to turn the tide of the war in favor of the Confederacy.
The Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Major General George B. McClellan won the battle along Antietam Creek.
The union won the battle Antietam in Maryland. It was the bloodiest battle in the war.
Major General George B. McClellan was commanding the Federal Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Antietam.
Antietam
Lincoln was disappointed that General George B. McClellan had allowed Confederate general Lee to escape after the Battle of Antietam. The result of Lincoln's disappointment was the replacement of McClellan by General Burnside.
General Robert E. Lee
George B. McClellan
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate army at the Battle of Antietam, known in the south as the Battle of Sharpsburg.
The commander of the Confederate army at Antietam was General Robert E. Lee.
Major General George B. McClellan.
The Confederate Army was commanded by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Antietam.
The commander of the Confederate army at Antietam was General Robert E. Lee.
The Confederate Army was commanded by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Antietam.
The commander of the Confederate army at Antietam was General Robert E. Lee.