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It was the South that had the advantages - a superior General and an army in high morale - until a Confederate officer accidentally dropped a set of Lee's orders in the field, where they were found and shown to McClellan, who was then able to exploit the wide gaps in the Confederate lines.

Only the presence of a Confederate spy in his camp (able to alert Lee) prevented him from destroying the Army of Northern Virginia.

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