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The Lost Order - JMadonna - 07-26-2017 07:49 AM
Does anyone know when Lee's "lost order" that gave McClellan the edge at Antietam become public knowledge? Trying to determine if it was during the 1864 presidential campaign. - Thanks
RE: The Lost Order - Steve - 07-26-2017 11:20 AM
(07-26-2017 07:49 AM)JMadonna Wrote: Does anyone know when Lee's "lost order" that gave McClellan the edge at Antietam become public knowledge? Trying to determine if it was during the 1864 presidential campaign. - Thanks
The New York Herald reported on the lost orders on September 15, 1862, a couple of days before the Battle of Antietam.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1862-09-15/ed-1/seq-1/
(last column, 2nd story under reports from Washington)
The report is dated September 14th, so it's possible that it could have been in another newspaper a day earlier.
RE: The Lost Order - JMadonna - 07-26-2017 05:56 PM
Thanks,
No wonder Sherman hated the media.