Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders No. 191, and Confederate Misfortune on the Road to Antietam (Alexander B. Rossino - LH) soldiers May 23–July 4

May 23–July 4

reinforced and under new leadership

The Boy Generals examines in detail the steadily deteriorating relationship of two cavalrymen with opposing tactical philosophies

It would be another two days before Stuart’s exhausted cavalry found and rejoined the main army

After writing several other acclaimed studies of Lincoln and other aspects of Civil War–era history

Calamity at Frederick: Robert E. Lee, Special Orders No. 191, and Confederate Misfortune on the Road to Antietam (Alexander B. Rossino - LH) soldiers May 23–July 4by Alexander B. Rossino The loss of Robert E. Lee's Special Orders No. 191 is one of the Civil Wars enduring mysteries. But there is a LOT you have never been told. In this meticulous study, Alex Rossino presents a bold new interpretation of the evidence surrounding the creation of the orders, their distribution, and their loss outside Frederick, Maryland, in September 1862. Rossino makes extensive use of primary sources to explore these subjects and