The evening world., 1911-02-01
fr0U That Changed
III II i s t O r y
BY Albert Psyson Terhune
.NEKlEE HNN

UUsnsht le1. W Tho Pres PuMhhs Co. Cs New Yk World
No. so-A Lost Scrap of Paper That Turned The Tide of Civil
War Campaign.
fate OF at least on campaign OF the Civil War would have been
far different; and It is perhaps possible that the Confederate on
T.aeaT H Ss' at " sosioa have 1T f9 Hs q b 5s' Of nssnse a% -sths' io siSs' Of iG a paper %
. sIn ss' sS Sss oa!ss; ! q 4 nc S,' civil + war 7s;'s che f 3 isas %:ai had acted on tn.
s %ssIshss and an other Sa'' Sort i%1 generals ess s1' ssa i S%4isd thel So iorses in s'Tsass! {
a!' 'sFsash the the G %afssi genius 5s' Of Lee, 1e 5sSesen 'n ss i is,9sr ' sosisein 'S issa.s:.
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iaS.s ! :. sS T. ," :s ;r Il !, : : s:' a.. .; ~ 4. Gn.s$ ',a'' "''as
- and thai. hi. army would ma warm welcome there H
Plan U"s'' The HI. ' lrs9ss, a i ,ss; ssT n Fssa..,y. ,s ,s Ss,sa S Tss'' 4 +:
na ,ou,ro ,,,t s0Sa beat beat rSo ip So,,s wn ARMY na m Sriy n, 1t BACK: General as moral
On sep. s. 1882 4. crossed tn. po,omae River into Maryland rn:r.
til. Southern army so%y Such people there as happened S to :ymD..A..s win
frheNdnne,, For in case the invas'on should not succeed its MARYLAND re-
Barbara Fretchh" describes n alleged event in This marcel through the ~p
lie. pushed OF northward toward Pennsylvania. He secretly detached =
f rap%s 'I a Se tsl% N account %%n 'e of t% ns' m ssms Ut qsdS wa s'S Si.ps,e S S"p Sy Lea sI 70 n
his corps commanders. The copy of 1t received by Gen Hill cone " his sub
According to M account this an.imporant paper fell from rnnrs poke.
sira he Ta to ' ss Ssr' "a nd o md N Ta' M Psssin VI g Tg. a c sanmsF: de- \ par H.Tn ln n \.
History OF the cwl war in America" says Iu lertt he crumpled paper lying
. N the eOrner Of a table at his headquarters at Frederick. Nd. wherei 1t was
,., But =, for =, this sr gross wm s.F, l@S sssr, To, gIscI hay been cen, qu,, : .sa:s
upon us III iasor" n he might hays made far more pTat' from IT, Tn: enemy.
s''t T%o s ssmy in o sTG GnmsSs,. s.m ,mn e, oTH s.t % .a 1G,. i,9TDs r. &c. u,,,.,,
Ferry IRON capture sss;, ana to attack &c before h slvid:a portion: c. III. la:
s tsi Harper. .fsy fPsle ss Fsa@,''3 with ns TIC nin ' sosy n n s's s'ng !. prepared 's ',s's y:
crush Lee. II vas II goou plan, PUT II va not wei carried ouI
Tho force sent to " Hapers Ferry did not take the shortest route
thither. It wasted time by taking a longer rod. Meanwhile te Harper
Ferry garrison after a pitfully weak defense surrendered
y~~S~r~~T to the Confederates.
Mcclellan also delayed somewhat in advancing 10
OeAy" ZEE who s had time to tntench his army strongly At
~ q point on Antieam Creek. But forcing their "a past
position. Mcclellan h.sa back se&'f for ts"d% ay Set %s o attacking, ns'1 and Is thereby enabled NAB.
n s.s1.1. e, .. 'f ss. u ? n 's ssa, i ss s %ss: as' A sS .ssa ' .s,ua at "i S.s aSs 'u :Dnn q:
chances having been lost through the long wait
Then followed what hs been called tho deadlies. single day Of lighting
hs never been learned. nut II rs supposed 10 nav been a least as large as
sion rutned-fen bach Mcclellan "a later severely criticised for allowing
his beaten foo to retreat in safety and to cross back unopposed into Virginia
The nst great invasion of III North ws at ar end. Largely becaus ne
mai neglected to keep OIL. TO destroy a bit OF paper.