General Lee's lost order

Special order 191 was a note written by General Robert Lee for the Northern Virginian Army telling them to split there soldiers into groups and to merge back later in the battle in 1862.
== discovery ==
The document was discovered in a union campground wrapped around a cigar and delivered to the U.S. Government, despite this information General George B. McClellan was still hesitant thinking it was a trap but McClellan still aided in ending the the Confederate forces in Maryland.
== Legacy ==
This event was used by Harriet Turtledove in his book series "Southern Victory" which details an alternate timeline where the note was delivered and The Confederacy won leading to events that expand to the 1940s with the Confederacy taking the role of the National Socialist Party.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Order_191