The Battle of South Mountain The Secret That Nearly Destroyed Lee's Army 

Lee's Gamble: How South Mountain Shattered His Plans and Shaped America’s Future
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What if one scrap of paper could change the course of an entire war? Imagine a brilliant Confederate general, Robert E. Lee, riding high on his invasion of the North-only for his entire battle plan to fall into enemy hands! How did Lee’s Special Order 191 end up wrapped around a bundle of cigars in a Maryland field? Why did the Union, with every advantage in their grasp, still find itself on the backfoot against a scattered and vulnerable army? And what about the future presidents-Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley-who both bled on these mountain slopes alongside the tragic fall of Confederate General Garland? How did they survive the chaos, and what were they thinking as they faced death head-on?
This is The Battle of South Mountain, where Lee’s army teetered on the edge of disaster, only to escape-barely-and where the bloody road to Antietam was paved with daring maneuvers, fatal mistakes, and presidential destinies. What was it about this battle that could’ve turned the entire war on its head? Watch as we unravel the mysteries, the near-misses, and the men who made history on that fateful day.