Robert E. Lee intended to take the fight into Union territory, hoping to take Washington, D.C. But the loss of a pair of his orders, which had been found by Union privates, led to his plans being revealed. As a result, the nearby Antietam Creek at Sharpsburg was about to become the site of the […]

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