This major battle might have ended very differently if the General who was shown Special Order 191 did not suspect a trap.
This major battle might have ended very differently if the General who was shown Special Order 191 did not suspect a trap. That general would have been successful anyways had not a Light Division under the command of A.P.  Hill not arrived quickly after abandoning their job of processing prisoners at Harpers Ferry. This battle began with fighting at the Miller Cornfield, and for several hours the defenders held Rohrbach's Bridge, which is now known as Burnside's Bridge. Soon after this battle, McClellan was replaced by Burnside, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and Lee withdrew back to Virginia. Name this deadly 1862 Maryland battle.
This major battle might have ended very differently if the General who was shown Special Order 191 did not suspect a trap.
Battle of Antietam [or Battle of Sharpsburg]