Confederate general Robert E. Lee issues Special Orders No. 191, instructing Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson to take about two-thirds of the Army of Northern Virginia and march south from Frederick, Maryland, to the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry.
Confederate general Robert E. Lee issues Special Orders No. 191, instructing Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson to take about two-thirds of the Army of Northern Virginia and march south from Frederick, Maryland, to the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry.