Publisher's Synopsis
How do we know what is true about the Civil War? Every year new books about the Civil War get published and continue a giant game of whisper down the lane that has been going on for over 150 years. The new books simply offer older books as proof and never explain where any of this stuff comes from. Lee's Lost Order bypasses all this and goes straight to the source, to see what was actually being written while history was being made. Discover the truth behind six myths about the Civil War and meet the shadowy figures who twisted the history to suit their own ends. Everything from the cause of the Civil War to the effectiveness of rifle muskets is covered and of course, the myth you've never heard of, a conspiracy which only now is starting to be uncovered. In the middle of September, while Robert E Lee was invading the North for the first time, he didn't lose his orders but rather planted them in a Union camp to pull off one of the greatest feats of military deception of all time.
