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The Battle of Antietam.

When Lee invaded the Maryland in 1862, a buck private of McClellan's Union Army picked up from the ground a copy of the Order of Operation Number 191 issued by Lee's headquarter. The document was duly handed over to McClellan, who now exactly knew Lee's whole plan of campaign.

But, this notwithstanding, he fought the battle in a such a cautious and uncertain way as to obtain only a minor victory, thus wasting a great chance to inflict a decisive defeat to the Confederate Army.

Furthermore, after Lee left the battlefield and retreated, the victorious McClellan didn't effectively pursued the Confederate army. That meant he wasted another opportunity to win a larger victory.

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