The Curious Case of Special Order 191

You decided to take a closer look at the object; however, upon further inspection, it appears to be nothing more than a package of cigars that some careless enemy officer must have dropped while he was hurriedly leaving temporary enemy camp, so you decided that it is not worth your valuable time to inspect because you have a critical time schedule to meet. Because of your lack of patience and quick judgement, you caused the missing the missing copy of General Robert E. Lee’s Special Order 191 to never be found, which allowed the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to capture the entire state of Maryland, which resulted in the unconditional surrender of the Union’s capital, Washington D.C., which ultimately led to a Confederate victory, which meant that because of your actions, the “what if” scenario, where Lee’s Special Order 191 was never found, was realized and the Union lost the American Civil War as a result.