An avid lover of history, Maurice G. Daoust developed an interest in the American Civil War in the late 1980s. That interest quickly developed into a passion and it wasn't long before he began conducting his own research on various aspects of the war. Throughout the next three and a half decades Maurice, or Moe as his friends call him, devoted most of his research efforts on the ever-controversial George B. McClellan and has published several McClellan-related articles along the way. He is also credited with the discovery of the now famous "12 Midnight" telegram, which has completely altered our perceptions surrounding the time at which McClellan came into possession of Lee's Lost Order. This is his first Civil War related book. Maurice and his wife, Wanda, reside in the western suburbs of Ottawa, Canada.