Robert E. Lee's farewell address, "General Order #9," also known as Lee’s farewell address, is composed at Appomattox, Virginia, upon the surrender of his troops in April 1865 and allows ...

General Lee had already surrendered at Appomattox eight days before, but the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, just three days before the generals met at Bennett Place, made the ...

April 9 marks the 159th Anniversary of the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse and Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender of his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S.

But the previous December, General William T ... continue fighting when they learned of the outcome at Appomattox. With Lee’s surrender, the war effectively came to an end.

These are not people with whom we can negotiate, so turn to the lessons of history for dealing with non-negotiable opponents.

Many – perhaps most – Confederate soldiers did not know what the end of the war would mean for them, their families, and the South as they left Appomattox. Even before the surrender, the ...

Robert E. Lee's farewell address, "General Order #9," also known as Lee’s farewell address, is composed at Appomattox, Virginia, upon the surrender of his troops in April 1865 and allows ...