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General Lee and 21 confederate generals on horseback.
sent a letter to Lee on April 7 requesting the Confederate general's surrender.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee issued his Farewell Address, also known as General Order No. 9 (sometimes Orders) to his Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865, the day after he surrendered the army to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Lee's surrender was instrumental in bringing about the end of the American ...
Explaining his decision to surrender, Lee—whose army was just 35000 men compared to
The signing of the surrender documents occurred in the parlor of the house
Lee subsequently issued his famous farewell orders, praising his men's courage and blaming their defeat on superior Union resources.
February 16, 1862- Surrender of Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
On orders from generals Robert E. Lee and John Gordon, the rider,