General Lee's final campaign began March 25, 1865, with a Confederate
who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to the result ...
The order was distributed the day after the official surrender of the ... hard fought battles who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented ...
"The Surrender" painting by Keith Rocco shows Generals Lee and Grant shaking ... For a week Grant thwarted Lee's plans to turn south.
But Lee also knew his remaining troops, numbering about 28,000, would quickly turn to pillaging the countryside in order to survive.
They would be compelled to rob and steal in order to live.
For one thing, Lee had surrendered only his Army of Northern Virginia
Grant at Appomattox Court House. But the loss of Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia was a fatal blow to the Confederacy. Lee's troops had ...
I was ordered to turn aside from the column of march, without waiting for orders
On today's date 149 years ago, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to