General order no. 9, 10th of April 1865.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

General order no. 9, 10th of April 1865.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23274468

Following his surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox on 9 April, Lee issued his General order no. 9 to his commanders, confirming that "officers and men can return to their homes" and thanking them for their service.

1 item ([1] p. on 1 leaf) ; 35 x 28 cm.

Newberry Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7099863

Newberry Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk28nd (person)

Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj6g0f (corporateBody)

The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America's Eastern Theater. Organized on June 20, 1861, as the Army of the Potomac, it soon incorporated the armies of the Shenandoah, Harpers Ferry, and the Northwest. The army's name changed to Army of Northern Virginia on March 14, 1862. It surrendered to the Northern Army of the Potomac at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. From the description of Confederate States of America, Army of ...