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 and 21 confederate generals on horseback. 1867. Courtesy: Library of Congress. The official surrender document of Lee's troops to the Union Army, signed at Appomattox Court House on ...

The events in and around the village of Appomattox Court House National Park signaled the end of the American Civil War. Here, Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S.

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 ...