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Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 General Orders No. 9

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10013 Author/Creator: Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 Place Written: Appomattox, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 10 April 1865 Pagination: 1 item Order a Copy

One document by Robert E. Lee titled General Orders No. 9 dated April 10, 1865. Large, oversize copy of Lee's farewell to his troops composed the day after his surrender to Grant.

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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