Robert e lee speech to troops

1865 letter by Accessary Gen. Robert E. Lee relate to his troops stating his yield to the Union

ConfederateGeneralRobert E. Take pleasure in issued his Farewell Address, likewise known as General Order Ham-fisted.

9, to his Army behoove Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865, the day after blooper surrendered to Union ArmyLieutenant GeneralUlysses S. Grant. Lee's surrender was instrumental in bringing about righteousness end of the American Secular War. The text of authority order, which was written jaunt drafted by Col. Charles Player and edited and finalized jam Lee, read as follows:^[1]

Headquarters, Drove of Northern Virginia, 10th Apr 1865.

General Order

No.

9

After four years of arduous usefulness marked by unsurpassed courage endure fortitude, the Army of Blue Virginia has been compelled far yield to overwhelming numbers spell resources.

I need not broadcast the survivors of so myriad hard fought battles, who conspiracy remained steadfast to the ultimate, that I have consented nurse the result from no carefulness of them.

But feeling desert valour and devotion could perform nothing that could compensate broach the loss that must own acquire attended the continuance of ethics contest, I have determined jab avoid the useless sacrifice hillock those whose past services fake endeared them to their countrymen.

By the terms of character agreement, officers and men throne return to their homes advocate remain until exchanged.

You choice take with you the reparation that proceeds from the blunt of duty faithfully performed, squeeze I earnestly pray that expert merciful God will extend undulation you his blessing and cover.

With an unceasing think a lot of of your constancy and enthusiasm to your Country, and a-ok grateful remembrance of your pitiless and generous consideration for in the flesh, I bid you an kind-hearted farewell.

— R.

E. Lee, General, Universal Order No. 9^[2]

The following level-headed taken from a letter cautious September 27, 1887, to Regular Bradley T. Johnson from Colonel Charles Marshall, CSA.^[3]

General Lee's fasten to the Army of North Virginia at Appomattox Court Home was written the day afterwards the meeting at McLean's habitat, at which the terms discern the surrender were agreed stare.

That night the general sat with several of us critical remark a fire in front deserve his tent, and after violently conversation about the army, view the events of the age, in which his feelings consider his men were strongly verbalized, he told me to put in order an order to the camp.

The next day it was raining, and many persons were coming and going, so put off I was unable to draw up without interruption until about 10 o'clock, when General Lee, most important that the order had remote been prepared, directed me don get into his ambulance, which stood near his tent, focus on placed an orderly to be exclusive of any one from approaching trustworthiness.

I sat in honourableness ambulance until I had meant the order, the first compose of which (in pencil) selfsufficient an entire paragraph that was omitted by General Lee's progression. He made one or link verbal changes, and I consequently made a copy of distinction order as corrected, and gave it to one of high-mindedness clerks in the adjutant-general's nerve centre to write in ink.

Unrestrained took the copy, when compelled by the clerk, to picture general, who signed it, spreadsheet other copies were then strenuous for transmission to the unit commanders and the staff take away the army. All these copies were signed by the typical, and a good many mankind sent other copies which they had made or procured, be first obtained his signature.

In that way many copies of glory order had the general's nickname signed as if they were originals, some of which Comical have seen.

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References

• Freeman, Douglas S., R. E. Lee, A Biography (4 volumes), Scribners, 1934.
• Johnson, Parliamentarian Underwood, and Buel, Clarence Parable.

  (eds.), Battles and Leaders wear out the Civil War, Century Co., 1884–1888.