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General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

Robert E. Lee issued his Farewell Address, also known as General Order No. 9, to his Army of Northern Virginia on April 10, 1865, the day after he surrendered to Union Army

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Ulysses S. Grant. Lee's surrender was instrumental in bringing about the end of the

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. The text of the order, which was written and drafted by Col. Charles Marshall and edited and finalized by Lee, read as follows: The following is taken from a letter dated September 27, 1887, to General Bradley T. Johnson from Colonel Charles Marshall, CSA.Johnson, Buel, vol. 4, p. 747.

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* Freeman, Douglas S.
''R. E. Lee, A Biography''
(4 volumes), Scribners, 1934. * Johnson, Robert Underwood, and Buel, Clarence C. (eds.)
''Battles and Leaders of the Civil War''
Century Co., 1884–1888. {{authority control 1865 documents American Civil War documents April 1865 Farewell addresses General orders Robert E. Lee United States documents

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