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issued his Farewell Address, also known as General Order No. 9, to his

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on April 10, 1865, the day after he surrendered to Union Army

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. 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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