...factors in requir1ng Confederate surrender "After four years of arduous service. marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude. the Army of Northern Virginia...been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources."2 In letters to Jubal Early and other former lieutenants shordy after the war. Lee stressed...

...to yield to overwhelm1ng numbers and resources. 1 need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no d1strust of them ; but. feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate...

...closing of a brief but illustrious history, "After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia...been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources."26 It took almost forty years and cost more than $2.8 million, but the Official Records...

...masculine pronoun to indicate the third-person hypothetical singular. To echo General Lee's Farewell Order, "I need not tell the survivors of so many hard fought...consented to this result from no distrust of them." As noted herein, the novelist Stendhal liked to dedicate his work to what he termed "The Happy Few,"...

...NORTHERN VIRGINIA, GENERAL ORDER, No. 9 — After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia...resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result...

...Robert E. Lee's "General Orders Number 9": After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia...overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have...

...Robert E. Lee's "General Orders Number 9": After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia...overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have...

...order No. 9, RE Lee's farewell to his army: "After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia...to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources...! earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you his blessing and protection. With an unceasing...

...Lee •'I-!' W•<8~:. ••••'•< After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia...compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. l need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles who have remained steadfast to the last...

...order No. 9, RE Lee's farewell to his army: "After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia...been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources...I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you his blessing and protection. With...