...the Day After the Surrender at Appomattox 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...

...factors in requiring 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."4 In letters to Jubal Early and other former lieutenants shortly after the war, Lee stressed...

...follows: Hdqrs Army of No Va 10th April 1865 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...

...downfall." Confederate General Lee, April 1865 "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." Voices from the Civil War (com.) Part 3 — One Nation Again Union General Grant, April 1865 "The war...

...on white, lined paper it is dated '10th April 1865'. In this famous address General Lee states that the Army of Northern Virginia "has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers". There is shading present across the top half of the page and three horizontal folds present and some...