 | United States - 1906 - 456 pages
...together like so many brothers. The following day General Lee issued his farewell address to his army. "After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude," said he, " the army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.... | |
 | Silvanus Jackson Quinn - Associations, institutions, etc - 1908 - 442 pages
...Headquarters Army Northern Virginia, Appomattof Courthouse, April 10, 1865. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 9. — After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed...has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers. I need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard fought battlefields, who have remained steadfast... | |
 | 1912 - 346 pages
...No. 9. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. - Appomattox CH, Apl. 10, 1865. ''After years of hard service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude,...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 Green Hall, Harriet Smither, Clarence Ousley - United States - 1912 - 552 pages
...Surrender at Appomattox Court House, April g, 1865. large army ; Lee had not so many as thirty thousand. " After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed...compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources," 1 and on April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered.2 Grant was generous and allowed most honorable terms of surrender.... | |
 | North Carolina. State Dept. of Archives and History - 1913 - 644 pages
...protect you ! ! LEE'S FAREWELL ADDRESS19 HEAD QBS. ABMY No. VA., April 10th, 1865. GENERAL ORDER No. 9. After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed...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 consented... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1913 - 622 pages
...AUGUST, 1913 EIGHTH NUMBER ч»' General Orders No. 9. Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, April 10, 1865: After four years of arduous service, marked...courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia haa been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the brave survivors... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1915 - 608 pages
...gained in war. Fifty years have passed since that sad day at Appomattox when the army of Lee disbanded "after four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude." Their hopes gone, their homes in ruins, their future dark and drear, yet their chieftain's words, "You... | |
 | Douglas Gordon Crawford - English language - 1919 - 398 pages
...April loth, 1865. General Order No. 9. After four years of arduous service, marked by un surpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming resources and numbers. I need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have... | |
 | James C. Clark - History - 1997 - 196 pages
...capital of the Confederacy would be set up in Texas. At Appomattox, Lee issued his last general order: After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed...overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard fought battles, who had remained steadfast to the last, that I have... | |
 | Gabor S. Boritt - History - 1992 - 226 pages
...whole. It was advanced by Robert E. Lee himself in his farewell address to his soldiers at Appomattox: "The Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources." This interpretation enabled southerners to preserve their pride in the courage and skill of Confederate... | |
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After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. 
