Robert E. Lee's farewell address, "General Order #9," also known as Lee’s farewell address, is composed at Appomattox, Virginia, upon the surrender of his troops in April 1865 and allows ...

Robert E. Lee at age 31 ... inside the Court House. As Lee returns to his tent, soldiers line up alongside the road to salute their commander. Lee drafts General Order Number Nine announcing ...

In 1957, Texas Attorney General John Shepperd ... efforts to lift the desegregation order, it paled in comparison to the recent debate over Robert E. Lee, which surfaced after the removal of ...