Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant of ... and cites the Union's overwhelming numbers as the cause for surrender. April 15, 1865 Lee rejoins his family in Richmond, where Mary ...

Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth child ... By the beginning of April 1865, Grant's armies broke through what remained of the Confederate defenses, and Lee ...

Robert E. Lee Memorial Association ... and crush him. On April 9, 1865, Lee finally had to admit that he was trapped. At the beginning of Lee’s long, combative retreat by stages from Grant ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army ...

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

April 9th has witnessed numerous significant events throughout history, spanning a variety of categories including politics, science, and culture.On this ...

On April 9, 1865, the Rebel yell rang out for the last time over a contested battlefield. Outside Appomattox Court House, the half-starved tatterdemalions of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern ...