Robert E. Lee, Author at The Imaginative Conservative

About Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the War for Southern Independence. Previous to that, he served in the United States Army during the Mexican War and commanded the detachment of U.S. Marines that arrested the radical abolitionist, John Brown. In the final years of his life, Lee served as president of Washington College in Virginia.

An Affectionate Farewell: General Order No. 9

By Robert E. Lee|2020-04-08T04:31:37-05:00April 9th, 2015|Categories: American Republic, Robert E. Lee, South|

A day after surrendering his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, Confederate General Robert E. Lee issued the following message to the soldiers of his beloved Army of Northern Virginia, which he had commanded since the spring of 1862, and at the head of which he had won battle after battle against superior [...]