LEE ADDRESSES ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA ARPIL TENTH IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY-FIVE After signing the document which would surrender their Army of Northern Virginia to the union, General R.E.Lee leaves the building and would never return to it again. A part of his life had been commited to their Confederacy, and now it was time to lay it down and move on with life. General Lee mounted Traveler and returns to their south- ern lines and rides through the camps with a courageous unabridged boldness. He gathered the various units with him and addressed all their concerns. His voice is calm, but his determination was unrestrained. He starts off by telling them that he applauded their valor and courage in the struggle for southern independence. Lee would tell them that he felt the time has now arrived when any more sacrifice by them could produce nothing that would compensate for the loss that would be suffer- ed. He tells them to go home until properly exchanged and he bid them goodbye: "With an increasing devotion to your country, and a grateful remembrance o your kind and generous considertion of myself. I bid you an affec- tionate farewell." REMEMBERING THE CAUSE OF SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE THIS HAS BEEN POSTED AS AN HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARY PLEASE FORWARD YOUR REPLIES TO YOUR OWN LISTS. I AM ONLY TRYING TO GENERATE SOME LIST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS EVENT AND HOW IT AFFECTED THESE TROOPS AT THE TIME. THANKS FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP AND YOUR PARTICIPATION glenn