LEE SENT A LETTER TO JEFFERSON FINIS DAVIS APRIL TWENTIETH IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY-FIVE The fall of the Confederate States of America had taken many unexpected turns in April of 1865. One of them is the rapid retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia into the countrysides of central Virginia. Just ahead of them are a number of politicians who were seeking refuge too. The President of the Confederacy was perhaps one of the most highly sought after figures from the Confederacy. If captured his imprisonment, would have immediately send a message throughout the south, or so it was believed. It had been a few short years for them to be in power, but life will radically change for everyone throughout the south beginning in May of 1865. On the 20th of April in 1865 President Jefferson Davis was given a letter sent directly from General Robert E. Lee. He sternly mentions that he is opposed to the continuation of hostilities through guerilla warfare. He highly recommends an end to all of the fighting for southern independence. The letter was a bitter pill to swallow, from his former confidant and commander of all their southern forces. REMEMBERING THE CAUSE OF SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE