FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA* FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA FACT A DAY ON APRIL TWENTIETH 2002 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF GENERAL LEE URGES THEY END ALL THE FIGHTING APRIL TWENTIETH 1865 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF As Confederate President Jefferson Davis was gettin some rest in Greensborough, North Carolina he had begun to hear pleas to con- tinue their southern struggle west of the Mississippi. He asked for comments from those around him and started studying it all. He had already sent a letter to General Robert E. Lee and wanted his opinion for the possibilities of carrying their fight toward the west. After commanding the Army of Northern Virginia, Davis was seeking council on this suggestion from the General-in-Chief General Lee had seen their struggle from the heights to its con- clusion at Appomattox. On the 20th of April in 1865 he forwards a letter saying that he's opposed to continuation of hostilities through guerilla warfare. He recommends an end to all fighting for independence of the Confederate States of America. Davis believed that their partisan struggles would be the second stage of Southern resistance to the north. SHARING A CONFEDERATE HISTORICAL FACT OR A TRIVIA ITEM EVERY DAY CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA*CSA* As we remember and preserve our Confederate Historical Heritage!