By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in ...

General Lee and 21 confederate generals on horseback. 1867. Courtesy: Library of Congress. The official surrender document ... day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, CSA, Commanding said ...

April 9th has witnessed numerous significant events throughout history, spanning a variety of categories including politics, ...

To efface the squalor and horror of the war, we have the image of Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves, and we have the image of Robert E. Lee’s gracious surrender. Still, for many contemporary ...

Robert E. Lee at age 31 ... drastically changes the terms of the Civil War by raising the stakes for both sides. Lee achieves one of his greatest victories at the Battle of Fredericksburg.