General Order(s) , No. 9

[samgrant]

In Glatthaar's General Lee's Army, he says that after the surrender, "Lee spent much of his remaining time signing copies of General Orders, No. 9, for soldiers who sought it ..." (lee's farewell Address to his army.)

This would seem to indicate that many copies were made and several of these signed by Lee. That is one iterpretation one may get from this Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%E2%...rewell_Address

But I also found this:

http://www.stratfordhall.org/no9.html

Which would indicate that only a few copies were made (at least by Mr. Bell).

An here is something from eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Robert-E-Lees-Ge...QQcmdZViewItem

I wonder if any of our members or their families, descendants of soldiers of the ANV, might have one of these signed orders.

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