The Army of Northern Virginia, commonly referred to as "Lee's Army," was the Confederacy's main fighting force in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War. Strategically, the Eastern Theater was ...

Lee surrendered only his army, the Army of Northern Virginia. His was one of several Confederate armies operating throughout the South. Each would have to surrender on its own. If they chose to ...

Hd Qurs Army Northern Virginia 10th April 1865. After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to ...

Outside Appomattox Court House, the half-starved tatterdemalions of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia attacked Union cavalry blocking their retreat to the Virginia mountains, where the ...

With this basic primer, you should be ready to get into the saddle and assume command of the Army of Northern Virginia!

Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. This work, by Vincent Burns, is rather like a forum in which their works – some of them – are displayed to inform and even entertain students of the war. Burns ...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, which forced the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Special anniversary programs and activities are taking place April 7-13, 2025. The weeklong ...