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April 9 in U.S. military history

1865: The war lost, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee concludes, “There is nothing left for me to do, but to

1865: A day after the Confederate government evacuates by rail, Union troops march into the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.

1942: Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, Jr.’s Task Force 39, consisting of the battleship USS Washington, aircraft carrier USS Wasp,

1945: Paratroopers of Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway’s XVIII Airborne Corps — composed of the U.S. 17th Airborne “Thunder from

1775: In a speech before the House of Burgesses, future Virginia governor (and colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment) Patrick