World War I Archives – Page 7 of 15

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: Robert E. Lee is promoted to General-in-Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. Lee is the only man

1903: The Militia Act of 1903 – also known as the “Dick Act” (Congressman and Maj. Gen. Charles Dick authored

1917: British intelligence intercepts a coded telegram from the German government requesting an alliance with Mexico if the U.S. enters

1811: At the confluence of the Wabash and Tippecanoe Rivers, William Henry Harrison’s 1,000-man force of militia and regular infantry