Special order (unnumbered) : manuscript signed for General Lee by his adjutant, W.H. Taylor : Head Quarters, Army of the Confederate States, to Col. T.M.R. Talcott, 1865 Apr. 9.

Colonel Thomas Mann Randolph Talcott was in command of the First Regiment Engineer Troops.
Issued as commander of the armies of the Confederate States.
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents of Robert E. Lee. The collection includes an autograph letter signed from Lee to his cousin Martha Williams, dated [1845?] Nov. 11 (MA 1049.1); a typed copy of a letter from Lee to Martha Williams, dated 1866 Dec. 22 (MA 1049.2); a special order signed for Lee by his adjutant, W.H. Taylor, dated 1865 Apr. 9 (MA 1087); a signed copy of General orders no. 9, dated 1865 Apr. 10 (MA 1088.1); and a contemporary manuscript copy of General orders no. 9 (MA 1088.2). Items in the collection are described in five separate records.
Through a curious error, Grant is here described as commanding the Confederate armies.
Written on a printed form for the Special Orders of the Army of Northern Virginia.