Editing Army of Northern Virginia (section)

==Campaigns and battles==
The Army fought in a number of campaigns and battles, including:

{| class=wikitable
|-
! Campaign
! Year
! Army strength at the beginning of campaign
! Major battles
|-
| [[Peninsula Campaign]]
| 1862
| 55,633
| [[Battle of Seven Pines|Seven Pines]] (Fair Oaks)
|-
| [[Seven Days Battles]]
| 1862
| approx. 92,000
| [[Battle of Gaines' Mill|Gaines' Mill]], [[Battle of Malvern Hill|Malvern Hill]]
|-
| [[Northern Virginia Campaign]]
| 1862
| approx. 54,000
| [[Battle of Second Bull Run|Second Bull Run]] (Second Manassas)
|-
| [[Maryland Campaign]]
| 1862
| approx. 60,000
| [[Battle of Antietam|Antietam]] (Sharpsburg)
|-
| [[Fredericksburg Campaign]]
| 1862
| approx. 75,000
| [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]]
|-
| [[Chancellorsville Campaign]]
| 1863
| approx. 75,000
| [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]]
|-
| [[Gettysburg Campaign]]
| 1863
| 75,054
| [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]]
|-
| [[Bristoe Campaign]]
| 1863
| 55,221
| &nbsp;
|-
| [[Mine Run Campaign]]
| 1863
| approx. 50,000
| &nbsp;
|-
| [[Overland Campaign]]
| 1864
| 62,230
| [[Battle of the Wilderness|Wilderness]], [[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House|Spotsylvania Court House]], [[Battle of Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]]
|-
| [[Richmond–Petersburg Campaign]]
| 1864–1865
| 82,633
| [[Siege of Petersburg]], including the [[Battle of the Crater]]
|-
| [[Appomattox Campaign]]{{Surrendered}}
| 1865
| around 50,000
| [[Battle of Five Forks|Five Forks]], [[Battle of Appomattox Court House]]
|}

On April 9, 1865, the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to the [[Army of the Potomac]] at [[Appomattox Court House National Historical Park|Appomattox Court House]], effectively ending the Civil War, with General Lee signing the papers of surrender to General [[Ulysses S. Grant]].  The day after his surrender, Lee issued his [[Lee's Farewell Address|Farewell Address]] to the Army of Northern Virginia.