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Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 [General Orders No. 83, Declaring 21 August 1863 a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.05 Author/Creator: Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 Place Written: Virginia Type: Document Date: 13 August 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.8 cm Order a Copy

General Lee issues orders on behalf of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Declares "All military duties, except such as are absolutely necessary, will be suspended ... Soldiers! we have sinned against Almighty God."

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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