Hd Qrs Sum Arty Battⁿ

                                                                                                            Aug 20^th 1863

 

Special Orders

            No

 

                                    To morrow has been set apart by the President of the Confederate States as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer. The soldiers of this command are earnestly enjoined to a strict observance of it, and all military duties as far as practicable will be suspended.

 

                                    Let us meet together in worship & humble ourselves before the Almighty God acknowledging His Providential aid in the conflicts of the past campaigns, & invoking His presence & favor for the future. Ask that He will nerve our hearts & strengthen our arms for the dangers yet to be encounterd—that He will give us greater loftier courage in the presence of our enemies, & a grand heroic endurance of the hardships of the march & the privations of camp life—that He will strengthen the hearts of the desponding at home and subdue the spirits of our foe / speedily to the end that peace may once more abide in the land and we be enabled to return to our happy homes. when our independence  By order of      shall have been secured and our

government firmly                              Jno Lane

established—                                      Maj Cm^d Battⁿ

 

                                                By command of

                                                            Jno Lane

                                                                        Maj Com^d Battⁿ

 

with our independence secured, and our government fixed upon a firm basis

 

                                                                        By order of

                                                                                    Jno Lane

                                                                                                Maj Com^d Battⁿ

 

 

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order for Thanks

giving & Prayer

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