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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05987.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides |
| Title | General Orders No. 83, Declaring 21 August 1863 a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer |
| Date | 13 August 1863 |
| Author | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | 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." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Religion |
| People | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) |
| Place written | Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Religion |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |