SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1864: President Lincoln ordered a 100-gun salute at the Washington Navy Yard at noon on Monday, the 5th of September, and, upon receipt of the order, at each arsenal and navy yard in the United States.
This was for "the recent brilliant achievements of the fleet and land forces of the United States in the harbor of Mobile and in the reduction of Fort Powell, Fort Gaines, and Morgan...."
The president also proclaimed that on the following Sunday thanksgiving should be given for Rear Admiral Farragut's victory at Mobile and the capture of Atlanta by General Sherman.
These events, said Lincoln, "call for devout acknowledgement to the Supreme Being in whose hands are the destinies of nations."
--Old B-Runner
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