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9-29-62

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Rev. Mr. Fulton,
Rector of Calvary Church
Prytania near Sixth St
State of Louisiana
Executive Department
New Orleans, September 29th, 1862

(Seal)

Special Order
No. 33

The omission in the service of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in New Orleans of the prayer for the President
of the United States and others in authority, will be considered
as evidence of hostility to the Government of the United States.

By order of

Brig. Gen. G.F. Shepley,

Military Governor of Louisiana

James F. Miller,
Asst. Adjt. General

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Apparently the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was not observed in Union-occupied territories.