Ash Wednesday begins the Christian observance of Lent for 1863

02/18/1863

Ash Wednesday begins the forty days of Lent in 1863 in the western Christian calendar. (By John Osborne)

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The Confederate States Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for 1863 (Augusta, GA: H.C. Clarke, 1863), 3.

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