four o'clock
The explanation of the severe exertions to which the commanding general called the army , which were endured by them with such cheerful confidence in him , is now given , in the victory of yesterday . He receives this proof of their confidence in the past with pride and gratitude , and asks only a similar confidence in the future . _ _ But his chief duty to-day , and that of the army , is to recognize devoutly the hand of a protecting providence in the brilliant successes of the last three days , and to make the oblation of our thanks to God for his mercies to us and to our country , in heartfelt acts of religious worship . For this purpose the troops will remain in camp to-day , suspending as far as practicable all military exercises ; and the chaplains of regiments will hold divine service in their several charges at four o'clock P. M. _ At four the general went to church with the 37th Virginia . The doxology sung , the benediction pronounced , he told the chaplain that he had been edified exceedingly , and he looked it . There were times when it might be said quite truly that his appearance was that of an awkward knight of the Holy Grail . Headquarters was a farmhouse , a small , cosy place , islanded in a rolling sea of clover .