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• George Washington prayed with his troops for the protection of
God. The men at Valley Forge had a long winter during which three thousand out of twelve thousand died due to sickness.[19] As a godly man, Washington would obviously turn to Him for protection of his troops. On
May 1, 1777, he asked God to “Bless us with Thy wisdom in our counsels, success in battle, and let our
victories be tempered with humanity.”[20] One can also see by his prayer that he meant for America to be a Godly nation as he said “...if it is Thy
holy will that we shall obtain a place and name among the nations of the earth,
grant that we may be enabled to show our gratitude for Thy goodness by
our endeavors to fear and obey Thee.”[21] When fighting for the independence
of America, Washington believed he was fighting for a nation that would
“fear and obey” God.
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary war and the
first president of the United States