| | 1 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 31 August 1862  | | | | Published: | 2001 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | Although two weeks
was spent in anxiety yet the blessed
last arrived. that "Charlie--my darling
friend[?] is safe. You will wonder perhaps when I tell you that
I had not entertained such ing fears in regard to your safety as formerly
specially about the line of the battles of . I pray- ed just as
for the of my
loved one. but something seemed to me so
confidentlyly Your Charlie is safe" that I would not doubt. Indeed
dearest Charlie I felt more gl today than I have since
darling that you are perfectly safe and
that these strange emotions are not caused by
the possibility of your being in danger. How strange it is that we are not so willing to listen to the voice of fear as we are to
that of safety. I have been trying all day to dispute[?] these dismal
thoughts but have not succeeded and have concluded to sit down and give you a good
long "talking to" but I con- fess I do not know what to talk to you about. I can
forgive you darling for not telling me the exact position you were to occupy should an
engage- ment occur. but you must not repeat it. please do not love I prefer knowing
your exact position as far a[s?]
you can acquaint me of it. Had you fallen dearest. and in time I had learned that
you had--forgive me darling for the the thought--decieved me I know not what my
feelings would have been, but--I can imagine. I was sorry to learn of the misfortune of
your friend Geo. Moore [(]is he my friend too[?)] trust he has
recovered ere this, Was John Chaffee in the engagement? How does he prosper. and
how does Steven Bishop prosper Although I never was very much in his
Mr Bishops favor yet as he is a soldier I feel the same
interest in his welfare that I do in others who
are so bravely defending the "Stars and Stripes" | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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