| | 2 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 3
October 1861  | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | I have heard gentlemen make the remark that when ladies began to write with a lead
pencil to them, they guessed she wished to discontinue their correspondence But when you receive this, written with
a pencil and on such paper I imagine that you will think worse than that, but do
not harbor the thought for one instan dear Charlie that my feelings are such for indeed they are not I have no other paper, and my pens have all “got
poor” therefore you will excuse this will you not? for I thought it
necessary to write immediately as
Capt. Aspen is in Warren and I do not know as I will get a chance to send again, nor do I know
when he returns to war. Where are you to day
are you engaged in some bloody battle or are you reposing in
security in your tent or on some bed of sickness.
How often my thoughts
thoughts been with you to day There seems to be a presentiment of evil hovering round me, and my thoughts are with Hal
and yourself, Can it be that you are in danger and some rebel
strike—God forbid. I must dispel
such thoughts. But would that I were near you. then I could feel
that let come what might I would know all. I have a sad and gloomy spirit
to day not much like the gay and joyous Addie that Hal used to tell about but lasteveI was to a sewing bee for the soldiers. and I caused a strange feeling to thrill
through me which is hard to dispel | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 5 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, October 27 1861 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | I again had the pleasure of perusing one of your kind and interesting
letters last saturday and I can assure you that it afforded much
pleasure. Charlie if you could witness the eagerness with
which I grasp your letters you would not hesitate to leave your work
to write to me. But of course I would not ask you to if you could not
do so with convenience. I think you must have
received another letter from me since you wrote
about the 12th of this month. This is a beautiful day rather
cool but not more so than we should expect for the season. Mr.
James Beebe of
Ohio Seventh is here. I do not feel so much like entertaining him as I do
Tenney of said Regt and therefore
act accordingly. He is trying to guess who I am writing to | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 11 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 26 January 1862 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | Addie apologizes for not responding sooner to Charlie's previous two letters. She
has read in the newspaper that Gen. McClellan is not granting furloughs and
Addie is disappointed in not being able to see him. Charlie had sent her poetry,
presumatively love poetry. Addie writes that she always wishes that she could be
a poetess and that she sees poetry everwhere in life and nature. Finally, Addie
comes to the main point of her letter. She claims that she sees Charlie only as
a brother, not a lover. She is conflicted over her feelings, hurting Charlie,
and the impact on family and friends. Laurie (Addie's brother) has been playing
a song, "Heart be still" in the background, and it has Addie's emotions riled
up. Addie hopes that Charlie does not take her letter badly for she does not
wish to hurt him. She points out that loving him as a brother places him in the
highest esteem, and that it is not an empty and cold declaration. Laurie
finishes his music and wishes Addie to go with him to a prayer meeting, so Addie
closes the letter praying that a guardian angel watch over Charlie. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 12 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 1862 February 2 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | Did you ever behold such a beautiful sabbath day as this one? I feel
more like working out of doors and shouting for joy, than sitting in
silent admiration, as civilized people are pleased to call it. But I
don't believe they enjoy the beauty one half as much as they would if
they were as free as birds. Oh, anything for me but sitting in the house
so prim and formal saying just such words, as if they had
memorized them, and if you chance to say anything
else, blush as if you had been
caught in the act of stealing Why, Charlie my
darling I believe human beings wander as far from nature as from God.
But you, will say is this from Addie, such a commence- ment for a letter from Addie? I presume that is the fact, does it not
agree with your sentiments? Charlie, You do not know the disappointment I shall
experience if you do not come home when HalliecomesI had stored away so much pleasure for your return, thus it is with life. How
suddenly and cruelly can our brightest hopes be dashed. But I truly
hope thus that hope will rise soon. I saw Mrs.
Benton at a donations party last tuesday evening, and judge of
my surprise when she told me that, her husband recieved a letter from Charlie Tenney.
She told me that she heard from Hal, I asked her, how she heard | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 13 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 1862 February 4 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | Do you know how sweet those three word sound to me? and also how dear? No
wonder I love to linger on these words but I must turn to other
subjects. I must give you an account of my "days works." I have been engaged, (I
think) in a good work to day.. not as noble a work as you are engaged in, but it is the best that I could do. I have
been to the "Soldiers Aid Society" working real hard Do I
hear your approval? Oh: how I wish you could have been there.. It
is really amusing to see old and young gathered in the "Union Hall" for the
benefit of the soldiers. Here in one corner of the "Hall" sits a group of "Mecca
Belles" busily sewing bandages or some garment or
perhaps "scraping lint." I hope you will never
see that, and in another place sits the "young married people" engaged in the same
way, while the olderlaidies are standing over the table and stove
cooking chickens to send to the hospitals, What a dreadful night last night was for
the four "chickees" A perfect massacre Bye the way
Charlie do you not think it a wise idea, that of canning chickens for the sick
soldiers, now when some supplies arrive from
Cleveland for the hospital just "play sick" a little while long
enough to get some "Mecca goodies" But Charlie will not do so will he? dont mind
me this time, Dear Charlie, do you wonder at my little simple letters. Laurie has just been here and she would readit I know just by the smile she had on her face that she thought
there was simplicity enough about this, and perhaps a slight attack of silliness. May
be so but I have tried to make my letters
as cheerful as possible so that you would not get
homesick. Let Laurie look if she wantstoo, do you care? | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 14 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 1862 February 19 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | I can not refrain from penning you a few lines even if my worthy teacher should
censure me for I am now in the schoolroom. So long a time has elapsed since I
have received any thing from you that I fear you are ill. Oh! I had such a strange
dream last night. I shudder even now when I think of it. You are lying ill and
delirious where I could both see and hear you. You calling for me and yet I could not go to you. I struggled long earnestly and in
vain, but there seemed some great obstacle between us which I could not
surmount. And the more aggravating it was that these, were all whom I had ever had
the least feeling of anger toward making me. One thing makes it almost
laughable. Col. Tyler was one of them. I awoke completely
exhausted and - do not laugh, dearest - weeping. Be assured, my darling, there was
no more rest for me. Why bless your dearest. I have not read a letter from you
for two weeks, and it is no wonder that such dreams, as the above come to torture me
when you, before, have written so often. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 15 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 1862 July 17 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | Even to old Mecca your precious letter found its way and how joyfully
I received and read it. Dearest, while reading your noble and true
thoughts I can hardly realize that hun
dreds and hundreds of miles separate us. I seem to see you and
listen to your darling words. your presence seems ever near me
strengthening me to bear this ordeal through which I am passing - our
separation. But I sat down to answer your letter. How sorry I was dear
that you could not obtain a leave of absence. I read the order
prohibitting furloughs - even to the sick
and wounded. I think it too bad Dost wonder dearest that I read it
with a sinking heart. Now Charlie you must be very
very careful in regard to your health for should
you be taken ill, the blessed boon of "coming home" would be refused
and think you I could live knowing that Charlie was ill and suffering :
no never! I am glad that you have some more favorable approximation of
writing for I have missed your welcome letters very much but darling after
g receiving such a reproof I trust I
shall never again be guilty of scolding you even if you do not write
but once a month. Your rebuke was the more affectual because
it was given so quietly but I will try never to
mind one again. Am I not a good girl for promissing so readily ? Wait and see how well I fullfil it. So
be sure darling. I should love to receive the
__ kiss but I should prefer receiving it from a
different motive No, no dearest I do not needlessly suffer on account
of you and Hallie for if you and Hal should be taken away what oh what
would be life ? A wilderness deprived
of all its charms?. Do not call it needless anxiety Oh! what a letter
her Hal wrote me a few days since. He says "Addie", Charlie is very dear to you, so is your brother but rather
than pro- tract this war by a final defeat
at Richmond let us both be found dead on the field and let our last
words be "Onward to Victory and Union!" Why did Hallie write me such a
letter. Ah! how fearfully my heart beat while reading it and it does now.
But I will not dwell on such thoughts. Jesus will spare you darling
and I know God will. I had not heard of Edwin Williams death His pooor
sister Heda ! If she loved him a sincerely as he did her I fear the
knowledge was a fearful blow. While speaking of her I have seen the
tears spring to his eyes and she would be obliged to leave the room
because he would not repress his emotions. How many a noble youth has
fallen while striving to supress this rebellion "I think you are a learned
man is all the answer I shall make in regard to
the remarks you made upon
Catholicism You gave me a beautiful description of the 4th. I believe
I have written once or twice how I spent "When future favors
Charlie will come " When did you not say. "When the coming present favours
you" for the future never comes. Strange that you do not hear from Hal
He tells me that he writes often to you. Laura has answered for herself and
Dora might answer if she would but she she says she does not know whether
she is an idiot or a girl of sense for it is so warm and she attended
a party last evening and feels the effects of it. You wrote me in regards
to Laurie's initiative. Certainly you can have it if she will let you
but you may receive a "No sire" I guess not though. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 17 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 1862 September 10-11 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | Although but two days have passed since I since I last
wrote you yet and as I have not heard from you for so
long a time I am going to give you some more “spoiled paper” You must not act upon the
principle that the longer you neglect writing, the oftener I will
write. for it is a poor principle, You do not know how it grieves me when I do not
hear from you for so long a time. None but Dora understand the sorrowful disappointed look which I can not supress when day
after day the same answer “no letter” reaches me, I can not help at times but feel dejected and despairing, wondering if God does regard the prayer which so often ascends in
behalf of that absent loved one, --my idolized Charlie. But I attach no blame to you darling, because I
know that you write just as often as you can, so don't think I have
forgotten my promise-- to scold you no more. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 18 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 1862 September 15 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | I recd your darling letter several days ago but
have had no opportunity to answer it. I had looked long and how
anxiously for some missive to assure me of your safety and was almost
ready to give up in dispair when the welcome assurance came. I did suffer darling very much but I never for
one instant thought you thoughtless. No. for
I know how often your would write had you had an opportunity that you would
write to me daily could you do so. I trust you can soon remain 24
hours in a place
so you can write me that "much" of
which you spoke, for I must confess I need it to cheer me up a little.
Such a dark and gloomy position is at present presented to our view
that I can not help but partake to some extent of the same nature. I am
glad that your confidence in Gen. McClellan is so unsha ken for here at the north his star is fast- waning.
The defeat of Gen. Pope was attributed to the failure of McClellan to bring
up his troops, and it has been published in the Cleveland Herald that
McClellan's reason's for not bringing his troops up was that that they were
too demoralized to trust them
them on the field. If that was the reason--if our army of Virginia. consisting of hundreds
of thousand of once efficient and brave men. have become demoralized
so that they can not be trusted on a battlefield, then we are truly in
a fearful and destitute situation. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 19 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 25 October 1862 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | Shall I try and interest you for a few moments. this rainy evening?
But I shall not commence my letter quite so “stylish”
as was my darling's last. even if I am a Colonel's sister. I shall not give myself that
little, until I know whether I have a right to it or not.. for Hal. is rather dubious about his being able to get
men enough for his regiment. So many have been drafted, and
although Gov.. Tod. has given drafted men
permission to enlist for three years, yet the most of them think nine
months is not so long a period as three years..
For my part. I am not very particular
about his going into the service again. for we all want him at home.
True. I know that our old Uncle Sam wants just such men as my brother
— Hal. B.. Case but Addie & Laura want him too..
We want Charlie also very
much. but darling, can we have him for a little while this coming
winter? I fear the answer will be this “No Addie you must wait patiently still a
little longer, thy Charlie is too useful to
be spared yet” Have I not waited very patiently and oh. how long for thy return my darling? So you was rejoiced, and congratulate. Hal on his “good fortune” do you dear? Well
as your congratulations came through my letter. I suppose it becomes
me to thank you, which I heartily do.. I could inform Lt. Col. Asper that the military committee did not have
very much to do about selecting
Case
“after he had that rupture with Tyler.” It was Gov.. Tods own offer.. Hal.
at first declined and even now says he is willing but not anxious to | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 20 | Author: | Case, Adelaide E. | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, November 9, 1862 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | I am going to try and write you a cheerful letter
to day. I say cheerful, and
mind you if it is not, it is no fault of
mine. You will conclude and
rightly that I have had a dread- ful. (please excuse the division of that word)
attack of the “blues” You
will now wish to know the cause. Well, as you are my confidante I will tell you. The first; (you wont tell
any-body?) I have not heard one word from C. M. Tenney, for almost
two weeks. (listen now) and
when he last wrote me, he was not
able to go with the regt. I do so hope
he is not so ill as not to be able to write to — to —
Addie But what does it mean. He is
always so prompt in writing when he is not well. Can not you tell me where he is. and how? If you can
I shall be a thousand times obliged. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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