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41Author:  Tenney, Charles N.Add
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 1862 Jan 18  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Your favor of the 12th inst. is at hand, and I have made it a rule to answer promptly all letters from my Addie consequently I now apply myself to the very pleasant task of addressing a few lines to you.
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42Author:  Tenney, Charles N.Add
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 1862 Jan 30  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Conflicting emotions have tossed me about, all unmindful of my poor heart, fairly disturbing my rest at night, until to day. To add to my trials, my best friend, and brother, Hal. yesterday started for home. How sad I felt! But I could not bear to pain his noble heart, so I strove to appear cheerful. I did not send even a line to you, by him , something restrained me--told me I should soon recieve a letter from you--. and I could not-- dare not write in my. (then) unhappy state of mind. True enough, when the mail arrived this morning, a letter came for Hal. My heart told me, that in that envelope was a letter for me. Lieut. Boisbine, for me, opened it and my heart was gladdened. Your letter found me well, and made me happy. I say "happy." Hope was infused into my heart, and with Hope comes Happiness.
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43Author:  Tenney, Charles N.Add
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 1862 February 23  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Now that you are here before me, can we not have a few moments quiet "tete a tete," all by our selves? How does my darling Addie manage to pass away the weary monotonous hours which seem to lag merely to annoy us? In singing, sleighing, and having "good times" I suppose. I think I never saw time pass as wearily, as it does here. It is a joyous time when the mail comes in, and plenty of letters come for us. but then my day does not come more than once a week. & sometimes it passes over without my getting any. How glad I was, when Cap Asper gave me your letter yesterday, I can not tell you. You may imagine my surprise, and gratification on percieving that it contained your miniature. I can only thank you now, and hope that I may come home soon and repay you better. But it is not one quarter as pretty as the original, but it serves to assure me that you love me, and I ought to be very grateful.
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44Author:  Tenney, Charles N.Add
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 1862 February 28  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Your longed for letter came to hand tonight, and now I can resort to my favorite pasttime - There! Dont that look fine with 2 ts? this evening, that of writing, also my duty in answering your kind letter. Perhaps you would like to know what part of your letter interested me most. I will tell you. I was gratified to know that my rehearsal of my past life, strengthened you confidence in me, which I never doubted. before.
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45Author:  Tenney, Charles N.Add
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 2 March 1862  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: I am going to write you a funny letter, in the form of a Diary. hoping it will interest you, and to give you a slight notion, as to how we live while on an expidition of this kind
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46Author:  Tenney, CharlesAdd
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 3 March 1862  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Imagine my happy surprise this evening on receiving another delightful missive from your own heart -- in fact another "Angel's visit." Indeed, your letters are happily received, and nothing could give me more pleasure -- except -- avisit to the dear little author
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47Author:  Tenney, CharlesAdd
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 21 March 1862 & 28 March 1862  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Imagine, if you can my joyful surprise, on arriving in from Strasburg, Pa- was the fact of my having four letters. "In luck", said I upon opening them I found three good long letters from Addie two notes from Laurie and one good letter from Gail. "It never rains, but pours" is an old adage, and if true, I may expect some other good fortune soon, I am at a loss to know how to answer your triple favor, and my perplexity increases when I note the multitudinous(horrors! what a long word!)subjects to write about. I guess I will confine myself to writing that which contains no public interest reserving that for the "Chron". Firstly the "grand move" is much followed up, and is nearly at a "level", and notwithstanding the 7th was included, we are all safe. My health is excel lent and trust it will continue so. Gen. Shields with his entire command moved on the 18th toward Strasburg. Ha ha! Aint I fortunate? Moore just came in with the mail, and two more letters came for "Chas N. Tenney."/ from the other from N. J. Braden of Gustavus
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48Author:  Tenney, CharlesAdd
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 7 April 1862  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: I know you must be very anxious to know the reason why I do not oftener write to you, but much as I would love to have constant correspondence with you, even daily, yet it seems as if the "fortunes of War", or something else, are against me; Every day since I wrote last—(the last of March2) I have inquired if letters could be sent, and invariably received a negative answer. But I have grown impatient at the delay, so write, hoping to see some one I know, going to Win= chester3, with whom I can send this and thus,"run the Blockade".
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49Author:  Tenney, CharlesAdd
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 9 April 1862  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Perhaps I am placing myself in a position liable to censure, in apply- ing endearing terms to you - but when I say "My precious Addie," I feel it from the depth of my heart. Used as I have always been, to being repelled and scorned by those who should have loved, to have the assurance that there is one who loves me, it is not at all strange that I should be some- what "outré" in my "addresses". Had it been otherwise with me, I might perhaps be a little more reserved in my expressions, but I feel that my Addie will pardon this seeming break of etiquette.
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50Author:  Tenney, Charles N.Add
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, September 21st, 1862  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Ere this reaches you, the telegraph will have informed you of the great battle of the 17 th , at Sharpsburg and you will be painfully anxious to learn the fate of your Charlie. Through the mercy of the"God of battles," as heretofore, I came through perfectly safe. To your prayers, precious one, I owe my safety. Day before yesterday, I recieved two letters from you, dated Aug 31 st & Sept. 8 th and Sept. 10 th , one enclosing a note from Dora, and I need not tell you that they were recieved with pleasure, for you already know how I prize your letters. But I owe you an explanation for not writing oftener than I have for the past month, and will give it now. If you have recieved the letters I wrote from near Georgetown and near Rockville, you will have seen why I did not write while on the Rappahannock. The day I wrote you last. we marched some eight miles, and with the exception of two days when it rained. (and we had no shelter.) have been marching or doing some duty equally laborious, thus putting it completely beyond any power to write— part of the time, even in my diary.
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51Author:  Tenney, Charles N.Add
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 25 September 1862  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Here I am once more in Virginia-- again on sacred soil. Not only in Va. but way up on the Blue Ridge, where the very clouds are often under our feet. It would be very pleasant, if it were not for two very serious drawbacks.-- It is quite cold, and we have to go down the mountain half a mile for water, There is a kind of Block house up here, from which and we have a splendid view of the surrounding country, particularly to the north and west. We can see the church-spires of Martinsburg with the aid of a field glass.- 21 miles distant and were it not for intervening hills and forest we could see Winchester. Away as far as the eye can reach the Alleghenies raise their lofty peaks, far above the heights of North Mountain and the Shenandoah Mountains both of which intervene. As far as romance goes, this is by far the most interesting place we have been in.
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52Author:  Tenney, Charles N.Add
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 26 September 1862  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Very many days have elapsed since I last indited a letter to you, but you have been by no means forgotten, but while we have been tramping over the hills and vales of "sacred Virginia," and "Maryland, my Maryland," my mind has often wandered away up "where the water tastes like ile," and delighted itself in calling up hours never to be forgotten. But this is not telling you why I have not sooner written. Since we evacuated Cullpepper on the 19th of August, until we came to this point, (the 23d inst.) we have been constantly engaged in all the duties and troubles of an arduous cam- paign. When the rebels performed that astounding feat of outflanking the seat of war itself, we lay in a state of fancied security on the Rappahannock, never dreaming that two weeks later we would be fighting in Maryland, yet the deed was accomplished, and even Fredericktown a union city was invested and infested by a subtle and cunning foe. Of course, Maryland must be liberated, and who should do it, but the "Splendid Army of Va." Thus by a series of "forced marches," adroit escapes from a surrounding enemy, and "brilliant reconnoissances," we were transferred over into MD. hitherto to be known as "Capital defense army," and we have accomplished the task. — Maryland is free from rebel tread, though pol- luted by rebel dead. We have fought the battles of South Mountain and Sharpsburg, and the rebel army went out of Maryland 40,000 weaker than it entered. We — our Corps d'armee - occupy Loudon Heights below the far famed town of Harper's Ferry, and from the elevated position we occupy. we naturally feel above common people.
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53Author:  Tenney, Charles N.Add
 Title:  Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 1862 November 13  
 Published:  2001 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: I recieved your charming letter of the 2d just as I was taking my letter of the 9th to the office and I thought I would wait and answer it. But, Addie mine, I had no idea of waiting six days ere attending to that important and not unpleasant duty — but my health was in such a state — that I was unable to attend to "office duties." But lest I frighten you, I will tell you all — just as it really was — I had a slight attack of Liver Complaint which troubled me some, but I am recovering from it now — not in my fancy — but really getting well — I am somewhat thinner and weaker than I was, but that might have been expected — During the entire time, I have remained in the office — so you see I have not been "dangerous" by any means. I should not have been so explicit, but you are so fearful I half conceal the real truth, but my darling rest assured I can conceal nothing from you — which I know you so wish to know,
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