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1Author:  Case, Adelaide E.Add
 Title:  Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 1862 May 16  
 Published:  2004 
 Subjects:  The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters 
 Description: Who would have thought when I wrote you last that more than a week would elapse before I should write you again. But how fast time does fly. I know you will forgive me darling for you know how little time a teacher gets to write especially where they "board around." I should have written sunday but I attended church both in the daytime and evening and between the meetings I wrote to Hal. I recieved your letter of the 11th and 22nd of April last evening. Laura forwarded them from Mecca Had I not heard from you since then I should be real anxious for you wrote that you was not well, but I can hardly conceal my anxiety now for I have recieved but one letter from you since I commenced my school with the exception of the one I read last eve. You are not ill are you dearest? I feel confident that you would let me know if you were. (I am writing in such a hurry this morning as it is almost school time) I was very thankful for your lettersalthough written so long ago, besides one from Laurie accompaniament there Indecent (how correct that is spelled) Dear Charlie you seem to be quite eloquent in your praises of your "Ohio girl" I do not blame miss Rice for replying to you that I was not pretty, for I too think you must look with a partial eye, for I can trace no expressions of beauty in my ugly phyg. although I — don't try much. I dont see how she could "hate Yankees" after conversing with you, I would not. Yes darling I am proud of it, I mean that I am a Yankee, and if you should ever see her again please tell her "that the Yankee girls" would not only sacrifice home friends, dear friends but even lie to protect their country and their flag. Oh Charlie how I should love to see a regt of ladies armied equipped and ready for battle, but that we must remain at home and donate a little to the "Aid society," every week while our friends and protectors fall and die alone with no friend near. Oh it makes me so indignant. But what could we do? Do! we could fight, fight like patriots as we are, but perhaps you will say you guess our patriotism would cool down by the time we march one or two thousand miles, strong if it unclear!
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