| | 101 | Author: | 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. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 102 | Author: | 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. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 107 | Author: | 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, | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 108 | Author: | Tenney, Charles | Add | | | Title: | Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 25 November 1862 | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | The Corinne Carr Nettleton Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Nettletoncivilwarletters | | | | Description: | Does my chirography look familiar to you? or has it been so long since you had the
pleasure of seeing a specimen that you fail? But I have just recieved two darling letters from you dated Nov. 9th
& 16th, in both of which you complain of not recieving
a letter from “Charley” fortwo-three
weeks. I do not wonder that you begin to feel alarmed about him, but calm your
fears my love, I am neither dead nor changed, & I am enjoying better health
than I have for three weeks past, and am steadily gaining, so that I think there is
no immediate danger of my demise nor consignment to the Hospital.— I must
apologize for not writing within the past week as I promised to do.— We
have changed the Pro Marshal, and with the change came a great
deal of work for
“us four clerks”, and we have had to keep
hard at work from dawn of day until half past ten at night.
Thus you see but very little time for letter
writing remained for us. Will you not pardon me
under the circumstances? | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 111 | Author: | Booker, James, 1840-1923 | Add | | | Title: | Letter to Chloe Unity Blair, fragment, n.d. [a machine-readable
transcription] | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bookerletters | | | | Description: | James Reynolds sends his best respects to you,
I was verry sorry to hear that my sweetheart
was about to leave me, to hunt for another one in such a time as
this,
tho if she sees eny body
that she likes better than she does me she can have my concent to take him, and I will go another way, | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 112 | Author: | Booker, James, 1840-1923, and Blair, A. | Add | | | Title: | Letter to Chloe Unity Blair with inclusion from A. Blair [a
machine-readable transcription] | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bookerletters | | | | Description: | I have no doubt
But what you think by my long silence that I have
forgoten
you
tho
Ill have you to know thatsuchis not thecase I have bin waiting to find out whare we
had to be stationed we are at
winchester,
now I dont know how long
weel have to stay here, I
am in hopes that we will stay here for some time,
we have elegant water and a plenty of it, and a
plenty of good
pervision so far, and a fine chance of
beutyful young Ladies, and the kind est that I ever saw in my life, and the most
beautiful Country that I ever saw thay have
fine Crops over here, and not
mutch
likely hood of a fight the
yankeys
has gone back to
martainsburg
and it is thought if we get them we will have to go after
them,
a young man that belong to our
Regement got shot yesterday eavening
accedently, and died this eavening the young man that shot him is a
bout to greve him self to deth about it
Thay are both from
martinburg
I dont know neither of them, | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 113 | Author: | Booker, James, 1840-1923 | Add | | | Title: | Letter to Chloe Unity Blair | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bookerletters | | | | Description: | I received your kind letter last eavning which
gave me great releaf I had not
hird from home
in nearly a month I had concluded
that you all had forgoten us intirely I told the boys if my relation wanted to hear from
me thay would have to write to me for I had
writen three letters to thare one, and if thay
would not write to me, I
w
I would not write to them,
tho I will excuse you for this time if you will
not do so eny more, | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 115 | Author: | Booker, James, 1840-1923 | Add | | | Title: | Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription] | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bitnerletters | | | | Description: | I received your kind and interrestingletter a few days ago, I was
verry
glad to hear from you all and also to hear from my
sweat hearts I wan to
see them verry bad indeed tho I dont think thare is eny chance for me to git a
furlow, the
Col[1] has promised to let the married men got home when he gets in to
winterquarters, I hird this morning that our Regiment was going to move to
Gainesville this week to fix thar
winter quarters, that is about 12
miles from here back to wards
Wincher ter
rite on the Rail Road[2]
I expect to stay here until
thay get fixed up, and then
thay will move the bag
age to the Regiment I like
ve
to stay here verry
well I get extra pay and have a lighter task
than I would if I were at the Regiment
[3] | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 118 | Author: | Booker, John, 1840-1864 | Add | | | Title: | Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription] | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bitnerletters | | | | Description: | I have bin long in tenden
write en to you, an
to night
I will tri
an
rite you a few lines in order to let you no how we
are, I am as well as I could exspet
to be under the present sercum stances,
Jimey is quite sick & have bin for the last week,
I dont
no
whats the mater with
him, he have weekened
down as
fast for the last week as I ever saw any one, he
dont eat
any thing
scercely
a tall,
he seems to be restin very
well to night he
dont
complain
but very little, tho I am a
fread
he is a go ing to have a bad spell
I wouldent
be grug
nothen if he wer at
home whare he could
be tended too
beter,
[2]
Fleman,
Grigary
[3]
is quite sick
he has the fe- ver,
they are sevrel more of the
boys complaining, the most of them has the mumps,
Sirous
Burnet[4] a
member of our com pany
dide last week,
Mr, Faris
[5]
expects to start home with Bilia
this week,
Nathanial Robertson
[6]
& Neal gilbert
[7] left here a few days a go, to go
to the harse pittle they expected to get furloughs to go home
from thare,
Clifton Pinick
[8] got here yes
tid day, your letter come to hand in
due time, I wer glad to
here that you wer all well,
Jimey told me to tel you that
he would have ritten to you before now
but he was not
able, | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 120 | Author: | Booker, James, 1840-1923 | Add | | | Title: | Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription] | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bookerletters | | | | Description: | I write you
afew lines to let you know whare
we are, we are on the out
post
the yankees are shooting at our men constantly
tho it is very cildom
thay hit eny of them, thay havent
shot but one man in our Regiment he was shot thursday, the he was shot in chin, his
name was T
Tucker[1]
be long
ing to Capt
Carters
Company, thay was a battle faught
here last weorsday eavening
thay
a good maney killed on boath sides
tho a great maney more on the
enimys
side than thay was on ours
we was not in the ingagement
theyankees sent a flag of truse
this eavning to berry thar dead,
ifthay we have a general ingage ment
here I think it will settle the
war for the best of the two
armys is here, the yankee prisners
that our men have taken say that
thay have got to whip or die here, and I
thay will have to die at least I hope so, | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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