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Letter from Adelaide E. Case to Charles N. Tenney, 12 October 1861

Are your thoughts

wandering afar off to some
absent friend, this cold
and cloudy sabbath, wonderind
why she does not write?
I imagine that your thoughts
are such, and therefore I
will try to relieve your
mind I recievid your welcome [?]
letter written at Charleston
last wendesday. We also read
one from Hal the same day
How very dull Mecca is
this fall. I can scarcely
con tent myself. But I

this ugly war will not
last long for it causes
many very many lonely hearts
stories inM. as well as
at other places Your inquires
of James Beebe to Stephen Bishop.
Mr Beebe has gone to York State. He is not liked out
of Camp much better than
in, as for myself I can
scarcely tolerate his presence
I almost avoid him with
a feeling of strong antipathy
(but of course would not express
my feelings this plainly to
all and ought I to you
As for Mr. B. I am not much
acquainted with him. I
have also heard that he
did not care for his
family. There has been
a rumor that he was
shot on picket duty but
have not heard the particu
lars. Dora sits here. I neglected
to tell you that I am at her
home, a pleasant, precise
smile lighting up her
countenance and as good as
ever Charley if you knew
her, you could not help but
love her. she is a dangerous
little girl around
heart. If it were not for
her I would be very lonesome
indeed. The clouds have been
threatening rain for the past
three days, and what makes
it still more aggravating
it seems to be as
far off as at first.

When is Hal coming
home, or do you not know
when he comes of course you
will accompany him

Oh, Charlie I had such a
sweet dream last night of
vision passed before my eyes
so real with such dreamy
blue eyes, when I essayed to
clasp with a vainly-eager longing
the vision, it departed, I awoke
and with bitter tears at
its departing as I would
to see that face vanish
from reality. Can you tell
what that vision indicated

You wrote of the conduct

of your sister and ask
what I would do. Why Charlie
I am not acquainted with
the feelings exhibiting between
your the members of your
family. It must be a
sorrowing and chilling thoug[ht]
that your sister does not
care for you. But dear friend
conduct your-self as your honest
heart prompts you and if
she does not love you, she
must be hard hearted indeed[.]
Best perhaps you will
call me presumptious[.]

How is Seth. Coon. He
is in the seventh. Regt. yet
is he not. His brother Chaun.

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