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4 pp.
April 7, 1862
Letter from Charles N. Tenney to Adelaide E. Case
Tenney comments on the atrocity of warfare, frustration about undependable postal
service, previous correspondence, and concern about the spread of disease. He
recounts recent events in which he has found inspiration: canned food delivered
to the sick by the Soldiers Aid Society; a religious service with a reading from
Proverbs 23: 32, a provocative sermon from Chaplain B. Wright, and the singing
of "Hail, Columbia!," "A Charge to Keep I Have," and "Bonny Doon"; and
recreational reading of Pope's translation of The Iliad and a
speech by Union General Carl Shurg, printed in a newspaper that Adelaide E. Case
sent to him previously.
