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Letter from Charles Tenney to Adelaide E. Case, 13 August 1862

I embrace the first oppertunity
I have to write you to apease you of my perfect
safety. You have heard of the great battle of
the 9th and must be anxious to learn of my fate.
I escaped without a scratch, and am grateful to
God for his mercy. I knew when I wrote you
last that when an engagement should seem that
we should be sent to the front. but I could not
tell you, for I knew you would suffer so much
on my account. Now that the battle is over,
the rebels in full retreat and only 104 104 men
left in the noble old 7th I can tell you. Gen.
Pope said he wanted Tyler's Brigade (now Geary's)
in the front “to set an example to the eastern troops”
and nobly has the example been set.

Our Regt went into the fight 290 strong, &
came out with 104. went in with 32
and came out with 18. Malcolm Eckinshead, Calvert
Miller, Wm McClung and Bryson xxx were killed

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Perhaps I own my safety to Col. xxx and Lieut.-
xxx. after I had fired about 12 rounds, they came to
me and ordered me to xxx off the Col's. horse (xx xxx)
which was wounded. I did not want to go, but the
Col. said he could not trust the horse with a wounded
man, and that I must go, so I came off the field unhurt.

I cannot bear to give you the details in this letter but
will in my next. George XXX was slightly hurt
in the head, but not dangerously

I recieved two letters from you on the 11th which
I will answer tonight or tomorrow. Until now I
could not get a piece of paper, or any other stationary,. or
I would have written sooner. XXX recieved a letter
from xxx. I have written her, and she has recieved
it. But we have orders to move on so I must
close for a while. Our Brigade is xxx in xxx,
and will not have to take the front again. and I
think we will not have to fight for a long time again
at least I hope not.

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Remember me to Dora. Has she xxx
my letter?

May God help you and preserve you
is the prayer of your devoted

Charley

I send you a little xxx I recieved from xxx
this evening, which will tell you how bad as xxx hurt,
They have moved the xxx of our Co Lo xxx
so I have not seem them.

I send you a few xxx from the
Baltimore xxx.

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