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The following transciption of letters written by Albert J. Hopping to a Miss Ada Carter are courtesy of Phil Phalen and the Gowanda (NY) Area Historical Society. Thank you Phil!

Morrow, O. July 6th, 1861
Miss Ada Carter
Highly Esteemed friend

I hope you will excuse my delinquency in in corresponding as uncontrolable circumstances prevented while here. Ada I would like to see you verry well but as it is I can not for a while. I am enjoying good health. I hope these few lines will find you enjoying the same. I know there has been times that I might have written to you. I am sorry to say that I have neglected my duty.

Ada I have formed an acquaintance with many young ladies whitch I have enjoyed my self with verry mutch.

Ada I spent the fourth of July in Muncie. It was a verry dry fourth to me. I would liked to had some of the young ladies and jents from Ohio with me.

My sister some times tells me that I am homesick whitch I would deny to her. I know that I have spent many happy knights with you. I would like to spend those knights again. My brother has gone home. I am left all alone.

Ada when I left you I said nothing about writing. I suppose you think I have forgotten you but I have not. Ada I will be at home against the first of September or perhaps before. Hoping this will find you in the enjoyment of health and prosperity and that I will hear from you soon. I remain

Affectionately yours

Mr. A. J. Hopping

My address is
Smithfield deleware Co
Indiana
Smithfield Deleware Co
Indiana

Right to me soon
My dearest Ada

Give my love to
All the Girls

Camp Gurley Oct 27th 1861

Miss Ada Carter

Respected Friend

I have sit down to spend a fiew moments in wrighting to you that you may once more heare from one as an affectionate lover. It is verry pleasant indeed to heare from an affectionate friend or lover but I must say this has not been the case with me as I have received no letters from you. Wheather you have forgotten me or not I cannot say but I hardly think this is the case.

Ada – Mr. George ________ visited our camp. It seemed as thought he did not like camp life. He seemed to think the vituals was unclean whitch this is oftimes the case but soldiers cant expect any thing else.

Ada on last evening on perrade we was presented with some fine company flags and one verry fine regimental flag. Col. Kennett says this flag cost sixty dollars.

Ada they are making great preparations to leave this camp. I think we will leave this camp in fifteen days for St. Louis. There has been several in this camp that has been quite unwell but for myself my health has been verry good indeed.

Ada I do not know wheather I will get to come home once more or not but if I can arrange it so I will be at home next Friday evening. If so I will call.

See you on Saturday evening but you need not make any great expectations on seeing me on that evening for I do not know wheather I can come home or not.

Ada as I must now prepare for dress perrade I will now close. I give you my love forever.

Yours Respectfully.

Mr. A. J. Hopping

Camp Gurley
Cumminsville
Hamilton Co
Ohio
In the care of Captain Robie

Camp Chase, Ohio March 5th / 63

Miss Ada Carter

My young Friend

Your letter of the 28th inst came to hand and I was glad to hear from you and I have now sit down to spend a fiew moments in writing to you to let you know that I am well and enjoying myself verry mutch as pressent, but my answer will be verry short as I have nothing of importance to tell you.

Ada I received your kind letter to day. I have not yet give your love to Nick as you requested me to for he has gone to town. His father and mother is at Columbus. They come up to see their Son at the Asilum. Nick's father and his brother was out here this morning and Nick went back with them so I shall give him your love when he returns to camp.

Ada I should like verry mutch to call on you but you need not look for me until you see me, so give my love to all enquiring friends if any sutch there be and remit the same your self. I now close hoping to hear from you verry soon.

Ever Yours

Mr. A. J. Hopping

Fayetteville Tenn. July 29th / 63

Dear Ada

Your kind and most welcome letter come to hand and was read with mutch pleasure. I received it on the morning of the fourth of July near deckers station Tenn.

Ada it has been some time since I received your letter but as I have had no oppertunity of writing to you sooner, you will excuse me for we have been on the march since the twenty fourth of June. We marched to Huntsville Alabama, then to Whitesburg. We stayed there one knight. I was on picket there. We had several shots at the rebels on the opisite side of the river, but as the Tennessee river is about one thousand yards wide, there was no one hurt on either side. We then returned to Huntsville and camped there for one day. We then marched down the river to Athens and camped there for two days, then we started to march back to Tenn. We first come to Elkton and camped for the knight then we marched to Pulaski which place looked familiar to me. We then marched to this point where I expect we will stay for several days.

Ada we have had some fine times since we started from Murfreesboro and some very hard times for it rained for thirteen days in succession. So owing to the weather what writing material we had with us was all spoild or I should have wrote to you sooner.

Ada I exspect you are all having good times up there. I understand they selebrated the fourth at Lebanon. I selebrated that day near deckers station Tenn. You can guess we had a gay old time for we had been out of rations for three days so we had to live on what we could press from the citizens which was not mutch but as our supply trains have come up we are now living fine. Nick visited … [DIFFICULT TO READ, WRITTEN ON FOLD] … his life. The boys are all enjoying good health. For my part I never had my health better than I have now.

Well Ada I hear that there has been great excitement up there about Morgan. For my part I was glad to hear of Morgans raid in Ohio for I think it will learn the butter nuts a lesson through the country where he went for I hear that he showed no mercy tord any one.

My dear Ada I believe that I will close for the pressent hoping this will find you in good health and enjoying yourself verry mutch. Ada give my respects to all inquiring friends if any sutch there be. Now if I have said anything to wound your feelings I hope you will excuse me. Hoping that we shall meet soon I still remain your friend.

Ever yours.

Verry Respectfully.

Mr. A. J. Hopping

Direct as before to Murfreesboro Tenn. Good Bye.

Nashville Tenn Oct 11th / 63

Miss Ada

To fulfil the prommice that I made in my last letter I will now write you a fiew lines to let you know that I am now at Nashville and injoying myself pretty well.

Well Ada as I expect to have been here soon to join the regt I thought that I would write and tell you, if you pleased to direct your letter to the regt by the way of Murfreesboro.

I was over to see the boys in the seventy ninth the other day. They are all well at preasent I believe. I have not heard any particular news from the regt. but I beleave that they are now near Huntsville Alabama. Well we have had considerable of rain here within a fiew days but it is now verry nice and pleasent.

Well Ada I expect you are all having fine times up there. I think that this time next year will release me from this infernal war, but as I have nothing of importance to write you this time I will now close. Please excuse this scribling for my pen is poor and I do not feel like writing to day. Please write soon.

Ever Your Friend.

A. J. Hopping

Nashville, Tenn. Mar 21st / 64

Miss Ada Carter

Dear Friend,

With mutch pleasure I now spend a fiew moments in writing to you to let you know that I am well at present and enjoying myself quite well.

Dear Ada when I last visited you I beleave I told you that I was going to start that morning but I did not leave lebanon until that evening. I stayed at denison that knight. The next evening we left the city for dixy. We landed at Nashville on Thursday evening. We are now camped one mile west of town. We have a very fine camp and the boys enjoy themselvs very well generaly.

Well Ada the new recruits are a drilling. I have not been on duty yet. Yesterday I was detailed to go to lexington Ky, for to ship horses to the front. Corwin is to go along a long but I am not sertain that we will go for I have heard some talk of the order being countermanded but I hope not. I think that I should like to spend a month or two up there in Ky, but I would prefur spending the time in Ohio with my dear friend Ada, whom I have spent many happy and plesant hours with. Oh! how often have I thought of her whose presence makes me the happiest of men and how I should like to enjoy her company this evening, but Alas, I am doomed to disapointment but I trust there is a better day a coming.

Friend Ada, as there is nothing to write that would be likely to interest you I will now close hoping this will find you quite well and [next line cut out]

I still remain your ever dear Friend.

Truly.

A. J. Hopping

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Co. A. 4th O.V.C.
Nashville
Tenn.
Mr. A. J. Hopping

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