This undated letter was written by John R. Beaty while in Confederate military service in Georgetown District, South Carolina to his wife (Melvina) in Conwayborough, South Carolina. The letter contains his prediction of what is going to happen militarily in that part of coastal South Carolina within the next 20 days. The letter was written in late 1861 or early 1862.
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