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American Civil War.- A.L.s. from Jonathan Beatty of the Ohio 13th Regiment of Infantry to his wife and child, in original envelope addressed in ink manuscript, 1f. folded sheet with embossed crown device to upper left corner, horizontal folds, short closed tears, very faint even browning, a very little staining and soiling, envelope soiled, stamp excised but traces of ink postmark, 8vo, addressed and dated "Camp 7 miles East of | Murfreeboro Stone | River Ford | Tenn | May 1st 1863". ⁂Jonathan Beatty (?1827-?) enlisted 18th August 1862, wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, discharged 20th May 1865. Among its many engagements during the war, the 13th Regiment saw service at the Battle of Stone's River. The letter concerns, first, the receipt of other correspondence and the whereabouts of money sent to Beatty's brother Henry. Beatty notes the discharge of a comrade 'Haron' and the sickness affecting another, named 'Sam Baker'. He remarks on the pleasant climate in the camp, and wishes he could remain "...all sumer | or till the war is ended or my time out"; he states that he enjoys the abundance of corn and of clover. Of the war Beatty writes: "[T]he report is here that old | Brag or Johnston is south | 20 miles of Murfreeboro | with one hundred thousand | men and is a going to tact | us so we dont know what | Day he will a tact us | we have orders to be ready at a moments notice. I suppose that he will be a | long some time be fore long | as we expect a big battle | it a Pears that the rebs | are all moving up | this way. Tha want to give | General Rosencranze | a nother trial. I hope if tha come that | old Rose will clean them | all out of Tenesee | and sho them no Quarter a tal". The envelope is addressed: "Mrs Caroline Beaty | Massillon Stark County | Ohio | Box 413".