No 2
		      Camp Sherman
			March 2d, 1863

Dear Mother
	         I received your letter
Thursday, 19th [inst?]. Also the three
papers, for which I am truly 
thankful. You speak as if you
had heard of my being sick a mis-
take. I assure you I am healthier
now than I have been for 18 months.
As for being discouraged, that will
come on one once in a
while, notwithstanding his best
efforts to keep it off. Your letter before
the last I confess worried me some
at the time. It was natural it
should. But “Time at least sets 
all things even.”
    “There never yet was human power
That could evade, if unforgiven
The nightly march & vigil[s?] long
Of him who measures up a wrong”
    You ask me to write to him. I can-

not forget the past, if I would
    The feeling of discouragement in
the Army is fast being dispelled by
the passage of the Conscription bill.
Gen Hookers way of doing business is
cheering.
    The late Northern papers I am
sorry to say show no signs of
the  diminution of the Copperhead
sentiment. almost open rebellion
in some of the Northern States.
The country is in the midst of
an awful crisis, and if a 
reaction does not come
soon, we had better give up.
But it cannot be that sentiments
like those expressed by [illegible in original] are
very generally entertained in
Michigan. We need not rely
on the soldiers for aid or
counsel. Discouraged as many
are, they will fight to the 
end

As for the condition of this regi-
ment, do not worry, for if
you compare it with that of
many of the other Michigan regi-
ments in the field, you will see
that we are not the worst off
by any means.
    Samuel Durand cannot
tell why he dont hear from
[hom.?], especially about some
money he sent. He says he has
written five letters since receiving
one.
    I am afraid I shall not be 
able to get my picture taken
next pay day, for this reason:
We have moved 7 miles from 
when we were when I wrote
you last, to Kenner, and no
officers or men are allowed to 
go to New Orleans.
    You have probably heard before
this of Farragut’s passing the bat-

tery at Port Hudson with the
loss of the Mississippi.

			Your affectionate son
			          Henry Bostock
Mrs. Maria Bostock








		Mrs. Maria Bostock