Camp 10th Mich Infty 
		Near Rossville, Georgia 
		Jan 15th, 1864
 
Dear Mother 
		I received 
your letter dated Nov 29th
 and was very glad to hear 
from you. I wrote to you on 
the 11th I believe. 
		Nearly the 
whole regiment is going 
in to the Veteran Corp’s.
 There is 45 men in our 
company going. I have not 
made up my mind whether 
I shall go into it or not yet 
but I think that it is the 
best thing an unmarried 
man can do we are to get 
the furlough and the same 
bounty as other regiments 
have had that is we 
get our old hundred dollars 
bounty for our first enlistment 
and four hundred and 
two dollars for this enlistment 
and thirty-days furlough 
and uther thirty- or sixty- 
days in the State to recruit 
Those that do not go will 
be put in the 14th Mich 
if I go as I now think I 
will you will see me in 
about three weeks at any 
rate you will see the 
regiment. The cars came 
in to Chattanooga today 
There is nothing going on here 
Now  every thing is all quiet. 
I will tell you mother how 
it is with one about going 
into the Veterans you see 
if the regiment goes in 
I should not like to be 
left behind and then 
be stuck into another 
regiment where I am 
     not aquainted and 
expecialy the 14th for they 
are all Irish and a mean 
set of fellows to besure there 
is Nick Devereaux and Ed Murphy 
from Marshall but I do 
not think much of 
them you remember Nick 
telling something about me 
that was not so when he 
was at home I have not 
forgot yet. It is geting late 
and I must stop writing. 
Give my love to Father & 
Georgy and believe me your 
affectionate son 
		William Bostock 
I forgot to tell you that I 
received the three postage 
stamps much obliged to 
you W.B.