Camp 10th Mich. V.V. Infty 
	Near Kenasaw Mountain 
		June 21st, 1864 

	Dear Mother 
		         Since I wrote 
to you last we have driven 
the Rebels about two miles. 
They are now on the top of 
Kenasaw Mountain and we 
lay at the foot of it. Our Regt 
was on the skirmish line 
yesterday there was two men wound-
ed out of Co I none out of our 
Company this morning there was 
one man wounded in Co H 
also Leiut Wheeler of Co E this 
is his second wounded he 
was wounded at Buzzards Roost 
the Rebs can shoot right down 
on to us we have to build 
barricades in front of our 
tents and cover them with 
brush. I worked nearly all night 
last night building one in 


front of mine. The Rebs have 
not used much artillery in 
this Campaign, yesterday they 
opened a battery on the 
mountain and our men 
comenced to shell them
it was the heavyest cannonading 
I ever heard I should think 
that there was no less than 
fourty discharges a minnit
we soon silenced their battery
This morning we can see them 
throwing up fortification
our batterys throw a shell 
up there once in a while 
and then you ought to see 
them skedaddle behind their 
works. There is a good many 
of our men wounded by our 
own shells although it is 
no fault of the gunners or 
the guns it is the ammunition 
not being good. We have not 

drawed any pay yet nor I do 
not think we will untill 
this campaign is over. We 
get a plenty of rations but we 
cannot get any toback tobacco. 
I don't know whether you can 
read this or not I have a very 
poor pen and my hand 
shakes terribly I have not heard 
from Georgy yet give my love 
to Father and believe me 
your affect son 
		William Bostock 
WB.