Camp 10th Mich. Infty 
	Near Kenasaw Mountain 
	June 24th, 1864 

	Dear Mother 
			I received 
your letter dated May 12th 
last night and was very glad 
to hear from you. Tom Holton 
arrived to the regiment night 
before last  he had been three 
weeks on the road he came 
through from Chattanooga with 
a drove of beef cattle. The Rebs 
opened their batterys on the hill 
day before yesterday several of 
their shells struck into our 
breastworks one man in Co. C. 
was wounded with a piece of 
one of them yesterday our 
batterys opened on them and 
I should judge that they made 
it quite hot for the Rebs 
by the way the dirt flew

out of their earth works about 
five oc1ock in the 
afternoon they opened again 
and then you better beleive 
there was fun. Since I wrote 
to you last we have had three 
men in the regiment wounded
but they are all doing well 
We are going on to the skirmish 
line again to night, the 14th 
was on yesterday they had 
several men hurt but I do 
not know how many. We 
lay so near the foot of the 
hill that the Rebs cannot 
depress there artillery enough 
to do us much damage 
so they throw their shells 
at troops laying behind us. 
We heard very heavy cannonading 
on our right all day yesterday
I guess old Joe Hooker has been 
stirring them up as he is

on the right. Our Corps is in 
the center. The Rebs have not 
fired a gun off of the hill this 
morning our batterys throw a shell 
up their once in a 
while but cannot get no reply 
The weather is terrible hot at 
present. You should direct all 
your letters to Chattanooga no 
matter where we are they will 
come to us as there is a genaral 
distributing office there. I cannot 
think of any thing more to write 
at present so good bye. Give my 
love to Father and believe me 
your affectionate son. 
		    William Bostock 
WB.