Camp 10th Mich. Infty 
	     in the front June 
		        28th, 1864
 
	Dear Mother 
		         We was releived 
at Kenesaw Mountain last 
Saturday night while on the 
skirmish line by the 16th Corps 
and moved to the right about 
five miles to this place the 
2nd and 3rd Brigades of our Division 
made a charge here yesterday 
They succeded in taking the 
Rebels first line of rifle pits 
and got as far as their line of 
breast works but could get 
no father the Rebs throwed 
stones over the breast works 
at our men they were so close 
some of our men even went over 
their breast works but they never 
came back Col Dan McCook 
comanded the 3rd Brigade he 
was badly wounded we have 

heard since that he is dead 
but I do not know whether 
it is so or not, our men fell 
back about fourty paces and 
threw up fortifications some 
of our dead lay right up close 
to their breast works and 
they wont let us take them 
off. We have not heard what our
loss is yet but I expect it is 
not less than six hundred in 
the two Brigades. Our Brigade 
suported the charge consquently 
we did not lose many men 
Capt Cook of Co E was wounded 
also a man in Co. O. I received 
the shirts you sent me and am 
very much obliged to you they are 
very good ones and are a great 
deal cooler than the heavy 
woolen Army shirts that we 
draw from the Government 
The weather is dreadful hot

I received a letter from you 
  at the same time I did the 
shirts but I do not know now 
what date it was as I destroyed
 it. Why dont Georgy write to me 
and let me know where he is 
I have not had another letter 
from Len Morton yet if you 
see him tell him to write 
often Give my love to Father 
and believe me your affectionate 
son   William Bostock 
    Direct to Chattanooga