Co. K, 10th Mich Vet Voll Infty 
	Atlanta, Ga Sept. 21st, 1864 

	Dear Mother 
		         Having a few leasure 
moments I thought I would improve 
them by writing to you I have not 
received a letter from you in some 
time the mail comes in every day 
We are laying in camp doing nothing 
except a little picket duty our Regt 
has to go on once in fifteen days which 
is very light duty I should think. We 
have not drawed any pay yet but 
expect to in a short time a part of 
our Corps has been payed we are getting 
full rations but no salt meat it is 
all fresh beef. Gen Sherman is 
sending all the women and children 
out of the city he says the city 
is to be used only for Army purposes 
it makes the rebels awful mad, but
it is not to be suposed that we 

are going to support them and 
have to haul rations, it is 
enough for one railroad to do 
to get rations here fore the army 
but the rebels expected us to keep 
them here and feed them while 
they had a large force in our 
rear trying their best to cut our 
communications. they are sent out 
to a little stations called Rough and 
Ready where there is a flag of truce
the truce is to be brought in tomorrow 
morning at day light. 
		          It has been raining 
very hard so I was oblijed to stop 
writing but it has stopped now 
so I will resume. There was an exchange 
of prisoners made last Monday. I do 
not know how many but think 
there was five or six hundred there was 
none that belonged to our Regt. 
One of the men of our Co. that was 
wounded on the first will not live

	he had his arm amputated 
	up close to the shoulder and 
it has mortified and he will not 
live the rest of the boys are getting 
along first rate. There is some talk of 
our division being left here to 
garison the city but I do not know 
whether we will or not. Col Lum is 
still in comand of the Brigade 
I guess he will get a star before long
I hope he will for I think he deserves it. 
We have dress parade every night the
weather permiting. Well I guess I will 
close these few lines so good bye give 
my love to Father and beleive me 
your affectionate son 
		       William Bostock 

W.B.

Mrs. M. Bostock 
			Marshall 
			Cal Co. 
				Mich