Co K 10th Mich Vet Vol Infty
	      Atlanta Ga
			Sept 28th 1864

	Dear Mother 
			I received your letter 
dated Sept 19th night before last 
and was very glad to hear from you 
I delayed answering it until now 
on account of having so much 
writing to do as I have been detailed 
as company clerk I am making 
out the pay rolls now we are 
going to get six month's pay and a 
hundred dollars bounty I think I 
shall send a hundred and fifty 
dollars home. We have now twenty 
nine men in the company here 
7 having come up from the Hospital 
since we have been here. Co I.
of our Regt got nine recruits the 
other day they enlisted for one year 
and got five hundred dollars bounty 
We are all confident that this 
war will not last long we have 
had the news of Sheriden's brilliant 
victory in the Shenandoah vally against 
Early. There is also a report in camp 
that Richmond was takin and Gen Grant 
was killed but I guess it was only a 
camp rumor if it is so it will not 
be much of a victory after all we 
might better let Richmond go than 
lose Grant. Our mail has been very 
irregular for the past week we have only 
had one mail during the week
I do not know what is the reason unless 
it is because Wheeler is harrassing our comun-
ications. Our wounded are geting along 
fine a good many of them walk up to 
camp a distance of three miles one 
of them that has his leg off above the 
knee by the name of Chris Howald is 
so he can get around on crutches

I think I sent you his photograph 
It is the one with a corporal stripe 
down his pants and a veteran stripe 
on his arm I want you to preserve 
those photographs for I want them 
when I get home. I cant get a furlough 
now on account of there being so many 
ahead of me the non veterans are to 
get them first there is five per cent of 
the army to be furloughed at a time 
two of our Co sent in aplications one came 
back this morning approved and the other 
not he is to have twenty days from 
Nashville it will take him five days 
to get home from there and five 
to get back so he will only have 
ten days at home he is not going 
to start until we get pay which will 
not be long I hope. I was not much 
surprised at hearing of Dr. Sibles's death 
I thought he was on about his last 

taps when I was at home he looked 
very bad I suppose he did not leave 
much to his family ast old [Rumci?] 
had a pretty good hold on him. 
nor was I much surprised at hearing of 
Charly Erginsingers deth it is a wonder 
he did not die years ago. I have not 
time to write any more as I have to 
go to work at the rolls again give my 
love to Father and believe me your 
affectonate son
		William Bostock
		Co K 10th Mich VVI
WB.