Co. K, 10th Mich. V.V.Infty 
	   In front of Savannah, Ga 
		       December 17th, 1864
 
	Dear Mother 
 		         I received three 
letters from you to day also two papers
I was very glad to hear from you 
not having had a letter from you 
since we were at Chattanooga. There 
was several letters came for Tom Holton 
also a package of shirts a pair of 
socks and a pair of gloves. Sergeant 
Bryan and my self are going to take 
the things and pay his wife for 
them. We got the first reliable news 
of Lincoln's election to day and it 
was not much news ether as we 
were all sure that he would be 
elected. I wrote you a few lines yesterday 
while we were on picket with a lead 
pencil I do not know whether you 
can make it out or not for I was 
in a good deal of a hurry to get it 

in in time. We have 1ayed here six 
days and we have drawed four 
hard tacks for the six days just 
one days rations for six but we 
have drawed a plenty of beef 
so we have got along very well 
we are going to draw again tomorrow 
night when we will draw full 
rations. We have marched over 
three hundred miles without getting 
any rations except coffee all we 
got was what we forraged some 
days we had a plenty and had 
to leave some in camp while other 
days we would not get hardly 
any thing. The Rebels have been 
throwing shells over here pretty lively 
to day There is a large swamp 
in the front of our Brigade so 
that we cannot get at each other 
to shoot with muskets. I do not 
think the Rebels have a very 

        large force here not over 
fifteen thousand. Gen. Sherman 
said he can take the city in three 
hours but he might lose half 
of his Army in doing it he is 
afraid of torpedoes he has had 
Rebel prisoners digging them up 
in the road nearly all the way. 
a part of our forces are accross the 
Savannah river into Carolina
we have captured several transports 
on the river since we have been 
here loaded with rations. 
You spoke ofsending me some things 
I do not think you had better as 
I am not in need of any thing at 
present I have a plenty of paper 
and envelopes. Sergeant Bryan 
got a half realm of paper to day 
and I can get all I want of 
him. I forgot to tell you that he 
is my new bunk mate. Tom Holton 

makes three out of four of 
us that messed together 
in Nashville that has been 
killed Tuttle & Thornton were 
the other two I expect it will 
be my turn next but I should 
think that there ought to be 
one spared out of the four. 
I did not get any letter from 
Georgy to day. Well I shall have 
to close this give my love to 
Father and beleive me your 
affectionate son 
		  William Bostock 

In closed is a sheet of Rebel 
paper that I send to you 
for inspection we captured a
lot of them in Sandersville 
			Ga. 
W.B.