Co. K 10th Mich Inft V V 
			Alexanddria Va 
			         May 20th 1865 
	Dear Mother 
		          I received your 
letters dated April 21", 30" & May 14 
also 3 papers and I am very 
much obliged to you we arrived 
here yesterday at about noon 
where we expect to get our pay 
and be sent home  the whole 
Army is encamped here and 
we are to have a Grand Review 
some day next week. I received 
the shirts you sent me while we 
were at Culppe Culpepper C.H. 
they come in just the right time 
the hankerchief also come very 
good in fact I know I should 
have suffered a good deal if 
I had not got them. We passed 
through the city of Richmond 
and made a grand display

 The weather is dreadful hot 
at present so it makes it 
awful work to march but I 
hope the marching is about over 
now but there was a report in 
camp that we have got to 
march to Baltimore as there 
is not railroads enough 
running from Washington to 
transport the whole Army but 
if we do it will not be much 
of a march as it is only about 
40 miles. Well Mother I don't know 
what to write about there is 
nothing going on here except 
the usual routine of camp duty 
You must excuse me this time 
and I will try and do better 
next time Give my love to 
Father and believe me your 
affectionate son 
		William Bostock
		Co K 10th Inft VV