Camp near Washington 
					D.C. 
			May 31st 1865 

		Dear Mother 
			      We are still in 
camp about two miles from the city 
the weather is very warm and as we 
are encamped in an open field it 
makes it still worse. I took a stroll 
around the city day before yesterday 
visited the Capital and the 
Patent Office there is some of the 
most splendid paintings there 
that I ever saw. The Gov of Mich 
was here in camp today and 
                           us
made a speech to ^ also our old 
Col Dickerson was here and spoke
the Gov said that we would 
soon be mustered out of the service 
some of the Non Veterans Regts of 
our Division have been mustered out 
already. Our pay rolls are all 

made out and signed and 
we expect to get pay in a few days 
but I am in hopes that they will 
not pay us until we get into the 
state as there will be so many 
men getting drunk and raising 
rows all the way home and perhaps 
loose all of their money. I have 
not received at letter from you 
since we was the other side of 
the river but perhaps you are 
expecting me home but you should 
not wait for that as there is no telling 
when we will get home. I got a 
letter from Georgy the other day he 
was well and thought of going 
home and leaving the railroad 
I spoke to him of our getting 
in to something together when I 
got home but I do not know 
wheather he will or not. We are 
drawing rations this afternoon
we get all hard bread while 
          the Army of the Potomac 
get soft; which makes the Boys 
awful mad and it certain ly aint 
right to give them all soft bread 
and Our Army none. 
			Well Mother I 
shall have to close Give my love to 
Father and believe me your affect 
	   son 
		William Bostock 
		CO K" 10Mich Inft