Camp Co K" 10” Mich Inft V. V. 
			  Near Washington D.C. June 6th, 65 

	Dear Mother 
		          I received your letter dated May 
31" and was very glad to hear from you and also 
one from Georgy of the same date. We expect to 
move from here some time this week for ether Huntsville Ala 
or Louisville Ky the 15” Corps have all started and as 
they can transport ten thousand troops in a day it 
will not be long before we will get started. We have not 
received our pay yet and there is no telling when we will. 
There is nothing going on in camp except the usial 
routine of camp duty such as drill two hours in the morning 
and two in the afternoon and dress parade in the evening 
the weather is most tremendous hot just like mid summer 
here. Maj Gen'l Thomas reviewed our Corps the other day 
the old fellow looks natural you know he used to command 
this Corps as he passed along the line he stopped and 
shook hands with every Regimental Comander and no 
doubt he would with every man if he only had time 
Gen'l Sherman issued his farewell address to us on the 
second of this month he goes again to take command 
in the South West. We line firstrate now we draw any 
quantity of Sanitary Stores such as "pickles" "potatoes" 
"onions” dried "apples" canned tomatoes  tobacco and 
butter crackers this is the first time that we have 
ever drawed any Sanitary goods to amount to anything 
and the Christian Comission furnish us with paper and 
envelopes and reading matter there is Agent for both

Comissions attached to our Corps and they keep us 
pretty well supplied. You wanted to know what 1 thought 
of Richmond and so 1 will tell you 1 only saw it as 
we passed through it in the ranks a good share of it 
next to the river is burnt to the ground and the streets 
was very dirty so I could not form a very good opinion 
of its and the streets were crowded with parolled Rebels 
and Negroes: and you know where there has been such 
a large body of troops for so long a time we could not expect 
it to be in very good condition, but it shows signs 
of once being a prosperous and beautiful city. we passed 
"Libby" Prison and "Castle" "Thunder" where our poor fellows 
suffered so much and at that time our officers had 
them full of Rebel soldiers who were permitted to Libbyize 
just as our fellows did. Georgy said that he thought he should 
get home by the fourth of July. Oh how I wish I could be 
there to spend the fourth with you: but perhaps I may 
be yet. I have not give up all hopes yet and we cannot 
complain if they do keep us until our time is out for 
they have got us fast as we enlisted the last time 
for "three years" unless sooner discharged they first-time 
was for "three years" or during the war" but I think as 
soon as they get the Regular Army filled up we will get 
mustered out. Well Mother I shall have to close as I 
have some other writing to do. Give my love to Father 
and believe me your affectionate son 
				  William Bostock 
				      Co K 10 Mich Inft
W.B.