JAMES OSCAR TYREL 9/5/1862, NEW YORK

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                Transcribed by Thomas L Dunne, descendant of Mortimer S Tyrel, 
who is the brother of  Charles M Tyrel of the 22nd New York Inf., and 
James Oscar Tyrel of the 118th New York Inf.  


               (James Oscar Tyrel was born in Hebron, Washington Co., NY August 
5, 1841. He joined the 118th Reg. NYSV, Co. D in Chestertown, 
Warren Co., NY August 6, 1862. Fought at Drewys Bluff, and was shot 
in the knee at Cold Harbor, VA June 1864, and died in Harwood 
Hospital, Washington, DC, of Gangrene, July 9, 1864.  He is buried at 
that hospital.  He went by the first name of Oscar )  

                                                                                    
                                   September 5, 1862
     Dear brother i will now write a few lines to you to let you know 
about our movement we started from plattsburg a monday and arrived 
at new york wednesday morning about three o clock where we stayed 
till about five then we started as we supposed for the sity of washington 
we stoped in baltamore and got our supper at the very house where 
Edward Birg was shot we had to march we had to march about a mile 
and a half through the sitty when we got there there was not cars 
enough to cary us so we had to stay there all night we were so crouded 
that we could not sleep we stayed in the cars all night all that they could 
git in and in the morning we drawed our guns and that after noon we 
started again and come about nine or ten miles where we are incamped 
our camp is about a half of a mile from washington junction we have 
got a very plesant place it is located in a heigh hill about thirty rods 
from the railroad on one side and about a half of a mile on the other we 
are also surrounded by four or five other ridgiments we have got our 
tents built we have to lay six in a tent i have got a very good company i 
will now tell you there names William Stanard  Hiram Drake  Leoren J 
Barten  Charles Osbern  Pelhusy Priestly and myself we here that the 
twenty-second ridgiment is all cut to bieces i cannot git the acount of 
meny being killed i have seen the acount of some of the ??? i saw it in 
the paper that capten Clenden was ded capten Ormsby and a good 
meny others but i cannot here eny thing from Charles i wrote to 
Leafayette when we were at new york i have written home fore or five 
times and have not received but one male you think i do not want to 
here from home if so you are mistaken i want you should write to me 
often you have a comfertable place to write while i have to take it as i 
can get it some times on a bord and some times in a box male you do 
not git my letters i will mention that I sient eighty five dolars by 
Charles Faxon my clothes is at Walkers if  you have not got them we 
were shown the most hospitality philidelphy of eny where since we 
come from home  i can not think of eny thing to write so I will close 
this from your brother Oscar
                                Direct to Washington DC Co D 118 Reidg
                                Care of Capten Smith
                                               Oscar Tyrel