JAMES OSCAR TYREL 5/11/1863, WASHINGTON, D.C. Copyright (c) 2001 by Thomas Dunne (dunne1@usadatanet.net). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submittor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ 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 ) Eckington Hospital Ward No three Washington DC May the 11, 1863 Dear Brother I received your letter of the 5th day before yesterday I was glad to hear from you I am geting along quite well I have got in to help wete-on the table in the dining room there is some of the ones that has bin there there time is out so I can stay there all summer if I want to and it is easy so I probily will stay here all summer for it is a very plesant place nice shade trees all around nice flowers of all kinds I was in the glenwood semetree a few days ago and a more splended place I never saw there came in a lot of wounded men here yesterday wounded in every way imaginable I think ocording to the news we got last night that the 118th is in Ritchmond we git all kinds of news so we do not know whether to believe it or not I received a letter from Bill and one from Palhowsie day before yesterday they are well I have not had eny letter from Charles since the battle commenced I cannot find eny acount of but two or three being killed in that regiment I cannot think of much to write so I will replace what I cannot write by sending ??? from Oscar Oscar to Mortimer