JAMES OSCAR TYREL 7/2/1863, ECKINGTON HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON D.C.

Copyright (c) 2001 by Thomas Dunne (dunne1@usadatanet.net).

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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 )  

                               

                                       Eckington Hospitle 
                                       Ward C Washington DC
                                       July 2d 1863


                                 Dear Brother Charles I just received your kind letter and was very 
glad to hear from you except to hear you was at home for I supposed 
you had reainlisted and was back in the field I am quite well except a 
very sore mouth which bothers me dredfuly I have a very good place 
but little work to do I only have 17 beds to see to and only 5 of them 
are now ocupide and they are all able to make there one bed this is not 
like ??????????
                                Friday morning July 3d well I suppose about now you are injoying a 
good breakfast while I sit hear a writeing for the canker is so bad in my 
mouth that I cannot eat but enough about myself I suppose you have 
great times with the Copperheads or have they played out I wish they 
was played out forever for the Copperheads and ???sons are a curse to 
the Nation. but I must close please excuse all mistakes and por writeing 
and except this from your brother Oscar to C M Tyrel  C M Tyrel


                                Dear Brother Mortimer I recieved your kind letter of the 21st in due 
time and was very glad to hear from you I sent 5 dollars before and 
now I will send $ 10 dolars more we are musterd in for two months 
more pay which we shall git between now and the 15th I think this is a 
very easy way to earn $ 13 dolars a month it makes no diference 
whether we work or play were just as sure to git our pay as I am in 
rather ill mood for writeing I will close please excuse this short and 
poorly written letter this from Oscar to Mortimer.