JAMES OSCAR TYREL 12/17/1863, NEWPORT NEWS, VA

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 )  

                     
                                                                                                    VA
                                                                                            Newport News
                                                                                            Dec 17 1863
                                                                         Dear Brother I now set myself down to 
answer your kind letter of the 4th which I received yesterday I think 
you did not receive my last letter before you wrote which if I remember 
wright was the 30 eth of last month we have made a great change from 
good to bad since then then we had good quarters good bunks good 
husks beds and good living from that to hard tack and the ground for a 
bed but we will soon have our tents stockaided and then there will be 
more room the box has not got hear yet but I shal expect it before long I 
wrote in my last letter for you to send me two dolers at the presant time 
I want some money very much but if I do not git it I will not spend it 
there is some consolation in that we had a wright smart thunder shower 
night before last down hear If you inlist, inlist to come into this regt but 
I but I must close give my love to Mother and Emma  tell Leafayette I 
will answer his some wormer day  Please excuse mistakes and poor 
writing and write soon this from your afectionite brother Oscar to MST

                                                     I Weigh 140 lbs
                                                          Oscar