JAMES OSCAR TYREL 10/1/1862, CAMP WOOL, 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 )  

                     

                                                                                                        Camp Wool  October 1, 
1862
                                
                                Dear Brother I received a letter from Charles night before last and 
was plesed to git it but when i came to read it it made me feel very bad 
he says Oscar i will tell you how i am uounded and then you can judg 
how i am the ball went through my neck one inch to the left of my wind 
pipe and came out one inch from the back bone makeing a hole two 
inches across he says Oscar come and see me if you can come do come 
for it mabe the last time we shall have to see eachother he says he has 
ben through six battels and I did not git a scrach till the last one but 
Oscar come and see me and i will tell you more about wor but i cannot 
write much more for i am a giting tiard 
                                I cannot go for the reason that i cannot git a pass to go so far i tryed 
yesterday he says he has got neather money or paper or invelops or 
stamps he had to beg the paper and invelop that he sent to me an had to 
send it without a stamp he says that he has not got the money that 
Emaline sent to him I wrote to him yesterday and i borowed two dolars 
and sent to him i sent him some paper and stamps and one invelop now 
i have not got but one shiling so if you have not sent me eny money 
before you git this send me five dolars and some postag stamps i do not 
want eny only three cent stamps it is thought by what reports we git 
that this war will soon be to a close the rebels have sent in a preposition 
for a settelment we here the cannon awful roar in the direction of 
washington we think it is a salute for if it was batttle we should here 
more I cannot write much more now for i must go to my dinner I am 
not very well today am so to be able to drill but Wiliam is not he has 
got a fever and is lying  on the bed but is not very sick I hope he will be 
able to drill in a few days for it makes me feel bad to have to go out and 
leave him but i must chose Direct as befor this from your brother Oscar 
Tyrel