JAMES OSCAR TYREL 10/29/1862, 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 )  

                                                                                                                      October 29, 1862

                                Dear brother and friends at home i have not heard from you since you 
left camp wool but i think you will be glad to hear from me for we have 
made a grate move we are now incamped on balover heights near fort 
eathen alien on the sacred soil of virginia we marched from the place 
called the soldiers homes the distance of about eight mils we started 
about three oclock and some got here about seven but i and bill got in 
about nine but we should not have got in that night if it had not bin for 
the surgent major for our loads was so heavy and we had bin sick and 
was compleetly tiard out a when we went as far as we could we picked 
our place and camped for the night prety soon we hurd old Buraguard 
as we call him he hiard a teem to carry us a piece the distance of two 
mils and then we had to march about a mile up up up and when we got 
up i was hapily disapointed to find our tent up and a good place to bunk 
in and rest i am better now but have not done enything yet  we came 
through pass where Charles was and i think i saw him but we had got 
past so i culd not tell for surten we stayed about two mils from there an 
most all day i asked lutenant Birg if i couldnot go and see Charles he 
sayed they did not know what time they would start so i could not go 
then but i think i can go down from hear  well i cant think of eny thing 
more to write so i will close this from your brother Oscar tell mother i 
often think of her and tita and ela

Direct to Generel Abacrombeas
Hed Quarters VA
118 Regiment  NYSV Co D

                                i forgot to say one out of our regiment dead we got there his death 
was caused by the march and many sick