JAMES OSCAR TYREL 12/7/1862, 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 )  

                                                     
                                                                                          December 7 1862

                                     Dear Brother it has bin some time since I recived your last letter I 
will now write a few lines to let you know that I am gitting tough and 
fleshing up every day I am well pleased with the way you sold Jimy 
horse and as well pleased with the way you bought yours you wished to 
know in one of your letters what you should do with my money in case 
I should git poped over keep it on intrest till Tito is of age and then let 
him have it  if you got eny letters Mother write how she stands if I have 
written to her but I dont know as she will answer it I would like to hear 
from her but I suppose she is where she can injoy herself the snow fell 
about 4 inches here night before last it is now very cold well I guess I 
have scribeled about enough so I will close this Oscar to Mortimer