JAMES OSCAR TYREL 4/13/1863, CAMP ADIRONDACK, NEW YORK

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 )  

                     
                                                                                                     Camp Adirondack
                                                                                                            April 13/ 63

                                          Dear Brother Mortimer as I have drawn my pay today and we 
expect to leave hear in the morning or the regt is going  they say I have 
got to be left behind but I shall not be alone for there is seventeen of 
our boys marked for the hospittle but about the money I sent $ 40 
dolars by express it all goes to John H Wetherhead in one package and 
them that it is sent to  go there and git it I want you should git it and 
take care of it you need not put it out untill I write again for I may come 
up there for ought I know strainge things hapens in this world I hate to 
be left behind but if I must I must I will try to make the best I can of it  
to march and carey my knapsack in the condition I am now in I cannot I 
got quite smart and went on duty and that brought me down agan so I 
am not able to march I recieved your letter of the 9th the 10th just after 
I had written a good long letter to Leafayatte and a few lines to you but 
I must close this from your brother Oscar J Tyrel to Mortimer S Tyrel

                                               April 15/ 63 as the regiment has not gone yet I will write a 
little more and send it along I guess likely enough we wont go farther 
than down to the city there are three three regt gone so I guess we wont 
go write soon this from Oscar