C. TYREL, SEPT 1, 1861, CIVIL WAR, NEW YORK

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Transcribed by Thomas L Dunne, descendant of Mortimer S Tyrel, who is the brother of the Charles M 
Tyrel of the 22nd New York Inf.  

                                                                                                         Sept 1st 1861
                          Dear Brother I received your letter day 
before yesterday and am glad you are all well  I have been sick for the last week but am 
better now we have exciting times now we expect an attack every minute we have been 
building forts on these hights and now have got them fortified so that we feel secure there 
is a string of forts that command each other around the hights and then we ?? as scouting 
about once and we go out three or four miles and station pickets and then send out scouts 
the last time the Co went I unwell and did not go out went to see the Brgad drill under our 
generel the Presedent was there and Wm H seward to  when we got back the word came 
that one of our men was wounded it apears that some of our men went out scouting and 
went to far and was fired on a ball striking ones cap he droped his gun and ran with the 
rest back to the main body Fletcher Leapham said he would go and get it he went and 
looked but could not find it when he came back Reylolds wanted him to go on to a hill 
they started and when about half a mile from the rest a ball struck Reynolds in the right 
brest gowing through him at this Lapham I shot the man dead we think Reynolds will live

                You wanted to know how much I would sell the steers for if you can not get $75 seventy 
five dollars for them I want to winter them if there is enough to winter them on of my 
part on my place Lafayette wrote that there is four tons of hay and Emmaline wrote that 
she had let out her cow if I think my foder will be enough to winter the steers I want you 
to see how much foder I have and write to me all the particulars do not sell for less than 
seventy five dollars write about my corn and write if there is any pumkins in my corn tell 
me how much stuf there is tell Oscar that I shall write to him before long and I want him 
to take care of the steers this winter if I keep them if I got a chance to send the money to 
Uncle Sherman I shall send it to make the payment in november
                Give my best wishes to Emmeling and the rest of your folks tell mother that I would like 
to see her much that I dream of her most every night give my love to Oscar Tita Ella and 
Lafeyette
                Direct as before   Charles Tyrel