July 17, 1861
Benjamin Turner, Huron, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if the Corps of Engineers under Colonel Charles Whittlesey was full, and if he could be detailed for that kind of service, and stating that his age prevented him from volunteering in the ranks. 1 p. Accompanied by 1 p. letter dated October 8, 1860, from T.A. Morris, Office, Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad Company, Indianapolis, to B. Turner stating that he would be very glad to see Turner occupy the position specified and that he did not think it would take Turner long to learn the business.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 29]
July 17, 1861
Francis L. Vinton, Trinity Church, New York. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had graduated from West Point in 1856 and been commissioned in the 1st U.S. Cavalry, had resigned to pursue the profession of mining and graduated in 1860 from the Imperial School of Mines in Paris, and had just returned from Central America, and requesting Dennison's help in securing a position in which he could serve the United States.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 214]
July 17, 1861
William M. Vogleson, Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he declined the position of 1st Lieutenant, Company B, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry because his appointment would not have been agreeable to the officers and men of the company, that his friends had asked that he be appointed Regimental Quartermaster, that Columbiana County had five companies in the service, that he was proud that one of these companies was known as his company, that no one had been earlier or more sincere in answering Dennison's call and sustaining Dennison's administration and the country, and that he hoped Dennison would help him to secure a position as Quartermaster or some equally honorable position.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 81]
July 17, 1861
M.B. Wright, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Captain W. Loomis DeBeck, who was raising companies in the Marietta and Parkersburg areas, and stating that DeBeck had experience as an artillerist.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 33]
July 18, 1861
G.W. Barker, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting some U.S. muster rolls for a company being raised by his son, and inquiring as to the prospects of the company being accepted.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 86]
July 18, 1861
Curtis Berry, Jr., Clerk's Office, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a few of their young men had formed themselves into a gun squad, and that these young men were sober, temperate, industrious mechanics, and asking how to go about procuring a gun for the squad.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 19]
July 18, 1861
H.S. Chamberlin, Solon, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he did not wish to go to Columbus with less than a full company, that the prospects were good for a full company, and that they had learned with great pleasure that the 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th Regiments, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had received uniforms.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 71]
July 18, 1861
S.H. Cole, Franklin Mills, Portage County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter requesting authorization to recruit a company consisting of some of the three months' soldiers who had been in camp approximately two months, then sent home on furlough and whose time would expire on July 28.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 83]
July 18, 1861
George L. Croome, 1st Lieutenant, Artillery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter introducing 2nd Lieutenant McClung who was going to Troy to recruit for the artillery company at Camp Chase and wanted the necessary authorization.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 29]
July 18, 1861
Levi Drake, Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting authorization to raise an infantry company consisting of stout, active, hardy backwoods men used to hardships, and stating that he wished to command the company.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 17]
July 18, 1861
C.H. Grosvenor, et. al., Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Colonel W.S. Smith of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was in Virginia and lacked about 100 men to equal the number of Enfield rifles which were ready, that Smith was a former citizen of Athens and had sent home for recruits, and that the signees had learned that there were about 100 of the three months' volunteers guarding the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad who were ready and willing to serve with Colonel Smith if certain arrangements could be made regarding their pay.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 51]
July 18, 1861
S.M. Hewitt, Captain, Henry C. Brumback, 1st Lieutenant, J.E. Godman, 2nd Lieutenant, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General, State of Ohio. Statement of facts submitted by commissioned officers of the Mt. Gilead Guards (Company E, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry).
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 88]
July 18, 1861
E. Hyatt, Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they could raise a new company for three years' service if the company would be accepted.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 64]
July 18, 1861
John H. James, 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, Headquarters, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Private Caleb Bryan, had leave of absence to go home due to family sickness.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 33]
July 18, 1861
Ezra McConnell, Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that due to neglect or a change of clerks in the post office, he had not received Buckingham's order to report a company of infantry until July 14, and that prospects were good for a full company given sufficient time.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 60]
July 18, 1861
William Miller, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that he had been trying to raise a company, that all of the men were harvesting, that he could not currently raise over twenty-five men, and that he had the promise of sixty men by July 23, and asking if some arrangement could be made which would enable him to get the men boarded for two weeks.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 21]
July 18, 1861
William Miller, Thomas S. Hutchins, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter proposing to raise a volunteer militia company, stating that they had thirty men, and asking what provision they could make for subsisting the men and when a company would be received.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 22]
July 18, 1861
William J. Morgan, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that their company consisted primarily of returned three months' volunteers, that the company would be filled in less than three days, and that they would undoubtedly be ready for marching orders within a week or ten days, requesting an order for the election of officers and some printed rolls, and asking which regiment they would be attached to.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 57]
[July 18, 1861]
H.A. Robinson, Private, Company G, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service). To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received a furlough from the proper authorities at Buckhannon, Virginia for the balance of his term of enlistment in consequence of sickness induced by exposure, that he had been told to report to Columbuson July 27 and be mustered out with the regiment, and that he had his gun and presumed it would have to be delivered up; and requesting a pass for the purpose of traveling to Columbus as he had no other means of getting there.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 87]
July 18, 1861
James Taylor, New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting authority to raise a company for three years' service, and stating that Perry County's only company in service consisted of three months' men.
3 pp. [Series 147-2: 74]
July 19, 1861
S. Bitser, Flat Rock, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had great experience in military tactics both as an officer and private, and requesting the authority to raise an infantry company.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 123]
July 19, 1861
L[evi] P. Coman, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To George B. Wright. Letter requesting the necessary orders for Blackman Moore to raise a company of cavalry in Licking County, and citing Moore's experience in the Mexican War.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 101]
July 19, 1861
J.B. Creviston, 1st Lieutenant, Company I, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry(three months' service), Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that his time of enlistment had expired, that his daughter was sick, and that he wanted to see her, and asking to be discharged and paid off so that he could return home.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 65]
July 19, 1861
William M. Dwyer, Shaucks, Morrow County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wished to raise a company, and asking if such a company would be accepted as soon as full.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 66]
July 19, 1861
E.A. Ford, Captain, Geauga Grays, Burton, Geauga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a commission to raise a three years' company, stating that he had enlisted a company of Militia of the Reserve, that they needed arms, that the men were drilling constantly and anxious to serve their country on the battlefield, and that the company was ready to go into the service of the U.S. Government to "put down rebellion and maintain the honor of the most glorious Republic the world ever knew."
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 115]
July 19, 1861
Charles R. Greenleaf, Washington, D.C. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been examined by the Army Medical Board and received into the service of the U.S. Army, and resigning his commission as Assistant Surgeon to the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 102]
July 19, 1861
William Lawrence, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, Solomon L. Hoge, was a reliable, energetic and intelligent young man of good business habits, good morals and unimpeachable character, recommending that Hoge be appointed Quartermaster of the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry being organized at Camp Chase, and stating that Hoge's appointment would give satisfaction to his numerous friends in the county.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 148]
July 19, 1861
J[ames] R[oss] McMullin, 1st Lieutenant, Company C, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been elected Captain of an artillery company, and resigning his office of 1st Lieutenant in Company C, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears the endorsement of E.P. Scammon, Colonel, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 68]
July 19, 1861
John Maiden, Marshal of the City of Circleville, Mayor's Office, City of Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting permission to raise an artillery company.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 209]
July 19, 1861
J.H. Rhodes, Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting assurance that a company would be accepted if reported full within four weeks, stating that it was a busy time of the year in the country and that many who were not ready now would be ready shortly.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 65]
July 19, [1861]
J.H. Robinson, Washington, Fayette County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if a cavalry company would be accepted, and if they would need to supply their own horses and accoutrements.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 106]
July 19, 1861
Sol[omon] S. Robinson, Captain, Company C, 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry(three months' service), Parkersburg, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that about seventy of his boys were anxious to re- enlist for three years' service provided that they were mustered out of the three months' service and allowed to go back to Chillicothe to reorganize their company, that Sergeant Thaddeus A. Minshall was a lawyer and had been admitted to practice before the Ohio Supreme Court, that Sergeant Adolphus Kessinger had served as a Lieutenant in the Prussian Army for five years, that 1st Sergeant Charles E. Thompson had been Deputy Clerk of Ross County, that Company C was stationed on the Northwestern Virginia Railroad guarding bridges and tunnels, that his men had engaged in several skirmishes with parties of secessionists, and that his men had generally performed their duty well.
4 pp. [Series 147-2: 84]
July 19, 1861
W.F. Ross, Troy, Miami County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that a number of Troy's citizens wished to raise a cavalry company provided that such a company would be accepted.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 67]
July 19, 1861
George Singer, Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was anxious to organize a volunteer company, and requesting a commission.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 104]
July 19, 1861
J.W. Smith, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio. To Columbus Delano. Letter introducing P.F. Rohrbacher, and stating that Rohrbacher was an "intelligent" German who was compelled to flee from his country at the time of the revolution, that Rohrbacher had married a lady of "fine" education in Ashland, that Rohrbacher had been impressed into the rebel army while teaching in Mississippi and had acted as a drill master of artillery, that Rohrbacher had escaped at the first opportunity, leaving all his property behind, and now wished to serve in the "patriot" army, and that he vouched for Rohrbacher's loyalty and recommended him as a gentleman worthy of confidence in all respects.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 82]
July 19, 1861
B. Stanton, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lafayette Hage was a candidate for the appointment of Quartermaster in the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he thought him well qualified for the position.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 147]
July 19, 1861
A. Sturgeon, Captain, Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had a company (B) assigned to the 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, 9th Division, first quota, Militia of Reserve, that they had been drilling for some time without arms, and that his company would take more interest in drilling if arms were supplied.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 103]