July 22, 1861
G.B. Gleason, Pulaski, Williams County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter regarding the Pulaski Sharpshooters.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 122]

July 22, 1861
Thomas D. Greene, Brigade Major, Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, Ohio Militia and Ohio Volunteer Militia, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain Reilley had a company for immediate service, and recommending Reilley on the basis of his service in the Mexican War and his efficiency as a drill officer.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 155]

July 22, 1861
E.C. Gregg, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had approximately 60men organized into a company who were anxious to enlist for three years or during the war, and that he could recruit a company to its full quota in a few days with an order from Buckingham.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 110]

July 22, 1861
Jonathan Haddow, Barlow, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if a company for three years' service or for the war would be accepted.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 117]

July 22, 1861
Robert Hamilton, Hanging Rock, Lawrence County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting permission to raise a company for three years or during the war.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 120]

July 22, 1861
W.D. Hamilton, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter referring to the "disastrous" news of that day [the Union defeat at First Manassas], stating that the President [Abraham Lincoln] would undoubtedly make a requisition for additional troops immediately to retrieve the country's honor which had been "tarnished" at Manassas, and that his men were anxious to be accepted. Bears C.W. Potwin's recommendation of Hamilton.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 159]

July 22, 1861
R.E. Hent, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Thomas Sparrow. Letter stating that Captain Mason of the Washington County "Union Blues" had requested that he write to someone of his acquaintance in Columbus to aid the company in obtaining acceptance for military service, and that the company had been for many years a regularly organized volunteer company of the Ohio Militia.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 97]

July 22, 1861
Jonathan W. Jordan, Drill Master, 20thRegiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), Grafton, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting information regarding the formation of new companies out of the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), including asking what furlough would be allowed men who re- enlisted for three years; and asking what steps were necessary to secure a flank position in a regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 85]

July 22, 1861
C.H. Kain, New Richmond, Clermont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that New Richmond had furnished two companies now in the service and thereby committed most of the men who could be spared, that they wanted to form a company for home protection, that they had 40 men enrolled for a company who would provide themselves with a cheap uniform if they had an assurance they could procure arms, that they were on the Ohio River subject to invasion by those having "ill feeling", that they had frequently heard threats from Cynthiana, Kentucky and other places caused by there being a considerable number of colored people in New Richmond, and that they wished to organize so that all would know that they were prepared to defend themselves and ready for any emergency.
3 pp. [Series 147-2: 172]

July 22, 1861
James King, 2nd Lieutenant, Company A, 1st Regiment Reserve, 3rd Brigade, 7th Division, Belpre, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking if Dennison would accept one or two companies of light artillery for three years' service and furnish guns and equipments, and if he was at liberty to resign his commission as Lieutenant in the Militia of Reserve to enter an artillery company for actual service; and requesting information regarding the number of men required to form an artillery company and the number of officers to be elected.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 126]

July 22, 1861
Jonathan P. Kinney, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was ready and anxious to recruit a company if he received an order to do so, and that they had received the news of the rout of "our Grand army" [First Manassas].
1 p. [Series 147-2: 123]

July 22, 1861
P. Kinney, Brigadier General, Headquarters of 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, Ohio Militia and Ohio Volunteer Militia, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain Currie had about forty men enrolled for three years service and that the balance could be raised in a few days, and asking if there was any chance for acceptance.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 145]

July 22, 1861
C.R. Lord, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had seen by the Cleveland paper that an independent company had been requested to protect government stores in border areas, that his company was regularly organized in the Reserve and commissioned, and that he had 50 men uniformed and drilled who were very anxious to go into service for the war or into state service; and requesting a chance.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 112]

[July 22, 1861]
Fr[ederick] Meissner alias Fr[ederick] Meisner, Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted a situation as a drill officer in the service, that he had been in the service for 13 years and 8months in Germany as a commissioned officer, and that he could speak German and English.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 112]

July 22, 1861
Statement certifying that Captain Richard Morrow, First Regiment, 5th Brigade, 5th Division, First Quota of the Militia of the Reserve had filed his petition to be received into the regular service.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 104]

July 22, 1861
Isaac Paint, South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that local residents were much excited by the war news [Union defeat at First Manassas], that some of his neighbors had requested him to get up a cavalry company, that he could get up one of the best companies in the state if he had the order to do so and assurance of being accepted at once, that the company would generally consist of middle aged farmers who were good horsemen, and that many of the men possessed and preferred using their own horses. Letter bears pencilled notation stating that cavalry companies were required to furnish their own horses and received 40cents per day for use and risk.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 146]

July 22, 1861
J.C. Phillips, Captain, Berne, Noble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if their company of reserve would be transferred to the active army if it was filled out to 100 men.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 130]

July 22, 1861
H.D. Pugh, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if a company reported full by the end of the week would be accepted.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 92]

July 22, 1861
Henry Richardson, 2nd Lieutenant, Company D, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. ToColonel E.P. Scammon. Letter stating the reasons why he should be promoted to 1st Lieutenant of Company B, and requesting Scammon's support and attention to the matter. Bears Scammon's endorsement.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 96]

July 22, 1861
Henry B. Richardson, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter asking if the three months' men would be ordered to Columbus to be mustered out or be discharged at theirplaces of residence; and stating that all of the three months' men residing in the county at the present time formerly belonged to Company F, 7th Ohio Volunteer Militia and that they were scattered throughout the county, that he thought the most judicious plan would be to have them all gather at Ravenna, that he needed something to aid him in gaining a living honestly, that his health was quite poor and had been for several weeks, that his sickness had been brought on by excessive drill, that the whole duty of drilling and disciplining the company had fallen to him since the lieutenants were "entirely ignorant" in such matters, that he had drilled his company from six to ten hours per day while at Camp Taylor in Cleveland, and that he had caught a severe cold which settled on his lungs.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 116]

July 22, 1861
R.F. Tumley, Granville, Licking County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter applying for an appointment in the army which was forming throughout Ohio; stating that he had a farm of 125 acres and would have to employ someone to take charge during his absence leaving him nothing in the way of salary to square accounts, that he had served two enlistments in the Mexican War, that he was 1st Lieutenant of a company of Home Guards organized for service in case of necessity although "few would ever see the necessity," that he had spent 8 years in the South and was acquainted with the habits and peculiarities of residents, and that he wanted to serve in a rifle company and could furnish 8 or 10 good shots.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 174]

July 22, 1861
E.D.W.E. Wing, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking what the prospect was for acceptance if he enlisted a company of volunteers in ten days for three years' service or the duration of the war.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 142]

July 22, 1861
W.M. Worthington, New Alexandria, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter inquiring as to the number of men required to form a company of cavalry, asking if there was any chance to draw arms, and stating that they had 48 men enrolled.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 122]

July 22, [1861]
Crafts J. Wright, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was a West Point graduate and ready to take the field, and stressing the importance of military education and experience.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 91 1/2]

July 23, 1861
James W. Anderson, Adamsville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he wanted a commission to raise a company for three years' service or for the war, and that he had served during the Mexican War.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 136]

July 23, 1861
A.S. Ballard, Jamestown, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding regulations assigning companies to a regiment according to their rank with the oldest organized company taken first; stating that his company was the first to hold an election and the first commissioned in the county, and that two other companies had been placed ahead of his in ranking even though they were organized at a later date; requesting an explanation; and asking if his company could get arms.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 157]

July 23, [1861]
W.I. Becker, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending W.W. Reilly of Portsmouth to raise a company of volunteers, stating that Reilly served in the Mexican War and was efficient, energetic and intelligent.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 154]

July 23, 1861
Henry S. Camp, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the raising of two Ohio companies to join [Hiram] Berdan's sharpshooters; and stating that he was anxious to serve and considered himself a good shot, and that anxiety had increased since the "disastrous" news from Manassas.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 119]

July 23, 1861
John Chambers, Captain, Fairview, Guernsey County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking if a regularly organized company could obtain any class or kind of arms by offering its services to the state for border protection, and if it was the intention to place a regiment in each of Ohio's border counties.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 140 1/2]

July 23, 1861
David Cunningham, Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his company was ready to go with two or three days notice, and that the news from Manassas had strengthened the resolve of his men and given them a greater desire to see service.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 107]

July 23, 1861
H.G. Depuy, Colonel, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Red House, near Oakland, Maryland. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding the loss of the muster roll of regimental officers of the 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Militia for three months' service and his commissions for three months' service and three years' service.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 179]

July 23, 1861
H.G. Depuy, Colonel, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Red House, Maryland. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he had lost the muster roll of regimental officers of the 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Militia for three months' service and his commissions for three months' service and three years' service, that the muster roll and commissions were in a large envelope among his other papers and probably carried from his tent by person or persons unknown, and asking how he could get certified copies of the missing documents.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 184]

[July 23, 1861]
B.B. Eggleston, Kinderhook, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking if a company of mounted cavalry would be accepted for the war or three years' service.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 108]

July 23, 1861
F.E. Franklin, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if Colonel Sullivan of Cincinnati had received orders from the War Department to fill up a regiment and proceed to Washington, requesting a copy of Sullivan's order, and stating that Sullivan wanted him to furnish men.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 108]

July 23, 1861
E.N. Greene, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an order to get up a company for service as soon as organized, and instructions as to what kind of company to get up.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 97]

July 23, 1861
Theodore A. Greenwood, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, Camp Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had just received Buckingham's letter advising him of his appointment as an Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, and that he would return the bond with signatures as soon as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 127]

July 23, 1861
John Harmon, Braceville, Trumbull County, Ohio. To General Cameron. Letter stating that he wished to join the United States service, and requesting a post.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 172]