July 25, 1861
Samuel J. Henderson, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking when and where the three months' men would be paid; and stating that many of them would re-enlist when paid what was due them and not before, and that the nonpayment of the three months' men would over the entire state prevent many from enlisting.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 214]
July 25, 1861
L.C. Hurd, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Norman Tucker of Lima had a company very nearly full that wished to enter for the war, that Tucker was a good tactician and was perfectly willing to undergo any test required of him, that there could be no doubt as to Tucker's courage and coolness in dangerous situations, and that Tucker's company were men of a better class than was generally found in the army.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 202]
July 25, 1861
William W. Hyar, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting an army or company roll and the proper requirements to make the formation of a company of volunteers legal, and stating that he could in a short time raise a company for service provided that they were supplied with Minie rifles or Enfields.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 216]
July 25, 1861
R.W. James, Hendrysburgh, Belmont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter informing Dennison that the volunteer companies of the 6th Brigade met and elected David McCartney as Brigadier General; stating that they had returned the poll book to Major General John Ferguson, and that McCartney had not received his commission.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 182]
July 25, 1861
J. William Knerr, West Union, Adams County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had raised a company for three years' service and could report it at any of the state camps within ten days, and asking if the company would be accepted.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 189]
July 25, 1861
Dr. J. Morgan, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the defeat at Manassas made the blood "almost boil" in his veins and that he had resolved to lend a helping hand, that he was a physician and had been practicing for about eleven years, and that he felt himself competent to be a surgeon or physician in the army; requesting information regarding the pay per month of physicians and surgeons; and asking if he had to bring anything other than his own instruments.
3 pp. [Series 147-2: 211]
July 25, 1861
C.C. Nichols, New Castle, Coshocton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received a certificate from H.B. Carrington to get up a company of Militia of the Reserve, but that the greater part of the boys from New Castle and vicinity had gone to the war, and that he had decided to get up a company for active service if it would be accepted.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 197]
July 25, 1861
J.M. Pearce, Captain, Company I, Ohio State Volunteer Militia, Agency of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company, Forest Station, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing certificates of qualification, and stating that they had taken the certificates before a Justice of the Peace.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 124]
July 25, 1861
Cyrus Reasoner, New Concord, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the necessary papers and authority to raise a company of volunteers, and asking how soon the company should report.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 205]
July 25, [1861]
Byron H. Robb, Lieutenant, Geauga Rangers, Parkman, Geauga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he could raise a cavalry company immediately, that his men were well drilled, that he had served two years with the Texas Rangers, and that his men would furnish their own horses and be ready to march at two hours notice.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 198]
July 25, 1861
Byron H. Robb, Lieutenant, Geauga Rangers, Parkman, Geauga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that several members of his cavalry company had expressed their willingness to go immediately, and that he believed his company to be one of the best cavalry companies in the state.
3 pp. [Series 147-2: 196]
July 25, 1861
Samuel W. Spencer, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking if a company would be accepted for three years or the war, stating that the company would be composed of picked men who understood the use of fire arms and were "good shooters," requesting a reasonable length of time to get his company ready, and that his company be furnished with arms, and stating that he would not resort to the usual plan of recruiting.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 210]
July 25, 1861
Daniel R. Spry, Piketon, Pike County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there had been no company received from Pike County as yet for the war, and that he could report a full company of able-bodied and willing men immediately if he received a commission with subsistence and transportation. Bears penciled notation reading "How soon can you raise a company? State pays all expenses after leaving for Columbus."
1 p. [Series 147-2: 189]
July 25, 1861
Daniel R. Spry, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there had been no company sent from Pike County as yet, that he could procure a full company and report in a few days if he could get a commission with subsistence and transportation, and that Pike County wanted to be represented in "this gallant campaign."
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 197]
July 25, 1861
James D. Sturges, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had concluded that it would be best for him to go to Chicago, and therefore did not want the situation offered in Buckingham's office.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 218]
July 25, 1861
William J. Thomas, Jr., Troy, Miami County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there were a great number of persons in his region who were willing and anxious to enter the cavalry, and requesting an order to raise a company.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 169]
July 25, 1861
Joseph Vetter, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting authority to raise a company.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 178]
July 25, 1861
T. Webb, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was at any moment at Buckingham's service as a veterinary surgeon either in the cavalry or artillery.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 219]
July 26, 1861
W.H.G. Adney, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an order to raise a company immediately for the war.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 183]
July 26, 1861
J.A. Ambler, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding the commission of William M. Voglesong as 1st Lieutenant in the 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 195]
July 26, 1861
Joshua H. Bates, Brigadier General, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Captain P.B. Cloon, stating that Cloon's great energy and perseverance of character fit him for the cavalry or light artillery.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 176]
July 26, 1861
J[ohn] C. Baume, Postmaster, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had signed a recommendation for Lewis Hoffman who would be visiting Columbus for the purpose of obtaining a commission as Captain in the regular volunteer army, that Hoffman had been a captain in the war of 1848 in Germany, that Hoffman had a company of one hundred men which would be ready as soon as he was furnished with guns, that Hoffman held a commission for the Ohio Reserve Militia and wished to go into active service since the face of the war had changed, and that Hoffman was considered to be a fine artillerist.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 199]
July 26, 1861
M. Clarke, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking if a regiment of infantry raised in Marietta would be accepted.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 180]
July 26, 1861
John Groesbeck, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had received his appointment as Colonel of the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that A.W. Gilbert and E.F. Noyes would be the choices of the regiment for Lieutenant Colonel and Major.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 165]
July 26, 1861
A. Hickenlooper, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking what steps were necessary to secure the acceptance of an artillery company, and if the state furnished the guns.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 204]
July 26, 1861
D.G. McSchooles, Kinderhook, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter tendering his services to enlist a company of cavalry for active service if acceptable.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 160]
July 26, 1861
S.U. Moore, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding a cavalry company.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 167]
July 26, 1861
E.W. Muenscher, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if a full company, organized and ready to march, could be reasonably assured of immediate acceptance and orders to march.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 38]
July 26, 1861
E.R. Patterson, Captain, George McClelland,1st Lieutenant, Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that owing to harvesting not being over and other causes, they had failed to get a respectable number for their company and found it impossible to go to camp, and that they would make another attempt to raise the company on August 12.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 180]
July 26, 1861
B.S. Porter, John Smith, Green Spring, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they could get up a company and be ready to go into camp in 20 days, and that the company would be composed almost exclusively of farmers and laborers and worth two companies from out of the towns and cities.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 204]
July 26, 1861
George G. Shumard, Surgeon General, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the account of Dr. Timothy Gibson for medical services rendered to the sick of Captain L.M. Kellogg's company, Ohio Volunteer Militia, had been approved and transmitted to the State Auditor for payment.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 177]
July 26, 1861
Captain P.D. Smith, Armory, Wellington Guards, Company A, Reserve Militia, Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter tendering the services of the company to the general government for the term of the war.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 196]
July 26, 1861
John H. Thompson, St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter tendering a company of volunteers for the war; asking if it would be accepted; and stating that he served throughout the Mexican War, and that he wanted to serve under the same "proud old flag" and defend against traitors the best government on earth.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 187]
July 26, 1861
Hosea Townsend, Greenwich Station, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he could have a company ready in four weeks and probably sooner, and that he hoped the company would be accepted.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 213]
July 26, 1861
M[orrison] R. Waite, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that James McCabe of Whitehouse wished an order to enlist a company for three years' service, that McCabe was one of the most influential citizens in the neighborhood where he resided, that McCabe was a farmer and his enlistments would be from the laboring men of the county, and that McCabe was over 45 years of age.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 194]
July 26, 1861
P.K. Walsh, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if the state would subsist recruits while organizing, if there was an additional bounty of $30.00 to the 3 months' volunteers who re-enlisted for the war, when the 3 months' volunteers on furlough would be discharged and paid, and if their company would have any discretion in choosing its regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 203]
July 26, 1861
David Welsh, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter resigning his appointment as Surgeon of the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 220]
July 27, 1861
William Z. Davis, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received two dispatches relating to the offer of a company from Marion in his name, that there was no company organized in Marion, that an irresponsible person had offered a company over his signature without his knowledge or consent, and that two companies from Marion were already in the field and he did not think another could be raised without considerable effort.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 183]
[July 27, 1861]
Henry Dornbusch. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the services of a company had been offered about six weeks ago, and that they hoped to have the first chance.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 168]
July 27, 1861
T.W. Forshee, West Canaan, Madison County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was sick with bilious fever and would not be able to organize his company before August.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 167]
July 27, 1861
William Lawrence, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding several members of Company A, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) who desired to enlist again provided they went into active service immediately; stating that these men wanted to go into a company in Virginia or at Washington, and that they dreaded going into camp and laying idle as they did at Camp Dennison; and asking when, where and how these men could get their pay for three months' service.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 188]
July 27, 1861
N. Tucker, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was enlisting a company for three years' service, that they would fill up the company as soon as possible unless the company was not wanted, that he would be elected Captain because he was the best qualified for the position, and that he was willing to come to Columbus and submit to an official examination as to qualifications for the office.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 190]
July 27, 1861
Jonathan J. Williams, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding a company raised by Captain N.M. Runyan of Marion.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 195]
July 27, [1861]
To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Simeon Nash had written the Governor informing him that 3 companies for3 years' service might be immediately formed at Gallipolis, and that Captain Cooper had a company nearly full.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 169]
July 28, 1861
J.R. Swigart, Adjutant, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Colonel H.G. DePuy had lost the three months' regimental muster roll of the 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and his commissions for three months' and three years' service, requesting copies on DePuy's behalf, stating that he wanted to take eight or ten recruits for the regiment and transport a horse for himself, and requesting a pass for the recruits and horse.
1 p. [Series 147-2: 200]
July 29, 1861
R. Edwards, M.D., Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his efforts to raise and organize a company at Cardington had failed, that the cause of this failure was beyond his control, that he had positive assurance of getting 35 or 40 men at Iberia for which purpose he obtained transportation from Iberia to Cardington, that he was "basely deceived" by the person to whom he had entrusted the enlisting of men at Iberia, and that said person failed to bring down a man when the day came for organizing the company; and enclosing the passes for transportation.
2 pp. [Series 147-2: 187]