July 31, 1861
William Farrar, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had arranged with Mr .Wallar of Zanesville to unite their companies in forming a battery, and that he wanted ten days to make up the full number of men for his half of the battery.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 102]

July 31, 1861
William Feeney, Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison .Letter asking if an infantry company enlisted for three years' service would be accepted; and stating that he thought their company would be full in a week, and that he had served in the Mexican War in the R.M. Rifles.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 106]

July 31, 1861
Thomas H. Ford, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter resigning his position as Brigadier General of the 1st Brigade, 6th Division, Ohio Volunteer Militia in consequence of having accepted the position of Colonel of the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending Colonel James Purdy of Mansfield in his place; and stating that Colonel Purdy was well qualified having served as Assistant Adjutant General for seven years.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 74]

July 31, 1861
C.J. Gibeant, Captain, Company A, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 8th Division, Ohio Militia, Washington, Guernsey County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Company A, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 8th Division, first quota of the Militia of the Reserve wanted him to apply for an order to raise a company for the term of three years or during the war and thought that a full company could be raised in a short time.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 87]

July 31, 1861
Samuel Glass, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio .To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending P.F. Rohrbacher for a position in the army; stating that Rohrbacher was a former resident of Ashland County and had recently escaped from the Southern Confederacy, that Rohrbacher was anxious to engage in the defense of the federal government, and that Rohrbacher had good military qualifications.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 68]

July 31, 1861
Robert Hamilton, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he expected to recruit from the three Lawrence County companies in the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) as soon as it disbanded and to recruit a number of the sons of the better class of farmers and a good many laboring men, and that he did not wish to raise a company from the "ragtag or refuse." Robert Hamilton was from Hanging Rock, Lawrence County, Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 30]

July 31, 1861
W.D. Hamilton, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a number of men belonging to his company were just returning from three months' service, and that they had been detained in Columbus longer than expected and wanted to rest among their friends at home for a short time; and asking if they could be given a week longer to report.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 103]

July 31, 1861
William Lawrence, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating his regret that railroad passes could not be given to the men at Bellefontaine who wanted to enlist at Camp Chase; and asking how, when and where three months' men from Company A, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry could get their pay, and if these men would receive a bounty of $30.00 for reenlisting.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 110]

July 31, 1861
A. McFarland, John B. Gregory, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending C.A. Barton for the position of Quartermaster of the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Militia; stating that Barton had been among the first to enlist in the first company accepted in April, that Barton had left a dependent family and his business to respond to the call of his country, and that Barton had discharged the duties of 2nd Sergeant and creditably acquitted himself throughout his term of enlistment.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 143]

July 31, 1861
John G. May, Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been unable to raise a company in the specified time and was giving up his commission, and that he hoped there were more Union men in other parts of the state.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 125]

July 31, 1861
H.F. Middleswart, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison .Letter requesting to be dismissed from a company of reserve militia, stating that he had two brothers who joined Colonel Groesbeck's regiment for three years, and that he was left to care for an aged father and mother.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 75]

July 31, 1861
Thompson Mount, ex-Sergeant, Company H, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Militia, Waldo, Marion County, Ohio. To H.B. Carrington. Letter stating that he had just returned from western Virginia where he had been engaged in the war for the past eight weeks, that he received an honorable discharge as a result of one of his fingers being disabled, that he was willing to engage in enlisting soldiers for the war, and that he knew of several places in Union, Wyandot, Marion and other counties where quite a number of soldiers could be enlisted.
2 pp. [Series 147-3: 162]

July 31, 1861
F.W. Pierson, Recorder, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a military company had been raised at Greenfield and proposed to go into camp the following week; and asking if the town council would be reimbursed for rations supplied to this company until it marched under government orders.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 116]

July 31, 1861
Patrick Reilly, New Lexington, Highland County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General. Letter asking if there was any payment coming to him for the time he spent in the service from April 22-May 29; and stating that he was honorably discharged on account of old age, and that he had served in Company K, 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service).
1 p. [Series 147-3: 128]

July 31, 1861
J.V. Robinson, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that John A. Tinley of Portsmouth had served with the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) as Lieutenant Colonel, and that Tinley had the good wishes of General William S. Rosecrans and a large majority of his own officers and men; and requesting that Tinley be retained in the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three years' service) as Colonel.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 77]

July 31, 1861
Francis Vinton, Hempstead, Long Island, New York. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter expressing gratitude on behalf of his nephew, F.S. Vinton, for offering him the position of Colonel in an Ohio regiment; stating that his nephew had declined the offer because of a sense of obligation to Governor [Edwin Denison] Morgan of New York, and that his nephew had been educated at West Point and the Imperial School of Mines in Paris.
4 pp. [Series 147-3: 168]

July 31, 1861
J.H. Williston, Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted to form a company at Port Clinton for three years' service or during the war; asking how to proceed and if there was the prospect of acceptance; and stating that he already had a company of about fifty men which would constitute the nucleus of the one he wished to form.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 109]

July 31, 1861
George W. Woodbridge, Post Quartermaster's Office, Parkersburg, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been acting Quartermaster of the post since Colonel Sill left, that Colonel Sill had asked General George B. McClellan to appoint Woodbridge to the post, that this could not be done as he was not a commissioned officer, and that he noticed that the Governor had the power to appoint officers down to Lieutenant; requesting that Dennison appoint him Captain or Lieutenant which would enable him to remain as Quartermaster of the post; and stating that he did not have the physical strength for the field.
2 pp. [Series 147-3: 226]

July 31, 1861
J.M. Woodbridge, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Major Bennett had requested him to inform Buckingham that as soon as the forty-six men from Company B, Dayton Light Guards were sent, Bennett wanted to relieve Captain Rhodes' company.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 94]

August 1, 1861
James Barnett, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that E. Spear of Warren, Ohio had recruited seventy or eighty men for artillery and wanted them accepted into service, and that forty-five "good" men could be selected from Spear's group; and suggesting that the selection be left to Spear, and that the men be ordered to Camp Chase in about ten days.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 140]

August 1, 1861
William H. Douglas, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was progressing well with his company, but would possibly need a few days longer to fill up the company, and that he might be able to leave on August 10th or sooner.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 108]

August 1, 1861
John Ferguson, Major, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the quarters at Camp Chase selected for the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were those vacated by the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 86]

August 1, 1861
Jonathan S. George, Gauley Bridge, Virginia .To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had left Ironton on July 3rd and reported his command to Colonel Norton at Gallipolis on July 4th, that Brigadier General Jacob Dolson Cox had ordered all of George's men who could be fitted to go to accompany him to Virginia, that he lost one man (Richard Lambert) at the Battle of Scarey Creek on July 17th, that the portion of his command serving in western Virginia had never been regularly mustered into service nor had their horses appraised, that he wished to have what he had done legalized, and that he and his men had acted strictly in obedience with Cox's order in crossing the river and had done everything required of them; and requesting that the balance of his company still at Gallipolis be mustered in and sent to join him.
2 pp. [Series 147-3: 134]

August 1, 1861
John Groesbeck, Colonel Commanding, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting all the muster rolls required for the regiment along with any instructions Buckingham thought he would need.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 77]

August 1, 1861
C.H. Grosvenor, Major, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the company he had partly organized prior to his appointment as Major of the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was now in such a condition that it could go into camp by the middle of the following week; and asking if the company could be accepted for the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-3: 71]

August 1, 1861
M[ichael] S. Gunckel, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that it was impossible to say in what time he could raise a full company, but presumed he could do so as soon as any man in the county, and that he might perhaps be able to raise a company in 10 days or by the middle of the month.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 97]

August 1, 1861
Henry C. Hedges, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter written on behalf of some three months' volunteers who went to Camp Jackson, were sworn into service, and were sent home in consequence of not being able to enlist for three years; stating that these men wanted their pay and compensation for such clothing as they were entitled to and mileage.
2 pp. [Series 147-3: 165]

August 1, 1861
Charles W. Hill, Brigadier General, Brigade Headquarters, Grafton, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the escape of Robert S. Garnett's Confederate army past Red House, Virginia was not on account of any omission or neglect of duty of Major George W. Bailey of the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), and that he considered Bailey to be one of the most worthy men in the service; and making similar favorable mention of Captain J. Hunter Odlin of Company F, Captain James W. Moore of Company H, and Captain Miller Moody of Company I of the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), and Captain William T. Wilson of Company C, and Captain Hiram Miller of Company H of the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service).
1 p. [Series 147-3: 70]

August 1, 1861
H.G. Kennett, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since there was no officer in command of Camp Chase or to be found upon the grounds outranking himself, he had taken responsibility for holding the prisoner until further orders were received from Buckingham.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 92]

August 1, 1861
H.G. Kennett, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captains Churchill and Culbertson had the full number of men, wanted an order to hold elections, and were very anxious to be mustered in as they were finding it hard to keep their men.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 122]

August 1, 1861
P. Kinney, Brigadier General, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had procured arms from the State for the protection of Portsmouth, that these arms were to be accessible immediately in case of emergency, that Scioto County had purchased an additional two hundred stand of arms for the city of Portsmouth, that the city's position on the bank of the Ohio River made it necessary to be well armed and ready for any emergency, that he had only distributed arms to regular companies and had taken bonds for the arms distributed, and that he had acted according to his belief and refused to scatter arms throughout the countryside where they would be of no service or protection.
2 pp. [Series 147-3: 86]

August 1, 1861
P. Kinney, Brigadier General, 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, Ohio Volunteer Militia, et. al., Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending that Charles A. Barton, 2nd Sergeant, Company G, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) be appointed to the office of Quartermaster of the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 137]

August 1, 1861
E.T. Kirby, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that they could get up a full company if the Government furnished horses for some of the men; asking if the Government bore any part of the loss if horses were killed or died, what kind of horses were required, if 50 cents per day was the price for horses, what company they could join with if their company was not full, and how long they had to get up a company; and stating that he was seeking a position buying horses for the army.
3 pp. [Series 147-3: 167]

August 1, 1861
Henry Lamb, H.M. Carper, J. Ranney, Reid & Eaton, Charles Sherman, et. al., Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending J.B. Jones who desired the privilege of raising a cavalry company.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 175]

August 1, 1861
S.A. Moore, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding two gentlemen who were engaged in raising a cavalry company in Pickaway County to be reported by August 5th.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 107]

August 1, 1861
C.C. Nichols, New Castle, Coshocton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he could report a company of approximately 101 "noble looking" fellows in about two weeks.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 146]

August 1, 1861
Thomas V. Parke, Probate Judge, William McClelland, James S. Shaw, Sheriff, M.D. Montis, H.H. Greer, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Oliver F. Murphy as a person well qualified for the position of Sergeant Major in one of the regiments being formed or for some other post where he might act as clerk; stating that Murphy was a good penman and a ready and accurate accountant.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 76]

August 1, 1861
J.B. Richey, Captain, Company A, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Ohio Reserve Volunteer Militia, New Dover, Union County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that they had expected to be called into service, but had thus far been disappointed; asking if it was likely that they would be called soon; and stating that some of the boys were getting very impatient, and felt that it looked too much like a "sham" drilling at home when they thought their services were needed in the field.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 106]

[August 1?, 1861]
Robert C. Schenck, Brigadier General, et. al. To Abraham Lincoln. Letter recommending Sergeant Charles A. Barton of Company G, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) as a suitable person for the office of 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 138]

August 1, 1861
L.A. Sheldon, Brigadier General, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a company of 84 men had been enrolled to take the place of Company I, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that an election for officers was held, that the company might not be full when marching orders were received, that some of the men enlisted were entirely without experience, that nearly all of the three months' men from Companies H and I, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would reenlist if paid off, that these men lived in the immediate vicinity and that their not being paid off had resulted in a good deal of noise on the part of the "blowers," and that there were a number of men in Lorain County who wished to join a cavalry company.
3 pp. [Series 147-3: 148]

August 1, 1861
Hiram Stotts, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had a good set of men for a cavalry company, and that these men were ready to fight for their country, but could not raise the money to buy horses; and asking if any arrangements could be made for the government to provide horses. Bears notation reading "State will furnish horses .All the men must be active good riders."
1 p. [Series 147-3: 98]

August 1, 1861
Waldo Taylor, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding William C. Harbaugh of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service); asking what arrangements had been made for the payment of the three months' men whose time had expired; and stating that Harbaugh was an industrious young man who had an old mother and two sisters to support and was in need of his pay.
2 pp. [Series 147-3: 111]

August 1, 1861
G.W. Todd, Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking when and where he was to be mustered out of U.S. service; stating that he had enlisted on April 23rd for three months, that he was sent home on furlough to remain until called for, that no call had been made and his time was up, that he belonged to Company K, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), and that he wanted to join another company, but did not know if he could until he was discharged.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 114]

August 1, 1861
Ferdinand VanDerveer, Colonel Commanding, 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending the appointment of John VanDerveer as Quartermaster of the 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 111]

August 1, 1861
William Vodrey, East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison .Letter stating that he was organizing a company of volunteers at East Liverpool to serve three years or during the war, which he hoped to have full in two or three weeks, and that he had an offer for his company from Pittsburgh, but felt that Ohio should have first refusal of the company's services.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 135]

August 1, 1861
J.M. Wisehart, Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio .To Dear Sir. Letter stating that he had turned over to Henry Miller the men he had enrolled since Miller had authority to raise a company, that there were 91 men enrolled who had taken the army oath and that the number would be increased to 101, that he would be glad to have the authority to raise a company which he believed could be accomplished by September 1st, that upon receiving a commission he would raise a company of cavalry and go over to Guyandotte, Virginia in an attempt to capture that "desperado" [Albert Gallatin] Jenkins, and that he had 2 sons in the army and was not too old to go himself.
2 pp. [Series 147-3: 107]

August 1, 1861
D.L. Wood, Quartermaster General of Ohio, Headquarters, Ohio Militia and Volunteer Militia, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the Commandant of Camp Chase had failed to furnish a guard for the arsenal and laboratory; and requesting that Buckingham detail for such service eight men during the day and sixteen during the night.
1 p. [Series 147-3: 71]

August 2, 1861
Larz Anderson, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding proposed appointments to fill officer vacancies in the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-3: 132]