August 12, 1861
L. Perry, A. Cushing, R. Aleshire, and Joseph Hunt, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Samuel A. Nash of Gallipolis for appointment to the office of Quartermaster in one of the regiments soon to be mustered into service should there be a vacancy.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 218]

August 12, 1861
James Powers, Captain, Company H, 1st Reserve, 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, Lordstown, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the military companies of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, for the purpose of becoming better acquainted with military drill, had scheduled an encampment consisting of about 13 companies to be held at North Jackson, Mahoning County on August 16 and 17, that he had been chosen as Colonel or commander for that occasion, that he doubted they had authority by law to protect themselves from "intruders" during the encampment, that he presumed an order from Buckingham giving authority to hold the encampment would protect them from intrusion by law, that their companies composed a part of the 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, Militia of the Reserve, and that they intended to hold another encampment in Lordstown, Trumbull County in September. Bears note reading "Have no authority to order encampment Militia Reserve."
1 p. [Series 147-4: 53]

August 12, 1861
Cyrus Reasoner, Lieutenant, New Concord, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since Captain Spear had concluded not to go to the war on account of his business, he had undertaken to raise the company on the order given Spear, and that he presently had sixty men with the promise of enough to fill the company; requesting an additional eight or ten days; and stating that there were fifteen or twenty of the three months' men who would join his company.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 22]

August 12, 1861
J.H. Robinson, Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they would march on August 14 at 7 A.M. and report on August 15, according to orders; and requesting that any further orders be telegraphed.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 174]

August 12, 1861
T[imothy] R. Stanley, Colonel, Headquarters, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing certificates; stating that Captain H.R. Miller of Frankfort went into Camp Wool on Friday and Captain Fenton of McArthur would go into camp that day, that he would be at McArthur for a few more days, and that Major Grosvenor would be at Athens and that he would be there part of the time; and requesting that he be notified as soon as possible regarding when they would be mustered out.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 39]

August 12, 1861
B. Stanton, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding Captain Joel Haines of Logan County who was in command of a company recently accepted by Governor William Dennison and who would be a candidate for appointment to one of the offices of the regiment to which his company was ultimately attached; and stating that Haines was a thrifty and reputable farmer of good sense and fair intelligence who for many years had been connected with the militia of Logan County, that his neighbors who composed the company had great confidence in Haines and were very anxious for him to have an appointment as Lieutenant Colonel or Major, and that he considered Haines as well qualified for such a position as any gentleman of his acquaintance who had not been in actual service or received a military education.
2 pp. [Series 147-4: 118]

August 12, 1861
F[erdinand] Van Derveer, Colonel, 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a list of the members composing Captain Stone's company of the 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that Buckingham order an election for officers.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 143]

August 12, [1861]
Crafts J. Wright, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter pertaining in part to W.G. Sherwin of Cincinnati and his artillery company; and stating that there was not one word of truth in what was said about Sherwin, that Sherwin had told him that he had a company when in fact he never had more than ten men, that Sherwin did not have the "first particle of a qualification" and had no experience or education, that it was cruel, a "gross outrage," and a disgrace to the State to place such a person as Sherwin in a position to deceive, that in April he had offered his services to Governor William Dennison, that since then, Dennison had appointed many who had no experience and recommended others, that he did not know why Dennison had overlooked him, that if Dennison should offer him Alexander McDowell McCook's position as Colonel of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he would accept it, that it was his understanding that Edwin A. Parrott, Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) was often drunk, that McCook had offered Wright's son and nephew commissions as 1st and 2nd Lieutenants in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that if McCook was made a Brigadier General and left the regiment, Wright's son and nephew would not go for three years under Parrott, that Parrott was a good enough man in some things, but that his drinking was a "terrible failing" and should not be overlooked, that the telegraph had announced the previous Monday that a regiment in Missouri had been offered to him, that [John] Sherman and [John Addison] Gurley had been acting on his behalf in Washington, D.C., that [Salmon P.] Chase was against him since he was not one of Chase's men and was with [Valentine Baxter] Horton and other compromise men at the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., that Gurley named him for a regiment of which [Francis Preston] Blair, [Jr.] wanted a Colonel, that he did not like the appearance of going out of his own state or of being compelled to do so, that the officers of [John] Groesbeck's regiment never had any knowledge and that many such instances could be found, that in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he noticed that Dennison had made an inexperienced lawyer a Major, that Gurley had just called and requested that Wright accompany him on a trip to Missouri in order to visit Blair's regiment and also to see [John C.] Fremont, and that he would probably wait in his own state for a position.
4 pp. [Series 147-4: 122]

[August 13?, 1861]
M.P. Bestow, Camp Fyffe, Virginia, 8 miles below Gauley. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that after a three day march, two of them amid drenching rain, they had reached that point and camped, that he liked the regiment, that his only objection was too much whiskey occasionally, that when he started out with General Hill, he had nothing with him but a cloth coat which he was fast ruining, that he went to the Quartermaster for a blouse, that the Quartermaster would not sell him one or issue him one, except on a requisition signed as Assistant Secretary of the Governor, that he could get the blouse no other way and the officers had advised him to do it and not spoil his coat, and that the Assistant Quartermaster would probably be in soon to settle his accounts and Governor Dennison might think "strangely" of the situation; asking Buckingham to explain the situation to Dennison; and stating that two men had been shot carelessly within two days in the area.
2 pp. [Series 147-4: 216]

August 13, 1861
A. Bothwell, Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted to raise a company of volunteers for the service; and asking upon what terms they would be received, and what proportion of the expense they would have to bear.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 216]

August 13, 1861
Reuben Carroll, Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio. To R.W. Taylor. Letter accompanying a statement containing two important matters which if attended to promptly would add one hundred good men to "our force;" and stating that most of the Germans who would go had seen service.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 169]

August 13, 1861
M[elvin] Clarke, Lieutenant Colonel, 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter forwarding the poll book of John Earhart's company, 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that aptain Earhart did not restrain himself, but got drunk and his boys almost unanimously left him out, that those who most strongly opposed Earhart declined voting yet the vote was very decisive, that the company was a first rate one, that he now had 6 companies in camp and expected 2 that day and 2 the next evening or following morning, that it was very desirable for the companies to be organized and sworn in as soon as possible and furnished with clothing, arms, and camp equipage in full, that he thought the regiment would rank A No. 1 so far as the physical, mental, and moral character of the men was concerned, that provided the regiment had a good Colonel, he thought it entitled to the best arms and equipment, that he now had 218 men in camp without blankets and 400 more coming within two days and no blankets nor tin cups at the post, that his men were also without camp kettles and mess pans, that Q.M. Greenwood had said the Quartermaster General refused either to furnish these necessaries or to let him buy them, that they could not hold men together, especially in an unorganized state, without said necessaries, that he wished the work of inspecting and mustering in the companies might be commenced at once and the full supply of clothing, arms, and camp equipage furnished, and that he was also enclosing the roll of Captain William H.G. Adney's company (B), 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
3 pp. [Series 147-4: 104]

August 13, 1861
P. Davey, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a permit to raise a cavalry company; and providing references.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 118]

August 13, 1861
W.F. Drum, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was surrendering the order issued to him on August 9, that he had commenced preparations for recruiting and would have used his best endeavors to raise a company, that on the day after receiving the order, he received notice of his appointment in the regular army, that he would accept the appointment, and that he had no doubt that there were other men more competent than himself who would be glad to exert themselves in raising companies for the war.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 116]

August 13, 1861
H.A. Edwards, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 108]

August 13, 1861
E.A. Ford, Burton, Geauga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had been solicited to join the Ashtabula and Cleveland regiments, that many of his boys objected to the "Giddings Regiment" (29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry) and were anxious to get into the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Cleveland, and that they had communicated by messenger with the officers of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Cleveland and had received orders to report a company there by August 20; asking if this conflicted materially with Buckingham's order; stating that Peter Hitchcock had been assisting them, that in order to show people that he was not "fishing for office," he had given Buckingham's order to recruit to Hitchcock, that they currently had 50 men and could fill their company by August 20, that a young man named Hamlin from Munson claimed he had a commission as Captain of Company F, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was working against them, that doing their best, and with the aid of men such as Peter Hitchcock, it seemed impossible to raise two companies at that time from Geauga County, and that those men they had were anxious to get immediately into camp; asking if they could go into camp with 50 or 60 men and recruit afterward within or without the county, postponing the election of officers until their company was full; and stating that they had in their company some of the noblest and most intelligent young men of Geauga County, that these men had entered the contest from a sense of sterling duty and were temperate, Christian men, that they would unite their efforts with other efforts within the county were it not for reports that they must do so at the sacrifice of principle, that in several of the townships they had visited, efforts were being made to organize cavalry companies, that this injured their prospects materially, and that his men were impatient, having settled up their business, and could not wait. Bears note reading "Can go into camp with fifty or more men and have a week to recruit."
3 pp. [Series 147-4: 135]

August 13, 1861
Thomas H. Ford, Colonel Commanding, Headquarters, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Jackson Lucy was eminently well qualified to discharge the duties of Captain of the Carrolton Company of the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he knew Lucy to be of good moral character, military skill and ability; and recommending that Lucy be forthwith commissioned.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 163]

[August 13?, 1861]
Thomas H. Ford, Colonel Commanding, Headquarters, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Governor William Dennison. Letter certifying that Abraham Norris was eminently well qualified to discharge the duties of Second Lieutenant of the Carrolton Company of the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that he knew Norris to be of good moral character, military skill and ability; and recommending that Norris be commissioned.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 165]

[August 13?, 1861]
Thomas H. Ford, Colonel Commanding, Headquarters, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Governor William Dennison. Letter certifying that Abraham M. Cumbaker was eminently well qualified to discharge the duties of First Lieutenant of the Carrolton Company of the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that he knew Cumbaker to be of good moral character, military skill and ability; and recommending that Cumbaker be commissioned.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 164]

August 13, 1861
C.W. Goodsell, Windham Station, Portage County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if Buckingham wanted additional companies of infantry; and stating that he could probably report sixty or seventy men in ten days or two weeks, or a full company as soon as the three months' men were mustered out.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 141]

August 13, 1861
J.L. Hibbs, Aide-de-Camp, Ohio Militia, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had sent a petition to Governor William Dennison asking for an order to raise a company for three years' service, that the request was on behalf of his brother, V[an] B[uren] Hibbs, who was well known to Colonel [Alexander McDowell] McCook as a member of Company G, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), and that many of the men from Company G were waiting to reenlist under V.B. Hibbs. Bears note reading "Col. McCook has control of the reorganization of his Reg."
2 pp. [Series 147-4: 131]

August 13, 1861
William H. Ijams, Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the Adjutant General's order was not fully understood; asking if they should have their company in Columbus on August 21 or if they were simply to report the raising of their company at that time, if they were to nominate their company officers at Caldwell, and how many days they could obtain to recruit if they went into camp without a full company; and stating that with a little time, they would have a splendid company of well made, upright, creditable men. Bears note reading "Company to be here on the 21 - one week allowed to recruit if necessary. Company nominate their officers after arrival & full."
1 p. [Series 147-4: 142]

[August 13?, 1861]
F.D. James, et. al. Letter stating that the 22 undersigned members of Captain E[mory] W. Muenscher's company, 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry consented to be transferred to Captain W[illiam] W. Reilly's company (A), 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that for continued association with Captain Muenscher, they would be pleased to hear of his appointment as Adjutant of the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 38]

August 13, 1861
Kent Jarvis, Brigadier General, Headquarters, 1st Brigade, 9th Division, Ohio Volunteer Militia, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that circumstances connected with the agitated condition of the public by reason of the present war and the unorganized condition of the Militia in the 9th Division had prevented him from furnishing himself with proper official uniform, that Major General [Jacob Dolson] Cox commanding the 9th Division and Brigadier General [Erastus Barnard] Tyler of the 2nd Brigade were both in command of Ohio volunteers currently in western Virginia, that the attention of all classes of community had been engrossed in the laudable effort of raising volunteers for the present emergency in which the country had responded most nobly, that therefore, no attention had been given to the ordinary organization of volunteer companies, that he had learned however that some attention was being given in that direction, particularly in Massillon, and that according to the general regulations for the military forces of Ohio, the Adjutant General could allow more than four months for officers to provide themselves with uniforms; and requesting that he be given more time to procure proper official uniform.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 219]

August 13, 1861
William Lawrence, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Captain James McDonald, currently at Camp Chase, was recommended by his friends for appointment as Quartermaster in some of the regiments being formed, that he most cordially and earnestly united with McDonald's friends in recommending the appointment, that he had been personally acquainted with McDonald for twenty years and considered him an honest, reliable and correct man and a good businessman who was in every way qualified for and worthy of the appointment, that for many years, McDonald had been a merchant at West Liberty in Logan County, that subsequently, McDonald was connected with a mercantile house in New York, and that McDonald was one of Logan County's most reliable citizens and a relation of the McDonalds of Urbana who were among the most prominent, useful and respectable citizens of Champaign County.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 178]

August 13, 1861
N.H. McLean, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had sent by express 5,000 blank discharges and 600 blank muster out rolls.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 121]

August 13, 1861
A.E. Merritt, Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had endeavored to get up a company of volunteers in Waynesville, but did not succeed entirely owing to the fact that their men had no assurance that they would be called into active service soon if at all; asking if the State would furnish arms and equipment before a company was called into service; stating that he wanted arms for the purpose of practice in the art of target firing, that his men wanted to be sharpshooters and that a number of the company were already good marksmen, and that they wished to be armed with rifles of the most approved pattern; and asking if he could promise his men that they would be called into camp as soon as the company had been made up and was ready. Bears note reading "By filling the company to 90 men can be ordered into camp for U.S. service for 3 years - clothing & equipment permitted after going into camp to join Regiment."
3 pp. [Series 147-4: 140]

August 13, 1861
A[braham] Sanders Piatt, Headquarters, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Scott. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his regiment would be full that week; requesting that a mustering officer be sent immediately; and stating that it would save time if Buckingham would give them permission to muster in without previously sending the rolls to headquarters.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 38]

August 13, 1861
John Simpson, First Lieutenant, Morning Sun, Preble County, Ohio. To Respected Sir. Letter stating that Captain John Wallace of the Ohio Reserve Militia had gone into the United States service taking with him some eighteen or twenty members of their company leaving thirty-four or thirty-five still in the company which was now disorganized; asking if they should elect another Captain; and stating that their company had the designation of Company A, Preble County, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, First Quota of the Militia of the Reserve. Bears note reading "Fill up the company and hold another election."
1 p. [Series 147-4: 134]

August 13, 1861
H.L. Sook, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was confident he could raise a company of cavalry, that few of his men could furnish their own horses or equipment, and that all of the men wanted to know how much they were to be paid and if the government furnished everything necessary.
2 pp. [Series 147-4: 155]

August 13, 1861
J.A. Stonebraker, G.M. Ross, and R.A. Stephenson, Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a muster roll; stating that they were getting up a company for the service and would be ready in a very short time to be mustered in; asking where or what regiment they should go in; and stating that they had the "flower" of that section and the very best young men of the place.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 150]

August 13, 1861
R. Storer, C(?). To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Albert Whelply was very highly recommended to him for his many manly qualities, honorable deportment, and general intelligence, that Whelply wanted to obtain an appointment in one of the new regiments, and that Whelply had the testimonials of military men as to his fitness for the service.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 116]

August 13, 1861
Jno. T. Toland, Headquarters, Zouave Regiment, 56 West 4th St., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that George H. Hart, the presenter, was a devoted friend and earnest laborer in "our good cause," that Hart had devoted his time and energies with valuable effect in getting up the Zouave Regiment and was laboring with equal earnestness in extending the regiment into what was to be known as the Dennison Brigade, and that he thought Hart well qualified and thoroughly competent for the position of Quartermaster to which his energy and active business habits especially adapted him.
1 p. [Series 147-4: 182]