August 19, 1861
J.H. Frerichs, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received his commission as recruiting officer for the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting information regarding the amount allowed per man for subsistence while recruiting and his relative rank and pay.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 51]
August 19, 1861
William H. Gibson, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there were a large number of men at Tiffin who volunteered for three months and, upon the reorganization of regiments for three years' service, were discharged on furlough at Camp Dennison, that these men were anxious to know when they would be paid and what steps had to be taken to obtain their pay, and that it would greatly facilitate enlistments if these men were paid.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 55]
August 19, 1861
William E. Gilmore, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his reappointment as Colonel of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 43]
August 19, 1861
C.H. Grosvenor, Major, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there was a constant and increasing "imposition" being practiced at Athens and perhaps elsewhere regarding passes on railroads, that 8 men had come home on furlough from the 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but were ordered back when the regiment received marching orders, that General R.A. Constable had issued passes to these men to go to Camp Dennison, that the conductor put the men off the train when they refused to pay, and that, as a result, the men were at Athens while their regiment was at St. Louis; and asking if a man who was doing all in his power to break down and disorganize their efforts to get men for the war ought to hold a commission which enabled him to "humbug" honest men.
2 pp. [Series 147-5: 34]
August 19, 1861
L.A. Harris, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that blanks for the muster rolls of ten companies and notifications of appointments as officers be issued for the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that the transportation of recruits be authorized for the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 44]
August 19, 1861
John H. James, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To C[olumbus] Delano. Letter recommending Dr. Israel Fisler for an appointment in the Quartermaster's Department; and stating that Fisler had sufficient experience in trade and business to make him ready for such an appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 68]
August 19, 1861
M. Johnson, Contractor for Rations, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was prepared at 24 hours notice to commence delivery of rations to troops at Warren, Wooster, Alliance or Findlay, and that he had been delivering rations to Camp Wood and Camp Brown for several days.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 12]
[August 19?, 1861]
Anson G. McCook, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter acknowledging the receipt of his transfer to the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that the transfer was much desired and that he thought he could be more useful in his new position, and that he had been mustered into U.S. service on August 6, but had not received his commission; and requesting that Dennison send the commission care of Colonel Leonard A. Harris.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 15]
August 19, 1861
D.W. Marshall, Adjutant, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received authorization from Headquarters to raise a company for the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and to report same at Zanesville on August 22, that the majority of his company consisted of three months' men who would go with him provided they were discharged and paid off, that he desired an extension until August 28 or 30, that he was confident of being able to tender 100 picked men, most of whom had served in western Virginia, and that he currently had nearly 50 men.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 13]
August 19, [1861]
C.H. Murray, Sergeant, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there were fifty men at Hamilton who had been sent home from Camp Dennison on furlough, that these men had enlisted for three months, that the rest of their company were in western Virginia having re-enlisted for three years, and that many of the men remaining at Hamilton on furlough wanted to re-enlist, but that the language of their furloughs precluded the possibility of doing so without disobeying orders; and asking by whom, when and where they would be mustered out of service, when and where they would receive their pay, and what preliminary steps were necessary on their part.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 28]
[August 19?, 1861]
A.B. Palmer, Pataskala, Licking County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking if Dennison would receive a company or part of a company, muster them into service and send them to General [John C.] Fremont without delay, and if Dennison would give him a permit to raise the same forthwith; stating that his only qualification was the study of Hardee's Tactics for the past three months; and citing references including the Postmaster of Pataskala.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 17]
[August 19, 1861]
William R. Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter introducing his friend, J. Hall of the Putnam Artillery; and requesting that Hall be informed if anything could be done at present to further equip the company.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 32]
August 19, 1861
L.R. Spencer, Williamsport, Maryland. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they were in want of a few companies to fill the 1st Virginia Regiment (Union), that they had heard that companies were permitted by the Governor of Ohio thus to assist Virginians in defending their State and homes from the "spoilers" hands, that they had been driven from their State before they had time to complete their regiment, that they now desired assistance from their sister States, that their regiment was already accepted and the equipments were ready, that the traveling expenses of companies would be paid, that the rockets of their enemies were visable to them, and that the enemy was in possession of their homes; and requesting help.
2 pp. [Series 147-5: 71]
August 19, 1861
J.H. Sypher, New London, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had applicants almost daily to enlist in the artillery, that he would recruit a company of artillery upon receiving orders, and that he was a member of Colonel Barnett's Battery of Cleveland.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 10]
August 19, 1861
F[erdinand] Van Derveer, Colonel, 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters Camp, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had issued letters of authority for the formation of companies for the 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to seven individuals.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 36]
August 19, 1861
A[lvin] C. Voris, Voris & Bartges, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending that Samuel C. Williamson be given authority to enlist a company for three years' service; and stating that Williamson was a young man of ability, industry and education who had graduated from Hudson College in 1860, that Williamson had true "spunk" and was a young man of sterling integrity and "unexceptionable" habits, and that Williamson had seen and endured the trials of the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) in western Virginia with fortitude and wanted to see more of the war.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 4]
August 19, 1861
S[amuel] C. Williamson, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had served for three months in western Virginia and now wished to go back into the service; and requesting letters of authority to enlist a company of infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 5]
August 19, 1861
H. & G. Zigler, Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had joined with Dr. Black of Uhrichsville which filled their company, and that they could raise another company and form a squadron in twenty days if they had an order for the same.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 50]
August 20, 1861
O. Bennet, Major Commanding, Headquarters, Camp Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he passed through Dayton and Cincinnati delivering the muster rolls and pay rolls to each of the companies relieved from duty on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad with necessary instructions and orders to have them immediately made out and forwarded to Buckingham, that his business with the Surgeon General was satisfactorily arranged, that he arrived at his post on August 17 and reported himself at Camp Putnam on August 19, that Lieutenant Colonel [Melvin] Clark[e] was much pleased with the appointment, that he had immediately assumed command of the Post and issued such general and special orders as deemed necessary for the discipline of the camp, that he had been busily engaged arranging matters for strict discipline and thorough drilling of officers and men, that the companies did not have Sergeants appointed, that it had been tedious work for himself and the Post Adjutant to instruct the companies in compiling a correct morning report, that he had given orders for the men on furlough to be ordered back to camp and hereafter not more than one commissioned and two non- commissioned officers or Privates would be allowed leave of absence from camp at any one time, that there were eleven companies now in camp, that some of these companies lacked men to make the minimum number, that he found the officers and men complaining for being detained in camp so long before being mustered into service, that quite a number had already deserted, that a mustering-in officer would meet a hearty reception and give cheer to the entire camp, that the force under his command guarding the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, notwithstanding the arduous duties they were compelled to perform, reported the bridges, trestle work and track in passable condition, that some unknown individuals had again commenced their midnight operations on the sentinels, that a shot was fired at one of the sentinels during the evening of August 13, while on duty at the W track, that the "desperado" was in ambush and aimed for effect, but missed the sentinel, that there had also been some trouble between the W track and Vincent station and between Big Run and Warren, that a trestle was found on fire one night the previous week and was supposed to be the act of an incendiary, that the fire was put out before much damage was done and a vigilant watch kept for the individual, that if he learned that a number of men were bent upon destruction or if they should meet with increased midnight trouble, he would report same and ask for an increased force, that Post Adjutant William T. Logan had been called home on important business and would be unable to return, that he had appointed Harry M. Smith in his place to act both for the force upon the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad and at camp, and that the men doing duty upon the railroad were very much in want of clothing; and asking if Buckingham would grant him discretionary power to sign requisitions for such clothing as was actually necessary to keep the men comfortable. Bears pencilled note reading "Has authority to sign such requisition as is necessary to supply the actual wants of the men."
4 pp. [Series 147-5: 116]
August 20, 1861
E.J. Blount, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an order to raise a company of infantry; stating that he had assurances that he could get up a good company in a few days, that Lieutenant [Benjamin R.A.] Jones of Company K, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) would act in conjunction with him, and that Jones had served during the Mexican War; and providing references.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 53]
August 20, 1861
Thomas Clark, Major Commanding, Camp Giddings, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing their first morning report; stating that they had the nucleus of a regiment which appeared to be of very good material, that he would appoint an Acting Adjutant and Quartermaster the next day, that they needed an Adjutant Orderly Book, a roster, and a Quartermaster's Account Book, and copies of army regulations for the officers, that following his appointment to Camp Giddings, he received a miscarried order from Buckingham to enlist a company of infantry for the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and to report at Camp Chase on August 26, and that his acceptance at Camp Giddings effectively canceled Buckingham's order; and asking if the State had some arms on hand that could be loaned for camp use.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 57]
August 20, 1861
M[elvin] Clarke, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Emmanuel Cisne of Monroe County wanted authority to raise a company to rendezvous at Camp Putnam and be mustered into the service; asking if he could authorize Cisne to do so; stating that he would probably have a squad of 60 or perhaps a company left after the regiment was full, and that if the company was full, he understood it could be mustered in as such; and asking if the men could be mustered in singly and attached to other companies if the company was not full.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 72]
August 20, 1861
William Cochran, Middletown, Guernsey County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General. Letter stating that he wished to raise a company in that part of the county for active service; requesting authority to do so; and providing references.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 54]
August 20, 1861
J[ohn] M. Connell, Colonel, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Goddard, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he desired the appointment of Lieutenant Andrew J. Davis as Adjutant of the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Davis had been his adjutant in the three months' service, that he could testify that Davis was the best in habits, industry, attention to duty, and in thorough knowledge of all battalion movements that he saw in the service, and that the good of the service required Davis' reappointment.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 36]
August 20, 1861
S.S. Emery, Leipsic, Putnam County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that if Dennison could accept a company for one year's service, they could have one ready in a short time, and that they could have a full regiment if required. Bears pencilled note reading "Cannot accept companies for a less term than 3 years or during the war."
1 p. [Series 147-5: 89]
August 20, 1861
Manning F. Force, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Major in the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he would report without delay to Charles Whittlesey at Dayton as ordered.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 29]
August 20, 1861
Samuel Fosdick, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting that a Lieutenant's commission in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be issued to his son, Wood Fosdick; and stating that this request was made at the urging of Colonel L[eonard A.] Harris, and that Harris would select his Adjutant from his Lieutenants.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 16]
August 20, 1861
Jno. L. George, Captain, Ironton Cavalry, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was sent to Gallipolis by General [Jacob Dolson] Cox on business for his cavalry company and to get the balance of their equipments, that upon his arrival at Gallipolis, he called upon the gentleman who had the saddles sent for his company, that he was supposed to get the saddles and take them to Gauley, [western Virginia], that the gentleman with the saddles refused to relinquish them saying he had no orders regarding their disposition, that he subsequently telegraphed Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham requesting an order for the saddles and equipments, that Buckingham replied with a dispatch saying that his company would be relieved by Captain Pfau's company and that he was to proceed to Ironton to be mustered out of service, that he was at a loss to understand Buckingham's dispatch, that they had served for over a month and a half with old unfit saddles and bridles, that their equipments were ready and had been shipped to Gallipolis yet they were told they could not have them, that they had seen very hard service, that the balance of their time ought to be made easier by the use of the equipments sent to Gallipolis, that a majority of their company wanted to be mustered in for three years, that the company could be filled for the three years' service by the time their three months was up, or before if necessary, that he supposed the government would furnish horses for the three years' men, that they had done good service and had been in every battle and skirmish in western Virginia except for the one at Barbersville, that they had scouted the whole country in the Kanawha region for 120 miles around, that he had lost one man in the battle at Scarey [Creek] and had one severely wounded in the skirmish at Locust Grove, that he had taken a prisoner in the skirmish beyond Fayetteville, that this prisoner had belonged to Casca's Rangers of the Richmond Cavalry and was now in Columbus, that in view of all they had done, he hoped Dennison would send an order to have the horse equipments at Gallipolis, or at least 70 of them, shipped to their company at Gauley Bridge, and that he wanted a commission to raise four companies of cavalry for the three years' service and wanted his present company to form one of these companies.
3 pp. [Series 147-5: 88]
August 20, 1861
Jno. L. George, Captain, Company A, [Ironton] Cavalry, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he hardly knew how to express his surprise at the contents of Buckingham's dispatch and hardly knew how to understand it, that his company went into service under orders from Buckingham and under the promise that they would be furnished with arms, uniforms, and horse equipments, that they had received good arms and uniforms, that they had done very hard service in western Virginia for a month and a half without being furnished any horse equipments, that Buckingham had promised him from time to time that the horse equipments would be ready soon and would be sent to the company, that in his last dispatch before the latest one, Buckingham had said they would be the first company equipped in the State, and that now, after the saddles and equipments were all made and shipped to Gallipolis, he was unable to obtain them and was notified that the company would be mustered out of service in a few days; and requesting that an explanation be sent to Gauley Bridge, Virginia as he was returning there immediately.
2 pp. [Series 147-5: 82]
August 20, 1861
Charles W. Hill, Brigadier General Commanding, Headquarters Ohio Volunteers for U.S. Service, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that their force was small for the large amount of guard duty necessary to maintain the order and discipline of the camp and protect the surrounding farmers at that season of the year when fruits and vegetables invited "depredations," that the guard hardly needed to be increased for five full regiments of infantry, and that he hoped Buckingham would fill up the camp quarters.
2 pp. [Series 147-5: 35]
August 20, 1861
W. Hooper, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding the reported election of Joseph McDougal as Quartermaster of the 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he felt it his duty to inform Dennison that about a year before, McDougal had stolen a large sum of money belonging to the firm of West & McDougal and fled to Canada, that police officers pursued McDougal, arrested him and recovered some of the money, and that he did not consider McDougal a fit person for so responsible a position as Quartermaster.
2 pp. [Series 147-5: 34]
August 20, 1861
George S. Mygatt, Major, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that S. Chamberlain had just received a telegraphic dispatch from Columbus informing him that he could be appointed Quartermaster of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry if he desired the position, that he had informed Chamberlain that Governor William Dennison had already appointed Lieutenant E.A. Scovill as Quartermaster, that Scovill had been notified by the Adjutant General of his appointment and had already been mustered into the service of the United States, that a large amount of stores had already been shipped to Scovill, that considerable inconvenience would result if a change was made, that a very competent military man had offered to accept the post of Adjutant of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and that the regiment's field officers would recommend him to the Governor, that the position of Adjutant was one of great importance to the regiment and they hoped to be allowed to select one who was qualified, that they expected to have five hundred men in camp by August 24, and that they would be much gratified if Captain Cotter's artillery company could be attached to their regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-5: 22]
August 20, 1861
George G. Shumard, Surgeon General of Ohio, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting his arrival in Cincinnati from Washington.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 41]
August 20, 1861
A.T. Snodgrass, Captain, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had an order to recruit, but no blank muster rolls; and requesting the forms along with printed instructions to recruiting officers.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 2]
August 20, 1861
L.E. White, Enon, Clark County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General. Letter asking if there was a chance to join the Navy and where he would have to go to enlist.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 54]
August 20, 1861
Charles Whittlesey, Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that J.N. McElroy of Delaware be appointed Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster P.M. Hitchcock of the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be transferred to the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry per the consent of Colonel [Samuel] Beatty and Governor William Dennison.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 31]