August 28, 1861
William D. Stone, Captain, Company I, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), Union City, Indiana. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he wanted to know what was to be done in reference to discharges for the three months' men, and that his men were anxious to get their discharges; asking if blank discharges could be forwarded to him at Union City so that he could fill them out; and stating that he was preparing to "go for the war" and wanted the matter attended to soon.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 199]

August 28, 1861
Jason Taylor, 35 Barclay St., New York, New York. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that several prominent gentlemen of high standing had written to Governor William Dennison recommending him as a suitable person to raise and command a light infantry regiment to be made up in and around Shelby and Logan Counties, that he had no money to loan the Government, but tendered it his life, energy and military skill, and that his friends were clamorous for him to return home to Sidney and undertake the enterprise, which he could not do without a commission.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 209]

August 28, 1861
Dwight Truesdale, Vincent, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was elected to the position of 2nd Lieutenant of Captain Headley's company in the Militia of the Reserve and that the company was now doing guard duty on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, that their 1st Lieutenant, who was elected at the same time, never reported himself for duty with the company and had not resigned, that the company had been at Vincent over two months, and that he had performed all of the 1st Lieutenant's duties as well as his own; and asking if he was entitled to the 1st Lieutenant's place and his pay without going through another election.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 204]

August 28, 1861
F.M. Welsh, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was forming a company; asking if the company would be accepted, where they would go to camp, and whether he could return to fill the company; stating that some of the men did not want to lay around Bucyrus until the company was full; and requesting a blank for the enrollment of names.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 233]

August 28, 1861
Hiram Wheeler, Richfield, Summit County, Ohio. To William B. Thrall. Letter stating that A.N. Goldwood, the bearer, was a young man of his acquaintance, that he could recommend Goldwood as being of good moral character, and that Goldwood was the Captain of the Home Guards of Richfield and was anxious to get a commission in the army; and asking Thrall to intercede with Governor William Dennison on Goldwood's behalf.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 246]

August 28, 1861
W.W. Woodward, Captain, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in a few days he would have the required number of men to go into camp, and that he wanted to know what regiment his company would enter; asking if Colonel Walker's regiment would be organized and if he could get into that regiment; and stating that there was a constant wish on the part of his men to know where they would be assigned, that he would have good men and many of them trained in drill, and that he could be in Columbus the following week.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 220]

August 29, 1861
George W. Barrere, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting some blank rolls for an infantry company; stating that several of his friends wanted him to raise a company; and requesting a commission.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 194]

August 29, 1861
C.H. Bean, Lieutenant, Company D, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a pass from McConnelsville to the mouth of the Big Kanawha; and stating that he was on sick leave and anxious to rejoin his regiment at Gauley, that in consequence of sundry bills resulting from his sickness, he was entirely destitute of funds to carry him to a point where he could get on a government steamboat, and that Colonel T.W. Simpson, the bearer of the letter, would answer any questions regarding Bean and attest to the truthfulness of Bean's statements.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 245]

August 29, 1861
M. Bitler, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting his commission so that he could follow the 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 208]

August 29, 1861
J. Earhart, M.D., Lee, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing his bill for recruiting a company; and stating that he was directed to Buckingham for remuneration.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 240]

August 29, 1861
Zenus Hamer, Attorney at Law, LeBlond & Hamer, Attorneys at Law, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General. Letter stating that one out of every four cavalry companies recruiting would fail to raise the promised number of men, that consequently the Adjutant General would not have the the amount of cavalry needed, that he would rather raise a company of cavalry than an infantry company, and that he could raise a cavalry company within two weeks.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 207]

August 29, 1861
R[obert] F. Jackson, Adjutant, Headquarters, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Buckingham, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing his field reports for August 27, 28, and 29; stating that he had neglected sending them daily for want of blanks; asking if it was necessary for the Captains to make out a monthly report of their commands for August; and stating that some of these commands had just been mustered in while others had not.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 191]

August 29, 1861
H.L. Johnson, Shanes Crossing, Mercer County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an order to raise a company of cavalry; and stating that his neighbors wanted to enter the service, and preferred to go as cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 239]

August 29, 1861
Barton S. Kyle, Clerk's Office, Troy, Miami County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that his friend, J.C. Frankenberger of Sidney, was desirous of going into the service and would make application to Dennison for an appointment, that he had been acquainted with Frankenberger for a number of years, that Frankenberger possessed qualifications of an eminent character, that he was entirely unacquainted with Frankenberger's military knowledge, that Frankenberger's close business habits, energy of character and strict integrity would make him a valuable man in any position of the service, and that Frankenberger's appointment would gratify many friends in the Troy area. Bears endorsement of James H. Hart.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 210]

August 29, 1861
Washington Miller, Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General. Letter stating that he would begin the enlistment of a company upon receiving the proper authority, and that the Adjutant General's fear of Ohio proving laggard was evidenced by the slowness of enlistments.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 236]

August 29, 1861
E.F. Poppleton, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was writing at the request of several members of Company H, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service); asking if the pay roll of said company had been made out, and if members of that company could get their pay by coming to Columbus; and stating that the company's officers went on with the three years' men and that the boys at Delaware had no way of knowing whether the rolls had been made out or not, and that many of the company's members would re-enlist if they could have their pay for services rendered.
2 pp. [Series 147-5: 236]

August 29, 1861
A.B. Ruggles, Newburgh, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter written on behalf of 6 or 8 young men from Newburgh who were former members of Companies A and B of the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; asking if these men could rejoin their companies; and stating that these men had heard of the terrible slaughter of members of their favorite regiment and wanted to avenge the death of their former comrades, and that these men had received their discharges from three months' service and would be ready to rejoin their former companies as soon as they received their pay.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 190]

[August 30?, 1861]
Colonel William Carter, et. al. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting that Dennison grant Jesse W. Hollister a recruiting commission as 1st Lieutenant for three months; and stating that Hollister served during the War of 1812 as Sergeant Major of the 1st Regiment, U.S. Artillery, and was wounded and rendered unfit for active service, that Hollister was 70 years of age yet his heart beat with emotions of patriotism, that Hollister desired a commission so that he might spend his expiring energies for his much loved country, and that Hollister wanted to recruit in Clermont and Brown Counties with headquarters at Felicity or Higginsport.
3 pp. [Series 147-5: 243]

August 30, 1861
B.F. Heskett, Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they now had sixty-seven men, and that he would not be able to report by August 31 with a full company; requesting an extension; stating that they had heard that a camp would be formed at New Philadelphia, and that if this was the case, they would be ready to go into camp in a few days with an opportunity to recruit; asking if there were any applications for the Chaplaincy of the regiment to be formed in Tuscarawas County; and stating that a clergyman of very fine talents and well qualified had written him concerning the position.
2 pp. [Series 147-5: 243]

August 30, 1861
M[ichael] P. Nolan, Captain, Company G, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that while at Camp Dennison with his company, he was ordered by General [Jacob Dolson] Cox to recruit it up to 101 men, that he sent a Sergeant to Dayton for that purpose, that the Sergeant returned to camp with 26 men, that these men remained in camp, without being mustered into the three months' service, until Cox's communication asking if they would go in for three years and instructing that they be sent home if unwilling to serve for three years, that he had sent these men home when they would not go for three years, that these men had enlisted for three months in good faith and should be paid for the time they were in camp, that these men had called upon him and he promised to lay the matter before Buckingham, that these men should have already been paid, and that most of these men left jobs and situations to serve.
2 pp. [Series 147-5: 238]

August 30, 1861
Ellis A. Ramsay, Camp Morrow, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant of Company B, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had notified Colonel J[oshua] W. Sill of said appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 240]

August 30, 1861
W.D. Starr, Camp McCook, near Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had a company of between eighty and ninety men in camp and would have one hundred men by the following week; requesting an order to organize and elect officers; and stating that they were anxious to be assigned to Colonel [Alexander McDowell] McCook's regiment at Dayton.
1 p. [Series 147-5: 241]

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