August 28, 1861
William R. Tolles, Camp Wood, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting an appointment as Captain in the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 8]

August 28, 1861
Henry S. Williams, Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting an order to raise an infantry company; and stating that he could raise such a company in a short time.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 30]

August 29, 1861
J.H. Clark, Acting Commissary of Subsistence, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that by order of General [Jacob Dolson] Cox, all government stores at Point Pleasant had been ordered moved to Gallipolis, that they now had approximately 300,000 rounds of ammunition and 250 to 300 tons of subsistence stores, all of which needed guards, that Colonel Lightburn, in command of Virginia troops at Point Pleasant, had detailed a company of his force to serve as guards, that the present emergency in the Kanawha Valley demanded the services of all regular troops, that Captain Harper of Gallipolis had a company of Militia of the Reserve at Gallipolis who would do all necessary guard service if called out by the proper authority at Columbus, that he had told Harper he supposed the Government would pay his company the regular army pay per month and supply rations and clothing, that General [William S.] Rosecrans had just ordered all of Colonel Lightburn's regiment, including the company detailed to guard the governmment stores at Gallipolis, up the Kanawha, that in the present emergency, he had ordered Captain Harper to report 25 of his command immediately which Harper was doing "reluctantly," that he did this on advice of Captain Treat of General [Jacob Dolson] Cox's staff, that in addition to his ordinary duties, he was acting as agent to Captain Gibbs, Brigade Commissary at the Gallipolis post, and that he was constructing store houses, etc., for Captain Treat.
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 3]

August 29, 1861
E.E. Colburn, Camp Morrow, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting an appointment as 1st Lieutenant in the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had reported himself to Colonel [Joshua] Sill on August 15, and had been acting as Quartermaster ever since.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 34]

August 29, 1861
J.W. Davidson, Camp Noble, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting a commission.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 11]

August 29, 1861
Charles W. Hill, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter presenting the name of D.K. Hollenbeck of Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, who desired an official position in the volunteer service; and stating that Hollenbeck was a young lawyer of good attainment, strict integrity, and good business qualifications, and that he expected Hollenbeck to succeed in any position accepted.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 54]

August 29, 1861
Henry W. Johnson, Camp Wood, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting an appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 9]

August 29, 1861
G.F. Lewis, Bank of Cleveland, Number 99, Superior Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if William H. Gibson had been appointed by Governor William Dennison as Colonel of the Ohio Militia or to any office in the Ohio Militia.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 66]

August 29, 1861
Jno. C. Lewis, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting an appointment as 1st Lieutenant of Company I, 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 22]

August 29, 1861
Robert C. Schenck, Washington. To Thomas C. Mitchell. Letter instructing Mitchell to go to Columbus immediately and get authority from Governor William Dennison to raise and equip his sharpshooters; and stating that the subject had been referred to Dennison by the War Department, that the Assistant Secretary of War said there must be uniformity of caliber in Mitchell's rifles in order to prevent difficulty in procuring ammunition and recommended breech loading rifles of Schenck's, Smith's, Storm's, Marsh's, or Burnside's patent, which were offered at $30 to $38, and that he would be glad to have Mitchell's corps in his brigade.
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 131]

August 29, 1861
W.G. Sherwin, Colonel, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had forwarded Dennison's telegram to the Secretary of War [Simon Cameron] and informed Cameron that Dennison's dispatch had disbanded his regiment which would have been full in good time, and that Cameron had sent a telegram instructing him to report to Dennison who would arrange for organization; and submitting a report. In the accompanying report, Sherwin states that on August 1, while in Washington, the Secretary of War gave him authority to organize a regiment of light artillery, that immediately upon his return home, he began organizing, that recruiting offices were opened in various parts of Ohio and two or three in neighboring states, that ten companies were started and formed rapidly, that some of these companies were nearly full when General Order Number 58 was issued by the War Department, that by the terms of that order, he was fully authorized to begin mustering his men and sending them to camp, that officers Walker and Dickerson had been entrusted by the Government with the selection of a camp of instruction or a camp of rendezvous, that he had asked these officers to what camp he should send his men, that the officers had not selected a camp, but anticipated it would be Camp Dennison, that his duty to the authorities at Washington did not permit delay, that believing Camp Dennison would be the camp selected, he felt obligated to begin concentrating his regiment at that point, that since his troops were United States volunteers, he supposed they would be properly cared for when taken to a United States camp, that he had not been informed that State authorities controlled the United States camps and did not expect that he would be called upon to conform to the "peculiar" plans of any "mere" State organization, that he had relied upon tactics, army regulations, general orders and personal experience as his guides and strictly followed their teachings, that to his surprise, he found the officers at Camp Dennison reluctant to furnish subsistence and camp equipage to his men, that these officers eventually provided second-hand blankets and short rations, but claimed that these things were given as a matter of charity and without authority, that such treatment discourged the men already in camp and prevented others from coming, that he had applied to Dennison because the officers of Camp Dennison as well as those from Cincinnati insisted that Dennison controlled all matters relating to the camps, that Dennison had replied by saying he could not recognize the regiment and would have nothing to do with it, that since they were United States troops in a United States camp and since he expected to make all his requisitions on United States departments, Dennison's reply was not in the least unexpected, that since Dennison was said to control the camps, he thought Dennison would provide for the proper care of soldiers in those camps, that Dennison's reply had further discouraged the men and prevented still more from coming, that the Assistant Adjutant General, Quartermaster, Commissary and other United States officers did not feel at liberty to act without Dennison's sanction in the form of a written order, that instead of having a whole regiment in camp by the expected date of August 31, he currently had one hundred and fifty men at Camp Dennison, that he had more than eight hundred and fifty men enlisted, who were ready to come to camp when persuaded they would receive proper care, and that he wished to organize with one hundred and fifty men in each company and with from eight to twelve batteries in the regiment, in accordance with the adopted tactics, regulations, orders, rules and customs of the army.
6 pp. [Series 147-6: 95]

August 29, 1861
W.B. Straight, Hudson, Summit County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he wanted to raise a cavalry company which would be second to none in the service, that he was ready to commence raising said company as soon as duly authorized, that he was the only son of S. Straight of the firm of Straight, Denning Company of Cincinnati, that he had enlisted in Captain [Henry W.] Burdsall's Cincinnati Dragoons on June 15, was present at the battle of Rich Mountain, and was severely wounded at Cheat Mountain Gap by the enemy in ambush on July 19, that he was rapidly recovering and would be ready for active duty in a short time, and that he anticipated very little trouble in raising a company of strong, brave, and reliable men; and citing Major Minor K. Millikin of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry as a reference.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 40]

August 29, 1861
Captain Charles Townsend, Lieutenant J[eremiah] L. Carpenter, 2nd Lieutenant J[ohn] C. Rickey, and Francis C. Russell, Orderly Sergeant, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter informing Dennison that Lieutenant R.L. Bowdre, formerly Quartermaster of the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was elected 1st Lieutenant by universal consent; requesting that Dennison appoint Bowdre as 1st Lieutenant; stating that Bowdre was a well drilled man and very necessary to their company; and asking Dennison to send the commission that evening because Bowdre was thinking about going home the next day.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 52]

August 29, 1861
William Welsh, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Colonel Jacob Hire and Thomas Beach of Chillicothe wanted to raise a regiment at Greenfield, Ohio, that from what he knew of these men and the locality, Dennison would do well to locate a camp at Greenfield and appoint Hire and Beach to take charge of same, that he thought the regiment would soon be raised and consist of the best men, and that raising this regiment would not in any way interfere with the regiment at Chillicothe.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 33]

August 30, 1861
John Brown, Jr., Box 125, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the War Department in accepting his company of sharpshooters said that his men should be mustered into service in accordance with General Order Numbers 58 and 61, current series, and that he was not able to obtain copies of these orders locally; and requesting that Buckingham forward copies.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 24]

August 30, 1861
W.P. Cutler, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had just learned that a new regiment had been accepted to be organized at Camp Putnam, that T[imothy] L. Condit and Cutler's nephew, Ephraim C. Dawes, wanted authority to recruit a company for said regiment, that Condit and Dawes were young men of good habits and character, graduates of Marietta College, and would make excellent officers, that he would regard it as a personal favor if commissions were issued to Condit and Dawes, and that Dawes wanted to obtain the position of Adjutant.
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 47]

August 30, 1861
J[ohn] H. Dickerson, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that 884 blankets would be sent to Dennison in a day or two.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 49]

August 30, 1861
J[ohn] H. Dickerson, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he would send his purchasing agent and inspector to Columbus on September 2, and would take from the State all the horses presented if found suitable for cavalry purposes, that he would also purchase enough horses to complete the outfit of a company of cavalry if horses were brought in and were cheap, that he would be obliged if Dennison would let some horse dealers know that purchases would be made on September 2, that Dennison must apply to the Quartermaster General to have the horses not at Columbus accepted by the United States, that he had telegraphed Lieutenant Thayer, and that if Thayer had been mustered into service, he would send him money that day.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 50]

August 30, 1861
G. Volney Dorsey, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Captain Thomas I. Lawton of Piqua was visiting Columbus for the purpose of getting permission to raise a company of artillery or cavalry or for any arm of the service where the need was most urgent, that Lawton's energy and activity would secure a company of men in ten days time, and that he believed few men in Ohio could do better service for the country.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 6]

August 30, 1861
James S. Downing, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he did not know how to proceed regarding organizing parts of companies into one, that all of these partial companies had elected Captains, with some containing 60 men and others containing 25 men, and that it would consume a considerable amount of time to fill all of the partial companies; asking if any pay would be allowed for the time he spent filling the companies; and stating that he was willing to aid the government, but that he expected some recompense for his time.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 83]

August 30, 1861
A.C. Fenner, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that in the latter part of May, he had offered the Oregon Guards of Dayton for State or United States service, that he could not be received because of existing requisitions, but was told that the offer would be considered in case of future requisitions, and that he now intended to raise a company; asking which regiments, whose field officers were appointed, had vacancies; stating that he had been a principal of one of the public schools in Dayton for eight years and still held that position, and that he could obtain good references; and asking if M.B. Walker's regiment was full.
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 68]

August 30, 1861
John Geary, Wray Thomas, W. Willshire Riley, Samuel Galloway, and A.B. Buttles, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Statements certifying that James Speed was an upright, honest man, who would fill a position in the army with credit to himself and honor to the State, and that Speed had experience in military matters.
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 20]

August 30, 1861
William E. Gilmore, Colonel, 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that George Gebert, a Private in Captain Pfau's cavalry company, was in Chillicothe, that Gebert's horse was badly "foundered" and probably ruined for service in the future, that Gebert was without means, without orders from his Captain or knowledge of the whereabouts of his company, and that Gebert seemed like a good soldier and was anxious to go on; and asking what was to be done with Gebert.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 48]

August 30, 1861
Josiah Given, Camp, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cheat Mountain Pass, [western Virginia]. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Lieutenant Colonel of the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he would report to Colonel T[imothy] R. Stanley forthwith.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 159]

August 30, 1861
Charles W. Hill, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had written Buckingham a few days before communicating the proposition of Alonzo Rogers to raise an artillery company in East Toledo; introducing James Raymer of East Toledo, the bearer of the letter, who would call upon Buckingham for authority to raise the proposed company; and stating that he knew nothing of Raymer as a military man, that Raymer was a man of integrity and good business habits, and in every way "unexceptionable," and that he had great confidence that Raymer would succeed.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 64]

August 30, 1861
William B. Huffman, Springfield Marble Works, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he knew the Government wanted more volunteers and felt that if proper means were taken, another company could be raised in Clark and adjoining counties, that he would deem it a great favor if Buckingham granted him an order to raise a company for the war and a brevet Captain's commission, and that he believed he had the ability to command a company; and providing references.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 2]

August 30, 1861
Samuel E. Jenner, Crestline, Crawford County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his attention had just been called to Buckingham's Order Number 50, and that he had a number of men ready and could fill up a company; requesting a commission as Captain of cavalry; and stating that he had some experience and could furnish satisfactory references.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 25]

August 30, 1861
C[harles] W. Potwin, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To whom it may concern. Letter stating that J.B. Thompson of Zanesville was a gentleman of excellent moral habits and in comfortable pecuniary circumstances, that Thompson felt the pressure of more activity on the part of the people of Ohio in raising and organizing an army worthy of the State in its numbers and character, that Thompson wanted to enter the service, and that Thompson stood high in the community, having held the office of Mayor of Zanesville and other important positions.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 26]

August 30, 1861
William R. Putnam, and John Newton, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they proposed having a cavalry company formed in Marietta to serve as Ohio volunteers, that a number of the best returned three months' men were waiting to join such a company, that it was their conviction that the company would be made up easier and sooner, and be composed of better men, if they could have an order to send small squads into camp as obtained, that some weeks since, they had been authorised to raise a cavalry company through [William Parker] Cutler, Member of Congress, and that they preferred the company should be received with Ransom's regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 31]

August 30, 1861
William R. Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending T.C.H. Smith for Lieutenant Colonel of Ransom's Cavalry Regiment; stating that Smith had a well- educated mind and a good constitution, and exhibited proper decisiveness, firm determination and energetic action, and that Smith's appointment would be highly satisfactory to all good Union men in Marietta; and offering his sympathy for the arduous duties in which Dennison was engaged.
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 31]

August 30, 1861
J. Wesley Sater, 1st Lieutenant, Company C, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham would confer a favor on approximately 100 men of Preble County if he would accept them as a cavalry company to serve during the war.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 1]

August 30, 1861
T.C.H. Smith, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that due to a delay in the mails, he had just received Buckingham's letter notifying him of his appointment as Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; accepting said appointment; and stating that he would endeavor to discharge his duties with diligence and fidelity, and would leave by the first train for Columbus.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 35]

August 30, 1861
B[ellamy] Storer, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To "My dear sir". Letter stating that the addressee had no idea of the number of men who were leaving Cincinnati daily for St. Louis to serve under General [John C.] Fremont, that squads of 30, 20, or 10 men as well as companies were continually on the move, that within the last fortnight, at least one thousand men had gone, that three or four regiments were forming and would soon be ready, that every day their young men found positions as subalterns in Missouri, and were received with open arms in St. Louis, that troops were needed in western Virginia and on their border, that the State at large ought to look beyond the hour, that they had no sufficient supply of arms, but had plenty of men to bear the muskets, that Cincinnati had sent away nearly 8,000 men, and that at the same rate, Ohio ought to have 100,000 men in arms; and asking "where is the fault!"
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 65]

August 30, 1861
Philip B. Swing, Batavia, Clermont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that A.I. Vanasdol of Clermont County was raising a company for the war; asking if Vanasdol needed authority to do so; and requesting that Vanasdol be forwarded the necessary papers or such instructions as were proper.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 20]