September 5, 1861
Amos Glover, Powhatan Point, Belmont County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham had authorized D.H. Williams of Powhatan Point to enlist a company of infantry to report on August 25, that Williams had not succeeded in enlisting the company and had gone into other business, leaving his men to Glover, that these men had by unanimous vote asked him to fill up the company and take it into the field, and that he had consented to do so; providing references; requesting an order to recruit a company of infantry with as low a minimum number as was admissible; asking if there was any way to make it binding upon the men to go into service before they entered camp; and stating that without such a mechanism, some of the men might regard the period between when they enlisted and when they mustered in as a "free ride".
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 182]

September 5, 1861
Benjamin F. Greek, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in Company D, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had reported to Colonel Thomas H. Ford for duty.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 194]

September 5, 1861
Frederick I. Griffith, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Colonel O[scar] F. Moore, of the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had telegraphed Buckingham for authority to permit Griffith to raise a company, that he was pleased to inform Buckingham that he had 70 men ready for camp duty, and that he had not been aware that a special order had been passed prohibiting persons from raising companies without Buckingham's authority; and requesting that a commission for his command be forwarded as early as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 210]

[September 5?, 1861]
E.S. Holloway, Captain, Jackson Reserve Militia, North Jackson, Mahoning County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P.Buckingham. Letter stating that his company of Militia of the Reserve numbered forty-four men and were willing to go into active service provided they could go as a company; requesting that Buckingham forward orders; stating that he would fill his company as soon as possible and go with them into service if needed; and requesting a situation in as good a regiment as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 191]

September 5, 1861
William A. Hukill, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had decided to raise a company in Steubenville and was underway when he saw the instructions requiring authority from the Adjutant General; requesting a commission; and stating that he had been a Sergeant in Captain A[nson] G[eorge] McCook's company (H) in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service).
1 p. [Series 147-6: 193]

September 5, 1861
Frank J. Jones, 2nd Lieutenant, Company F, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the Paymaster declined to pay him without a certificate showing the date of his entering the service as 2nd Lieutenant in the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that Buckingham refer to his letter accepting the commission and mailed at Parkersburg, western Virginia, and that he be furnished with the certificate which the Paymaster thought was required and the date of his acceptance.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 211]

September 5, 1861
W.S. Jones, Jasper, Pike County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the necessary papers to raise a company of militia to go into service as soon as organized; asking how long they would be given to fill up the company, how many men they would have to get before they could go into camp, and if the government would pay the expense of keeping the men together until the company was made up; and stating that it would probably take some time to get men enough to make a company, and that consequently there would be some considerable expense.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 197]

September 5, 1861
J.W. Lindsey, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had a letter of authority dated August 20 from Buckingham to raise a company in Delaware County, that the letter of authority had instructed him to report at Camp Chase on August 30, and that he had seen by Buckingham's General Order Number 51 that letters of authority granted were considered cancelled at the expiration of the time allowed; reminding Buckingham that he had told him that he did not expect to raise the company in so short a time and that Buckingham had promised to extend the time if necessary; stating that he had 30 to 40 men that he could rely upon, that they proposed going into camp in Delaware at the fair grounds and to begin drilling while continuing to recruit until they filled up the company, that local citizens would furnish them with subsistence until they were ready to report at camp, that they were canvassing the county, holding public meetings, and "waking up an interest" where only apathy had prevailed, that they were not in competition with anyone other than Captain Eyster of Colonel Carrington's regiment, that they were facilitating Eyster's recruiting rather than impeding it and that Eyster was filling up his company with a good degree of activity, and that Captain Dyer's company had gone to camp pretty well filled up; requesting that his letter of authority be extended to September 20; stating that he hoped to report a first rate company by that date; and providing references.
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 176]

September 5, 1861
John W. McLaughlin, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 1st Lieutenant of Company D, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had reported to Colonel Thomas H. Ford for duty.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 195]

September 5, 1861
James R. Morris, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that William D. Patton of Woodsfield wanted authority to raise a company for the war, that Patton had been twice elected Sheriff of Monroe County and was recently an acting Justice of the Peace in Woodsfield, that Patton also wanted authority to swear the men into the service as they volunteered, that it would be necessary for Patton to do so on account of the number that had already gone from Monroe County, that including the companies that had joined western Virginia regiments, Monroe County had seven full companies in the service, and that if all the counties had done as well, Ohio would have 60,000 three years' men in the field.
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 183]

September 5, 1861
A[braham] Sanders Piatt, Colonel, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Captain Miller had a company in Camp Wade, that Miller wished to be transferred to Camp Dennison, that Miller's men were dissatisfied and wanted to be sent to Camp Dennison, and that they had not been sworn in and would leave Camp Wade if not transferred; and asking Dennison to send Miller and his company to Camp Dennison.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 200]

September 5, 1861
Jasper A. Smith, Berlin, Jackson County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter reminding Dennison that on June 20, 1860, he had received a diploma from Dennison's hand at Athens, awarded by the Trustees of the Ohio University; requesting an order for a volunteer company of infantry to be raised in Jackson County immediately; stating that he was 27 years of age, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weighed 170 pounds, and had a good constitution; requesting information regarding the minimum number to be admitted to camp, and the camp and regiment to which he would be assigned; and providing references.
2 pp. [Series 147-6: 171]

September 6, 1861
J[ames] A. Garfield, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Colonel of the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 201]

September 6, 1861
Samuel E. Jenney, Crestline, Crawford County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter acknowledging receipt of the papers sent on September 5; and stating that he could raise a cavalry company in a very short time, and that he would fill the company in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry per Mason's wishes.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 186]

September 6, 1861
H.L. Johnson, Shanes Crossing, Mercer County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received Buckingham's letter dated August 30 informing him that no additional cavalry companies were needed; requesting an order for a company of infantry since he already had sufficient men to organize a cavalry company; stating that he would raise a few more men and make an infantry company of it; requesting that he be empowered to enlist his men so that they could be held until he got them into camp; and stating that this was the second company he had raised during the Summer, the first having disbanded on account of there being no compulsion to stay.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 205]

September 6, 1861
Ben Morgan, Franklin, Warren County, Ohio. To Adjutant General Wood. Letter stating that he had been asked by many who were anxious to volunteer for the general service to make application for a permit to raise a company; and requesting such a permit.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 204]

September 6, 1861
A[braham] Sanders Piatt, Colonel, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they wished to muster in on September 7, and that it was necessary for the appointments and rolls to be forwarded to Buckingham for approval; requesting that the appointments and rolls be returned by the bearer, and blank certificates of authority to raise companies, blank forms for transportation, and blank furloughs; and stating that he was now sending morning field reports to the commandant of the post.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 188]

September 6, 1861
D.A. Porterfield, New Paris, Preble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if Buckingham would extend the time for enlisting his company until October 1; and stating that Buckingham had requested him to have his company ready by September 15, but he would not be able to do so, and that he wished to acquaint himself with everything relative to the men under his command.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 203]

September 6, 1861
Weldin Read, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter enclosing Dr. I. Fisler's acceptance of an appointment as Quartermaster of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and asking Mason to place that acceptance on file if one was not already on file, and when Fisler was likely to get his commission.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 182]

September 7, 1861
A.S. Ready, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that Buckingham authorize Dr. David Chalfant of Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County to raise a company with orders to report at Camp Meigs, Tuscarawas County; and stating that Chalfant would raise the company on short notice, that Chalfant was a man of energy as well as character, that nearly all of Buckingham's orders for companies were full, and that they were very anxious to fill their regiment soon.
1 p. [Series 147-6: 184]