September 11, 1861
Charles Whittlesey, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Charles H. McElroy of Delaware, and brother of Major [James N.] McElroy of his regiment, wanted authority to raise a company for the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and asking if Buckingham could issue Charles H. McElroy such authority directed to Delaware.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 150]
September 11, 1861
Irving F. Willis, London, Madison County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he approved of the plan soon to be adopted to increase speedily the volunteer forces by appointing citizens in each Congressional district and county to enroll men desiring to enter service, that he had full leisure and extensive acquaintance in Madison and adjoining counties, and that he would gladly embrace an opportunity to render aid in this undertaking; and citing references including Jno. H. Klippart.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 175]
September 11, 1861
William D. Wood, Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting authority to raise a company of infantry to serve during the war; and stating that there were no companies being organized in his neighborhood, and that he thought a company could be raised in a short time. Together with a statement signed by three individuals certifying that Wood was a gentleman of good moral character and well qualified to raise a company, having seen service during the Mexican War.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 201]
September 11, 1861
W.B. Woods, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that at a meeting of a few area residents interested in the rapid filling up of the Ohio volunteer regiments, he was appointed one of a committee to confer with Buckingham on the best plan for securing the greatest number of volunteers in the shortest time; suggesting that one, and in no case more than two, orders to raise companies should be outstanding in the same county at the same time, and that a committee of reliable citizens be raised in each county and that no person receive an order to raise a company unless recommended by such committee; and stating that the business of raising volunteers in Licking County had been greatly embarrassed by the fact that four or five persons would be engaged in raising companies at the same time and by the want of public confidence in some of the men so engaged, and that if these difficulties were removed, they should be able to raise five or six more companies in Licking County in addition to the six already organized.
2 pp. [Series 147-7: 172]
September 12, 1861
James B. Armstrong, Armstrong's Bank, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that in view of the proposition now pending to re-organize the recruiting service and under the program of appointing efficient men in each district for this purpose, he suggested the name of Ichabod Corwin of Urbana as one of those agents, that Corwin was willing to abandon his professional business in order that he might aid this matter, that others would arrange their affairs at once and go to work and raise a regiment, believing it could be done rapidly, that the fairgrounds in Urbana would be at their service and the Champaign County Commissioners would afford them such pecuniary aid as might be needed, and that under other auspices, such aid was refused because the commissioners did not have confidence in the attempts of certain parties.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 219]
September 12, 1861
Henry Belknap, Captain, 18th [U.S.] Infantry, Mustering Officer, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Major [John R.] Edie, 15th [U.S.] Infantry, Mustering Officer, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Letter stating that his note would be handed to Edie by Captain [Hiram] Miller of the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry who was very anxious to have his company lettered "A", and that he thought Miller was entitled to that designation since he had the largest company, being longest on the ground, and was an officer of experience; and recommending Miller.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 160]
September 12, 1861
A.S. Bement, Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had gotten an order from Buckingham on September 10 to fill up a company of infantry, that since he arrived home, there had been other parties at work to see if they could get up a company, that in consequence, things were moving slowly, that he understood the other parties were about to apply for an order to fill a company, that a bad situation existed, and that he thought there should be but one company forming at a time.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 217]
September 12, 1861
William Bliler, Canal Fulton, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had enlisted as a Private in Company A of the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) on April 27 at Canton, Ohio and was honorably discharged on May 29 at Columbus, Ohio on account of physical incapability; and asking if he was entitled to one months' pay, how to get same, and where to apply.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 222]
September 12, 1861
W.E. Bolin, Sheriff's Office, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been informed that the military department was about to establish recruiting offices in each county for the purpose of enlisting men for three years' service; asking if Buckingham intended to send a recruiting officer or appoint one who was acquainted with the county; stating that if Buckingham wanted to select a man and appoint him as a commissioned officer, he would like to have the opportunity of recruiting since he was acquainted all over the county through his position as Deputy Sheriff, that they were very "dull" in office business and he wanted a commissioned office with a rank of Captain or Lieutenant, that with such a commission, he would establish a recruiting office in the Sheriff's office and was satisfied it would do well, and that he currently held a commission of Lieutenant in the First Quota of the Militia of the Reserve and would have been in the field long ago had it not been for the need to support his mother and sisters; and offering to furnish any kind of recommendation necessary from the best men of Pickaway County.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 202]
September 12, 1861
William B. Cassilly, Colonel and Quartermaster, 1st Division, Ohio Militia, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham wrote some two months ago informing him that he had under consideration the payment of General [William Haines] Lytle's staff officers for the time they were in service at Camp Harrison in the formation of the first camp; and asking if any decision had been made.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 169]
September 12, 1861
J.S. Davis, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in times like the present, he thought every good citizen ought to lend his aid to the government, and that in accordance with this view, he was willing to tender his services to the State or general government in any capacity in which he could be made useful.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 169]
September 12, 1861
M.L. Edwards, Sergeant in Command, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter posing a question relative to recruits he had sworn in by a Notary Public as members of Company C, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; asking if he could hold those recruits under said oath as members of Company C, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry despite enticements from other recruiting officers, and if a recruiting officer had the power to take recruits from another recruiting officer after those recruits had given their pledge; stating that they had been waiting in Salem for pass transportation from General [Jacob Dolson] Cox, but the pass had been detained, that owing to the detention of the pass, the men had become very restless, that he had refused to let anyone off, thinking authority was not vested in him thus to act, that he was under the impression that the only way to get out was to receive a discharge from headquarters, that those recruits wanting to join another company were going to write Buckingham for a discharge, that if he had the power to hold those men, he wanted to do so, and that the men were simply tired of waiting for a pass; and asking if a commissioned officer forfeited his commission by taking men from another recruiting officer after they were sworn in by a Notary Public.
3 pp. [Series 147-7: 174]
September 12, 1861
Thomas H. Ford, Colonel, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that H[enry] H. Fickel was duly elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company E, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 176]
September 12, 1861
J.W. Fulton, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of 1st Lieutenant in the 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 230]
September 12, [1861]
William H. Hall, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since there was a prospect of drafting men in Ohio, he had been requested to make an application to Buckingham for a commission in a company, that he wanted to know the necessary requirement as to his military discipline, that he could cite as references most of the officers of the 7th, 8th, 23rd, and 41st Regiments, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he could get some of the leading citizens of Cleveland to recommend him, and that he had been in the military for the last four years and currently held the position of Sergeant in the light guards.
2 pp. [Series 147-7: 171]
September 12, 1861
J.M. Heath, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that on September 9, the Adjutant General had issued him an order to recruit a company of infantry and report on September 26, and that he currently had 75 men enlisted and hoped to be able to report a full company on September 16.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 231]
September [12?], 1861
Lieutenant Frank J. Jones, Company F, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter inquiring as to the date of his letter of acceptance; and stating that having this information would relieve him of difficulty when settling with the Paymaster.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 171]
September 12, 1861
T.C. Mitchell, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that his men were being sworn in as fast as they could lay hands upon them, and that all the members so far were in favor of Enfield rifles; asking whether the wishes of a majority of a company would be respected in regard to commissioned officers; stating that he had been informed that when forty members had been sworn in, an election would be held for commissioned officers; asking if this was so, or if they were appointed by the Governor and commissioned accordingly; stating that he thought a good portion of them would be ready for camp next week, and that they would go to any camp except Camp Corwin; and requesting that he be informed fully in all matters relating to the organization of companies.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 213]
September 12, 1861
D.A. Porterfield, near New Paris, Preble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was having very poor success in enlisting men and therefore wished to resign his commission, that he was determined to enter the field and would have been glad to enter it at the head of a company since he considered himself competent to lead a company, and that it appeared at present impossible for him to get his company full in the time allotted.
2 pp. [Series 147-7: 177]
September 12, 1861
L[ionel] A. Sheldon, Lieutenant Colonel, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting two orders for raising companies for the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he wanted to send one to a good man in Ashland County.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 173]
September 12, 1861
E[dward] Siber, Colonel, American Hotel, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter accepting the appointment as Colonel of the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he would assume command of the regiment in Camp Brown near Cleveland forthwith in order to complete its organization.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 131]
September 12, 1861
S[idney] S. Sprague, Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that if there was a vacancy in any regiment in the State of Ohio for a company of cavalry or infantry, he would like the requisite papers authorizing him to recruit a company and would do it immediately, that the 14th, 21st, and 38th Regiments, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were about full and no recruiting officer was recruiting in Defiance at present, that a good company could be raised in the area in a short time, that with the necessary papers, he would have a full company ready for marching orders in a few days, and that he had served under Colonel J[ames] B. Steadman as Captain of Company D, 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) and had "seen the elephant".
1 p. [Series 147-7: 205]
September 12, 1861
T[imothy] R. Stanley, Colonel, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had gone to Cincinnati and found that the Quartermaster had ordered camp equipage, tents, clothing, etc.; thanking Buckingham for his promptness in ordering the Quartermaster to that effect; and stating that he had written Buckingham and telegraphed several times the previous week about their "rebellion troubles", that those troubles were now all settled, and without any compromise, in an honorable and satisfactory manner, that the company in question came to a man and was mustered in, and had proven to be a good company whose members were doing well, that enlistments were being run into the ground, that men from almost everywhere were through that part of the State making all sorts of offers for volunteers, even enticing recruits away from camps, that it seemed the Governor of Virginia [Francis Harrison Pierpont] had authorized all sorts of disaffected men to recruit in Ohio thereby taking away scores and hundreds of volunteers, that Lieutenant [Henry S.] Hamilton, late of Company D, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), had an order to recruit a company for Camp Wool, that Hamilton had his company about full when he concluded to go to Virginia into Colonel Bolles' cavalry regiment, that Hamilton left the previous day with some 30 or 40 men which was all that would follow him to Virginia, that Hamilton offered a bounty of $5.00 each for men, that the remainder of Hamilton's men were scattered, that General Constable of Athens had some show of authority from the Governor of Virginia and had left that day with a nucleus of a company which was being formed for the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that men had arrived from Missouri, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, and were raising concerns about area recruiters so as to advance their own cause, that he knew men had been prejudiced and incensed against he and Major [Charles H.] Grosvenor and that the same thing had been done against the commanders of the 22nd, 33rd, and 36th Regiments, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and no doubt against all in that section of the State who otherwise would have been entirely satisfied with any of the places, that he was not complaining on his own account since he believed he was having better success than any other regiment in that part of the State, that he wanted Ohio fairly dealt with and the service to be efficient, that he did not think men should be authorized by Virginia, or by any one else who made it their business through downright lying, to vilify Ohio, from the Governor down to every subaltern and regimental officer, that these men paid no attention to Buckingham's General Orders 50 and 51, that he did not know how these men passed recruits over the railroads, and that he trusted Buckingham would not remove the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Camp Wool for the present.
4 pp. [Series 147-7: 186]
September 12, 1861
Franklin E. Stowe, Captain of Company K, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, Ohio Reserve Militia, Braceville, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been solicited on two different occasions to take the command of a company of volunteers, that fearing he might break down in a campaign during the war, he had thus far declined, that if there were any companies wanted, for which there had been no orders given, to fill any regiment in that part of the State, Buckingham could give him an order to enlist and he would try to fill up, that enlisting was going on very tardily at present, that many who were willing to enlist would not because young and inexperienced men were raising troops with the expectancy of becoming Captains, and that he thought this was injuring the recruiting service; citing references including the Auditor of State; and stating that he had served for seven years as the Captain of an independent company and spent a large share of his time drilling men.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 210]
September 12, 1861
H.L. Straley, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that sometime after Company C, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service, Captain [Ogden] Street came home for the purpose of recruiting to fill up his company, that after getting some 8 or 10 recruits, Street rejoined his company, leaving one of his men to recruit further and promising to send orders for the recruits soon, that it had been 4 weeks since Street left and no orders had come for the recruits or any provision made for their lodging or board, that these men wanted to know if their recruiting officer possessed the power to release them so that they could re-enlist in another company which was about ready to go into service, and that about 25 men had been sworn in and wanted an answer.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 204]
September 12, 1861
M. Sullivan, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had furnished a small bill of goods to some of the officers and men of the 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on orders of the Colonel, with the express understanding that as soon as the Sutler was appointed for the regiment, he was to be paid the amount; asking who he should apply to for payment of the bill since the Sutler had now been appointed and the regiment had left Tiffin; and stating that a gentleman by the name of Dorsey, who acted for the Sutler of the regiment, wanted to negotiate with him a few days before the regiment left to pay the bill in 90 days, and that since the goods were to be paid for when the Sutler to the regiment was appointed, he would make no such arrangement with Dorsey. Together with a note that the amount of the bill furnished to the Colonel on September 3 was $183.75.
2 pp. [Series 147-7: 231]
September 12, 1861
R.W. Taylor, London, Madison County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting Buckingham to send an order to E.M. Van Harlenger of London to recruit a company for the 40th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that this company would consist mostly of the old returned three months' men, that upwards of 20 men had now offered their services if they could be accepted with such officers as they chose to select, and that Van Harlenger had been designated to hold the order, but would not go himself owing to bodily infirmity.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 126]
September 12, 1861
B[enjamin] F[ranklin] Wade, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that their regiment [2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry] was now complete and at Camp Wade in Cleveland, that requisitions had been made upon the proper department for arms and accoutrements, and that many more companies of cavalry had been urged upon them than they could possibly accept.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 232]
September 12, 1861
James Walker, Cochrantown, Marion County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted to raise a company of sharpshooters, that there were a number of young men who were hired out when the call was issued in the Spring, that these men were ready now and were expert woodsmen and unsurpassed marksmen, that when he visited Columbus in the Spring, he got a blank for a Militia of the Reserve company to be raised in his township, and that 2 or 3 others got blanks at the same time, which prevented him from raising a full company; requesting the necessary papers or a commission to raise a company of men who could shoot; and stating that several three months' men were waiting for him to raise a company.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 220]
September 12, 1861
William Ward, Sonora, Muskingum County, Ohio. To ? Letter enclosing a letter of reference signed by five individuals stating that William Ward of Washington Township, Muskingum County, wanted authority to recruit volunteers in his neighborhood, that the signees believed Ward to be worthy of such authority and wanted him to have an opportunity to do what service he could in the cause of the country, and that Zanesville had been the recruiting center of Muskingum County and they felt that too little attention had been given to the country neighborhoods in the way of direct operations to procure men.
2 pp. [Series 147-7: 133]
September 12, 1861
H. B[lair] Wilson, Headquarters, Camp Clark, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter reporting on the progress in organizing the 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that he had not four full companies mustered in due to the lack of uniforms, and that he hoped to have the regiment full by the following week; asking if he could contract for rations; and stating that there were about 600 men in camp and it was hard on their citizens.
3 pp. [Series 147-7: 215]
September 13, 1861
Charles Ankele, Major, Headquarters, 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Brown, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the Captain and Lieutenant of Company E, 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had accepted their appointments.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 227]
September 13, 1861
J[ason] R. Arter, Headquarters, Ohio Militia, Adjutant General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter accepting his appointment as Surgeon of the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 123]
September 13, 1861
A[sa] S. Bushnell, Ludlow & Bushnell, Wholesale & Retail Druggists, Dealers in Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Window Glass, etc., Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter stating that he had learned from the newspaper, a "very poor authority just now", that there was to be a different plan adopted soon for the enlistment of volunteers, that the plan as he had heard it was for the Adjutant General to appoint five prominent men in each Congressional District and for those men to appoint their aids in each county who were to enlist men and send them to camp where they were to be sworn in and receive their uniforms at once, that if this was the plan and he was thought to be competent, he wanted to get one of the county agencies, and that he would have an abundance of time to attend to it within the next few months and wanted to do his State and the U.S. some service.
2 pp. [Series 147-7: 214]
September 13, 1861
W.W. Harder, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's General Order of August 12 made mention of a regimental band in connection with each regiment, and that at the suggestion of General Cadwell and Colonel [Lewis P.] Buckley of the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunter Infantry currently organizing at Camp Giddings, he was making inquiry as to how such a band was organized, by whom it was recruited, and how it was paid; and requesting any other necessary information.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 232]
September 13, 1861
George W. Howe, Headquarters, Ohio Militia, Adjutant General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting an appointment as 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 125]
September 13, 1861
George W. McCook, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter requesting that Mason alter the record from J.R.D. Clendenning to David Mitchell; stating that Clendenning had told him after the papers were sent that Mitchell was to raise the company and be Captain and that Clendenning expected to be 2nd Lieutenant, and that this company could be counted on by September 28 and would be made up of boys from the country; requesting that this company be given a good regiment; and stating that he had been expecting to see Mason, but was kept at home awaiting the arrival of a sick brother who was a Captain in the 1st Kansas.
2 pp. [Series 147-7: 226]
September 13, 1861
A.O. Mitchell, L.L. Worhington, and D.D. Mitchell, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the undersigned special messengers from the Adjutant General's Department left Columbus on the morning of September 3 for General [William S.] Rosecrans' headquarters at Clarksburgh, Virginia, that they found Rosecrans had marched forward and were obliged to follow, reaching him at the foot of Big Birch Mountain, a distance of eighty-two miles from Clarksburgh, and that they were ordered by Rosecrans to distribute rolls to eight Ohio regiments immediately under his command and report to Colonel Hughes of the 4th Virginia Regiment; and providing a further account of the distribution of rolls to Ohio regiments in Virginia.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 203]
September 13, 1861
G.H. Safford, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he did not get a sufficient number of blanks for the regiment when he was at Columbus; and requesting the needed forms.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 225]
September 13, 1861
Dr. J.C. Schenck, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment; and stating that he would report to Camp Worthington in Chillicothe without delay.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 230]
September 13, 1861
A.G. Sharp, Adjutant, Camp Lyon, Franklin County, Ohio. Regimental Order Number 4 stating that 1st Lieutenant E.P. Upton was appointed Quartermaster of the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and would enter upon his duties as such without delay. Issued by order of the Colonel Commanding.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 228]
September 13, 1861
Walter Thrall, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had seen by the newspapers that Buckingham was appointing recruiting officers; requesting such an appointment; and stating that some years ago he was well acquainted with military tactics which he learned in the regular army, and that he had commanded a regiment of militia for several years.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 221]
September 13, 1861
George G. Waite, Kelloggsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting authority to raise a company of men in that part of Ashtabula County for the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 227]
September 13, 1861
T[homas] Worthington, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had informed an applicant for a special order that as soon as said applicant sent the names of 33 men certified as reliable by a magistrate, probate judge or notary, he would send the order requested with certificates of transportation, and that he had further informed the applicant that if said number of men were brought in they might, after inspection, go into camp with a 2nd Lieutenant until joined to some other company or had enough new recruits in a reasonable time to make up a minimum company of 83 men.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 218]
September 26, 1861
R.W. Ratliff, Camp Wade, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment as Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-7: 40]