September 12, 1861
D.A. Arter, Captain, and I. Ulman, 2nd Lieutenant, Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing certificates of qualification of officers of Company A, 1st Brigade, 9th Division, Militia of the Reserve, "Carrollton Cavalry"; stating that they were forming an independent company and proposed furnishing their own horses and uniforms, and that they would be at the service of the State of Ohio at any point within its borders; asking the State to furnish proper arms and saddles for their horses; stating that they did not yet have a full company, but were filling up as fast as they could, that they had excellent "timber" in their company, that they were prevented from filling their ranks as quickly as desired by the interference of H.A. Stidger and two or three other individuals who originally belonged to the company, but were dissapointed in getting office, and that these individuals were pretending to raise another company with no other purpose than to distract and disorganize, and were acting without written authority from headquarters; requesting that these individuals be enjoined from interfering, dividing, and distracting the community until Arter and Ulman's company could be filled; asking if their company would be called into service soon, if the State furnished saddles and arms, if they would be compelled to go beyond the borders of the State of Ohio except on their own motion, how much Privates would be compensated per month, how much the men would be compensated per day or per month for their horses, and for how long they would be accepted; and requesting a duplicate copy of their roll since the original had been abstracted or otherwise willfully kept from them by some former member of the company.
3 pp. [Series 147-8: 97]

September 12, 1861
N[orman] A. Baldwin, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant under Captain W[illiam] E. Standart.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 49]

September 12, 1861
A.L. Brewer, New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had seen notice in the papers that Buckingham intended to appoint individuals in each Congressional District to attend to the enlistment of men in order to full up the quota of troops in Ohio, that he thought such action was proper and would accomplish the object in view, and that as matters now stood, irresponsible individuals were engaged in the enlistment of men and frequently held out false inducements resulting in disappointment and much damage to the cause.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 19]

September 12, 1861
D.C. Carr, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he felt confident that a company of infantry could be raised in the area; and requesting the proper authority to raise said company. Bears recommendation of C.P. Wolcott dated September 13, 1861.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 90]

September 12, 1861
William Case, Auditor, Auditor's Office, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the statute passed on April 12, 1861, requiring the assessors to return the number of persons subject to military duty, did not reach them in time to perform that duty at the time of taking the assessment of personal property in April, that he had been at a loss whether he should send them around again for that purpose, and that it would cost Huron County about $200 to do it now; and asking if the information was deemed important enough to require its collection.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 41]

September 12, 1861
Thomas Clark, Major, 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Giddings, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding a company from Geauga County which was enlisted for the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that owing to the misrepresentations of the officers of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in favor of their own regiment, the company was induced to go to Camp Wood, that he had no doubt of ultimate success in filling up the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but would much prefer an honorable defeat than success by the dishonorable course of slandering one's neighbors, that the course resorted to by many recruiting officers now in Ohio was "highly censurable", that the commander of the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been very liberal in promises of commissions to old members of his regiment in the area if they would recruit for him, that they had been overrun with men recruiting for cavalry and artillery, that some of these men had the "impudence" to enter Camp Giddings and talk privately with the men, that out of less than 7,000 voters at the last election, Ashtabula County had about 1,000 men now in camp for the different kinds of service including one company in the 28th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Ashtabula County had done its share, that the people still said the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry must be filled, that Colonel [Lewis P.] Buckley brought a company with him from Summit County, that otherwise, they had made little effort outside of Ashtabula County, and that very little had been done in Trumbull, Lake and Geauga Counties; asking if the State could be districted for the better organization of the regiments; and stating that they needed a territory to work on by themselves, that it was but simple justice to ask those who enlisted for one regiment to go into that regiment, that they ought to have the men in Captain Hamilton's company which had just gone to Camp Wood, that they cared nothing about Captain Hamilton since one so wavering was hardly safe to be entrusted with a command, that if the course pursued by some was tolerated and they were allowed to wear epaulettes, he must be excused from putting them on, that he had seen some service in the war and thus far had received no pay, that he had observed men pocketing large sums for services rendered by getting a commission and staying at home, that he wanted Buckingham to take such a course relative to recruiting as would give them an equal chance with others to fill up their regiment, and that without common honesty among the officers, there could be no discipline among the troops when in the field.
3 pp. [Series 147-8: 27]

September 12, 1861
John H. Connelly, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he needed an order from Buckingham to Judge Mathews, the Paymaster at Cincinnati, to be paid for his time in the camps, that he had been sworn into Company G of the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) at Camp Harrison on April 20, 1861, that the company was at Camp Harrison until removed to Camp Dennison where it remained until the later part of June, that about this time the company became somewhat disorganized and they were let off on furlough, that he joined Captain [Henry W.] Burdsall's Independent Company, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry (three months' service) on June 23, and saw active service in western Virginia, and that he had been paid for his time in Burdsall's cavalry company, but not for his time in the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service).
3 pp. [Series 147-8: 57]

September 12, 1861
I[srael] A. Coons, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Surgeon of the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 45]

September 12, 1861
R.H. Folger, Mayor's Office, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that he had seen in the newspapers that the Adjutant General was perfecting a plan for facilitating enlistments by means of a commission to be raised in the several counties in the State, that since the middle of April, he had done little else but to enlist volunteers and was currently engaged in assisting to fill companies for the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that if the commission was to be established by the Governor, he wanted to be a member of it, that it was not a matter of any importance to him whether such a position paid more than expenses, and that he desired to render what aid he could in making enlistments.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 79]

September 12, 1861
Wood Fosdick, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the notice of his appointment as a 1st Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was not received until nearly three weeks after its date; and accepting the appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 32]

September 12, 1861
John H. Miller, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 46]

September 12, 1861
J.D. Morris, Batavia, Clermont County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had seen by the newspapers that Buckingham intended to appoint a committee of five gentlemen in each Congressional District in Ohio who would be authorized to select county agents to further the recruiting service; recommending P.B. Swing of Batavia as a suitable man to be appointed as a member of said committee; and stating that Swing was an active and warm supporter of the war and of war measures.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 48]

September 12, 1861
H.W.P. Muse, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his company was about full and would have been several days ago had it not been for the great number (10 to 12) of recruiting officers in Zanesville and a species of "rascality", that several persons had been recruiting in Zanesville for the [western] Virginia service and for parts of companies to be transferred into the service in other states and counties, that in order to get recruits, these persons had induced some twenty or more of his men or those who had signed his rolls and taken the required oath administered by a legally authorized and commissioned notary public to quit his company and go off with them, and that they did this by first getting his recruits drunk and then shipping them off on the boats or in the cars; asking if Buckingham had any remedy, if the oath his men had taken was binding, and if the Government would tolerate such "rascality" by issuing commissions to men who would and had resorted to such base and disreputable conduct; and stating that a line from Buckingham would do much to put a check upon such conduct.
3 pp. [Series 147-8: 43]

September 12, 1861
A[braham] Sanders Piatt, Colonel, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter requesting that the bearer, Lt. Allen, be given four orders to recruit for the second regiment of his brigade.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 57]

September 12, 1861
Douglas Putnam, and John Mills, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they noticed in the Cincinnati Gazette that committees were to be appointed in the several congressional districts for selecting recruiting agents; recommending Judge William R. Putnam and John Newton of Marietta as gentlemen well qualified for such duty; stating that both gentlemen had been very active and efficient in lending their services in various ways since the war began and would probably be more effective than any other persons, and that the recruiting service had been embarrassed to some extent in the Marietta area by parties operating under Governor [Francis Harrison] Pierpont in raising troops for [western] Virginia.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 18]

September 12, 1861
D[avid] N. Stambaugh, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting his appointment as 1st Lieutenant of Company E, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 53]

September 12, 1861
E[ben] P. Sturges, Jr., Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant of artillery [1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery].
1 p. [Series 147-8: 48]

September 12, 1861
S.L. Wadsworth, Attorney at Law, New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had seen by a recent order that no one was allowed to enroll men for the war without express authority and that he heartily approved said regulation, that he had done what he could to assist Captains Bean and Snodgrass to fill their companies, both of which had left that morning for camp, that he now desired to enroll a company of choice men, and that the opportunity could not be better; requesting an order to raise said company, and that the company be assigned to the best regimental position now vacant; and stating that he had done the State some service, that this was known in the peace establishment, and that he now had the confidence of the people in the area, that a large number of men had promised to enlist under him, including a number of three months' men, that many of those who had promised to enlist under him would not do so under any other man, and that he wanted to strike while the iron was hot.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 54]

September 12, 1861
George B. Wright, Adjutant, 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Hamilton, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a supply of blank morning field reports and morning company reports.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 56]

September 13, 1861
James Barnett, Colonel, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, George Worthington & Company, dealers in hardware iron and nails, corner of Superior & Water Sts., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that [Walter E.] Lawrence would report for duty at Camp Dennison, that he had detailed Lieutenant J[ames] H. Miller as Adjutant, and that Charles H. Randall was appointed Commissary Sergeant; and asking whether a Chaplain would be appointed to his regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 30]

September 13, 1861
James Barnett, Colonel, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, George Worthington & Company, dealers in hardware iron and nails, corner of Superior & Water Sts., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Captain J[ohn] H. Dickenson (Dickerson) had informed him that the State was to supply the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, and that there was trouble in getting their requisitions filled; and requesting instructions in the matter since the men were "sadly" in need of blankets, etc.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 83]

September 13, 1861
O. Bennet, Major Commanding, Headquarters, Camp Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the arms belonging to the State and in the hands of the Zouave company were scattered throughout Dayton and that this had delayed his departure from the city, that he had collected thirty-nine rifles and thirty-eight sabre bayonets, that there was still one rifle and two sabre bayonets with scabbards in the hands of one of the members of the Zouave company, that Lieutenant John W. Green received ten dollars per month for care of the arms and was ordered to immediately collect stray articles and forward them to the Quartermaster General or be held responsible, that he protested against delivering any arms currently in the possession of the State, and belonging to him, to the Zouave company until they returned all arms and accoutrements received from the State, that a cavalry company consisting of eighty-five men came into Camp Putnam under command of Captain Patten on September 11 and was recruiting to the maximum number, that he had granted the discharge of eleven men from the companies guarding the railroad [Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad] for the purpose of their joining the cavalry company, that he would draw the companies from the railroad [Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad] gradually since it would be very unsafe to take off in a body all the force guarding the trestles, that as soon as he could get one company full and in condition to patrol the railroad [Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad], he would feel safe in relieving all the balance, that Captain John Jumper's company had recruited up to eighty-five men with fair prospects of reaching the maximum number, that the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry appeared to be in dislike among the volunteers from Washington County and surrounding counties, that they would have had two more companies in camp had it not been for the fear of being placed in said regiment, that it would be a very easy matter to organize one of the other regiments in a short time at Camp Putnam and thereby prevent so many Ohio men from enlisting in [western] Virginia and Missouri service, that the people were anxious to recruit another regiment providing Buckingham ordered one of the regiments to organize locally or allowed a new regiment to be raised in Washington County, and that there were accoutrements of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) at Athens; asking if he could draw same from there sufficient to equip Captain F.H. Loring's company; and stating that Loring had muskets, but no accoutrements.
3 pp. [Series 147-8: 174]

September 13, [1861]
B.B. Brashear, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting his appointment as Surgeon of the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting an extension of the time within which he was ordered to join his regiment, citing the delay in receiving Mason's notification.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 35]

September 13, 1861
David F. Cable, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was anxious for the successful and immediate organization of the volunteer force of Jefferson County, that the county's population was 28,000, that their quota of men at the rate of one volunteer to forty of population would be 700, and that they now had 300 men in the field, leaving 400 men to be raised; providing a list of partial companies enrolled in Jefferson County and the names of those who raised them; stating that these partial companies included 373 men, or nearly all of the remainder of Jefferson County's quota, that there were many additional men being held back by individuals who represented their intention of procuring authority and raising companies at some future time, that no companies were fully organized in Jefferson County at present and the whole recruiting movement had become greatly demoralized, that young men anxious to serve their country became disgusted and had gone to other counties to enlist, and that numbers more than sufficient to form the maximum of his company had left because of the delay caused by opposition; suggesting the propriety of ordering all parts of companies now enrolled in Jefferson County into camp at Steubenville and compelling them to organize; stating that quarters would be found in the area without expense to the State until the organization was accomplished, when the men could be sent elsewhere, that what he suggested would test the honesty of those engaged in recruiting and the sincerity of their desire to serve the country, and that many believed the system of opposition in the recruiting service had been inaugurated in Jefferson County by the enemies of the Government in order to prevent the organization of companies; and suggesting the name of Colonel George W. McCook as a proper person to organize the partial companies.
3 pp. [Series 147-8: 215]

September 13, 1861
W. Callihan, Jonas Foster, and William Martin, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Sir. Letter accepting their appointments in Company E, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 45]

September 13, 1861
F.H. Carpenter, et. al. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the eight undersigned citizens of Fairfield County, Ohio were personally acquainted with Jacob Crites, a resident of Bloom Township, that Crites was a man of good habits and moral character, and was known in Fairfield County for his honesty and industry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 111]

September 13, 1861
William B. Cassilly, Lieutenant Colonel, Fremont Guard, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had visited Sidney, Ohio to see about some recruits for the Fremont Guard, that upon arriving in Sidney, he was introduced to Captain Kaga who had approximately one hundred men and Captain Fry who had about the same number, that he informed both Captains that the commanding officer of the Fremont Guard would be particular in reference to the competency of the company officers and that if any were found unfit for their position, they could not hold it, that the members of Captain Fry's company consulted together and reported that they considered themselves obligated to the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and declined to go with the Fremont Guard, that he never saw or spoke to any member of Captain Fry's company thereafter, that Captain Kaga's company did come with him for the Fremont Guard, that his object was not to take companies fully organized, but only a few picked men, that it had not been, nor would it be, his object or desire to interfere with companies belonging to any regiment, and that he had never seduced men away by any unusual preferments.
3 pp. [Series 147-8: 78]