September 14, 1861
J.J. Kirk, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he wanted to raise a company of infantry, that he preferred to join either the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he could raise approximately 30 men in Perry Township, Brown County, Ohio along with the recruits he could raise at Cleveland, that he could raise the company in four or five weeks, although he might succeed in less than two weeks, that his business was the law, that he graduated from the Cincinnati Law School, and that he knew a great deal about military matters and could provide recommendations to that effect; requesting the commission of Captain; and stating that he would do his best in the noble cause of sustaining the Government. Bears a recommendation dated September 16, 1861, from John Crowell.
3 pp. [Series 147-8: 60]

September 14, 1861
Edward D. Mansfield, Morrow, Warren County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter introducing his nephew, Charles Pomeroy, of Meigs County, that Pomeroy had served for three months in western Virginia and was Sergeant of a company there, that Pomeroy was offered something better in Colonel [Thomas] Worthington's regiment (46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry), and that he wished Pomeroy had a place better than either.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 153]

[September 14?, 1861]
Benjamin Roberts, et. al., Jackson County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by fifteen citizens of Jackson County; testifying that David Kell had in his possession a certificate of his service from two British man-of-wars giving him the best recommendation of his qualifications; and stating that Kell wanted a commission to raise an artillery company.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 60]

September 14, [1861]
George Rogers, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his company was nearly full and would be ready to report itself at Buckingham's headquarters by September 20.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 59]

September 14, 1861
John Snodgrass. To Headquarters, Ohio Militia, Adjutant General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Letter stating that he was progressing slowly with his company, that he had 24 men and wanted to know if he could get authority to swear them in as fast as they volunteered, and that some of the men were eager to be off and wanted him to swear them in along with the rest of the volunteers so that they would be bound to go.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 134]

September 14, 1861
Job Stackhouse, Graysville, Monroe County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had seen a notice issued by Buckingham forbidding any person from raising volunteer companies without an order; requesting an order to raise a company at Graysville to go into immediate service; and stating that a company could probably be raised at Graysville in a short time, that he wanted the power to swear the men in as they enrolled their names, and that Monroe County had done a good deal already and could do a good deal more since the men would soon be done with their fall work (harvesting) and would then pitch in. Bears a recommendation signed by five individuals and certifying that Stackhouse was a good and loyal citizen and a suitable person to get up a company.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 3]

September 14, 1861
L[yman] C. Thayer, Quartermaster, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter enclosing the original order under which they had organized their regiment and battery; stating that he had made requisition on Captain [John H.] Dickerson for clothing for the artillery; asking Dennison to direct Dickerson to fill the request; and stating that they had 9 full and 3 parts of companies of cavalry mustered in, that the whole regiment would be mustered in by September 17, and that the battery of artillery could be ready as soon as the clothing came and the cavalry as soon as the horses were purchased.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 84]

September 14, 1861
William Turner, et. al., Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Samuel W. Gribben, wanted to obtain some post in the public service suited to his talent, that Gribben was a man of steady and industrious habits, that Gribben would discharge with fidelity and energy any duty which might be assigned to him, and that Gribben wanted the post of Waggon Master. Bears a recommendation from R.C. Kirk stating that Gribben was a good mechanic who had been employed for a number of years building bridges on the Sandusky Railroad.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 58]

September 14, 1861
H.S. Williams, Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had enrolled sixty- five men, and that if his permit was extended a few days, he could raise a fine company.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 67]

September 14, 1861
A.J. Wright, Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had enlisted in Hocking County more than a full company for the war, but not all in the same company, that there were five different parties recruiting in Hocking County and others who were telling men not to volunteer at present but wait until they got up a company, and that there were "traitors" in Hocking County who were "slyly" doing everything in their power to prevent enlistments; and asking what could be done with the "traitors" and to prevent so many individuals from attempting to raise companies at the same time.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 67]

September 14, 1861 ?,
Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding marching orders for the commands of Colonel [William H.] Gibson and Colonel [Thomas H.] Ford; and stating that Colonel [Abraham Sanders] Piatt had in his command ten full companies and five fragments of companies or a total of 283 men, and that the arms sent to camp earlier in the week had been drawn by Colonels Ford and Piatt.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 72]

September 15, 1861
J.A. Ambler, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that M.L. Edwards of Salem had approximately 30 men for Company C of the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that transportation passes were to be sent for these men but had not been received, that he could only assume the passes were miscarried or captured by the enemy, that Edwards had written Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham and received passes which would take the men to Cincinnati, that a Government boat left Cincinnati for Charleston on Tuesdays and Fridays, but they did not know how to arrange for the men's transportation on the boat, and that he would deem it a personal favor if Dennison could make such arrangements since the recruits were tired of waiting.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 81]

September 15, 1861
John H. Dickerson, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that A.A. Stewart of Columbus was the lowest bidder for frock coats; requesting information regarding Stewart's responsibility as a contractor; and stating that he wanted to give Stewart a contract for 30,000 frock coats, but if Stewart was not perfectly responsible, he could not run the risk of finding himself without a supply thirty days hence.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 74]

September 15, 1861
William H. Floyd, Captain, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had approximately 65 men enrolled on his list with enough men promised to fill the company in ten days, and that he would have already filled up had it not been for the misrepresentations of a man named Scott who took approximately 70 boys from Morgan County for a cavalry company in Pennsylvania.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 66]

September 15, 1861
John Greer, Company D, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 34]

September 15, 1861
L.H. Hamilton, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that it was impossible to make any headway in recruiting given the current situation in Gallia County, that it was impossible to make any impression on the minds of the people regarding the importance of sustaining their common country at its hour of peril, that the people had all succumbed to the "damnable" influence of compromise which was making the rounds, that nothing short of a draft would wake the people to a sense of their duty, that he supported the unified country, north and south, for which he served two years in Mexico under General [Winfield] Scott, that he believed it was the duty of every citizen of the State to shoulder his gun and march to the rescue of their glorious institutions, that he feared the time was past in his section to witness any respectable demonstration on the part of the citizens to save the Nation from impending ruin, that his chief desire was to see the present troubles over so that everyone could return to their lawful avocations, that he went to a public gathering of approximately one thousand persons and could not get one man to volunteer, that he tried to hold up before them the beauties of the past and the prospects for the future if the rebellion was put down, but it seemed to have no impression upon their minds, that he was told his efforts to persuade men to enter service were not appreciated, and that he was subjected to many other insults.
4 pp. [Series 147-8: 63]

September 15, 1861
W[illiam] B. Hazen, Colonel, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he would take command of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on September 16, that he was very anxious to secure the services of a Surgeon with army experience for his regiment and to have the present Surgeon transferred to some other regiment, and that he had no doubt the present surgeon of the regiment was a trustworthy and meritorious man, but wanted to secure the services of a man of known and tried ability who knew his profession in its application to military life.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 85]

September 15, 1861
William Kelly, Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the prospects of the recruiting service in his locality were not very flattering, that the success of recruiting would depend very much on the personal popularity of the man who undertook it, and that there was an abundance of material locally that should be in the field and which could probably be called out. Bears a statement signed by four individuals certifying that Kelly's moral character was above reproach.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 13]

September 15, 1861
P[eter] Kinney, Colonel, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there was a company of 81 men who were going to join General [John C.] Fremont for the volunteer service and did not wish to go in Colonel [Joshua W.] Sill's regiment [33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], and that he thought he could stop said company from joining Fremont and put the men in camp and subsist them.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 121]

September 15, 1861
Oliver H. Parshall, Camp Hamilton, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of Captain in the 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 147]

September 15, 1861
George H. Phillips, Sergeant of Company C, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To [Assistant Adjutant General] Colonel [Rodney] Mason. Letter stating that Captain McKinney instructed him to send the enclosed discharge and request another in its place since it was not correct, and that the name on the discharge should be Frederick A. Spang instead of Francis C. Spang.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 31]

September 15, 1861
A[braham] Sanders Piatt, Colonel, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the resignation of Jason C. Lewis as 1st Lieutenant of Company K, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending Richard Roe as 1st Lieutenant in Lewis' place; stating that Roe was a gentleman and well-drilled; calling Buckingham's attention to a mistake in the appointments of Captain Thomas R. Smiley and 2nd Lieutenant John [P.] Wingett of Company K, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that the appointments of both men had incorrectly noted assignment to the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 7]

September 15, 1861
James Powers, Captain of Company H, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 19th Division, Ohio Militia, Lordstown, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if his order was to enlist a company for United States service or for State service; and stating that he could raise a company or even a regiment in a short time if it was for the protection of the State, but that it would take him longer if the company was for United States service in the West or South.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 93]

September 15, 1861
B. Turner, Huron, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if it was necessary to have recruits for Company C(?), 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry sworn in by a mustering- in officer of the U.S. Army before sending them forward to Colonel [Erastus B.] Tyler; and stating that he had several men who would be ready to go in a few days, and that a number of men from Company C(?), 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been killed, taken prisoner, or were missing.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 66]

September 16, 1861
W[illiam] Allen, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that a friend, Wesley Gorsuch, wanted him to write requesting the particulars of the proposed plan of appointing a committee in each Congressional District to facilitate recruiting; recommending Gorsuch for appointment to the committee in the Congressional District including Greenville; and stating that Gorsuch had been a Lieutenant in the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service).
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 104]

September 16, 1861
F.P. Ashbrook, Pleasantville, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that when he received the order to raise an infantry company for the U.S. service, there were three or four companies filling up in the same neighborhood, that he thought it improper to make an effort until those companies were full and assisted them all he could, that he wanted to commence the following week if Mason thought it proper to prolong the time, and that his order expired on September 20.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 112]

September 16, 1861
E.L. Austin, Greenwich Station, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his time for the enlistment of volunteers expired on September 20; requesting an extension until October 1 when he would have the requisite number for camp; and stating that he had some 30 good and efficient men secured for the service.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 65]

September 16, 1861
S.A. Bassford, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted authority to raise a company, that he could get most of the old company, that if Buckingham could make arrangements for him to camp the men on the Greene County fairgrounds and furnished subsistence, he could raise as fine a company of men as there was in the State, and that he would commence reorganizing the company for the war that evening.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 14]

September 16, 1861
S[amuel] Beatty, Colonel, 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he received his camp equipage on September 15, except for knives, forks and blankets, that he had arranged his camp and ordered all recruiting officers to report their companies forthwith, that there were currently 381 men in camp, and that he would report daily to Buckingham hereafter.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 104]

September 16, 1861
Will Birch, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To [Assistant Adjutant General] Colonel [Rodney] Mason. Letter stating that he wanted to enter the service of the Government again, having served a term of enlistment, and that his friends and acquaintances wanted him to organize a company and go as their Captain; requesting authority to raise a company; stating that he could have 100 men ready to go to camp or elsewhere before some of those that had already commenced, that their choice was the artillery service, and that they would serve as infantry if the artillery service was full; citing references including [Alexander] McD[owell] McCook; and asking with what arms they would be supplied, and to what regiment they would be assigned.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 98]

September 16, 1861
A. Bothwell, Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that having been satisfied by a general order issued from headquarters at Washington that the expenses would be all right, he was still recruiting, that he had the promise of 80 men and wanted 20 more, that he wanted his time extended to September 30, and that the local people were very "cool" and it took some "drumming" to wake them up.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 96]

September 16, 1861
J[ohn] A. Browne, Culver & Browne, Attorneys at Law, Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in Hocking County, two companies had gone into camp, that Hocking County was a small county and another company might be raised if there were not too many orders issued, that there were currently two companies partly raised, that one of these companies was being raised by Captain C.A. Barker, who served during the Mexican War and was the Captain of the first company to go from Hocking County during the present war, that Barker was a good officer, and that if Barker had the exclusive authority to raise a company in Hocking County, he could do it.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 94]

September 16, 1861
C.P. Buckingham, Adjutant General, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Brigadier General R.A. Constable, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. Letter calling Constable's attention to the enclosed special order from the War Department at Washington; and stating that it was essential to the efficiency of the service as well as to the credit of Ohio that the Governor should have entire control of the troops raised in the State. Bears note dated September 19, [1861] from Martha S. Constable returning the forwarded papers; and stating that her husband was not at home, that she did not know how long he might be absent, that her husband had resigned the office of Brigadier General and accepted a Colonelcy from the State of Virginia, and that his camp was at Parkersburgh.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 188]

September 16, 1861
Alexander Cassil, Monroe Mills, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he agreed with Buckingham that if opening another company would hinder or delay getting men in the field it should not be opened, that he was persuaded such would not be the case by asking for a permit, that the company they proposed to raise was the only one yet attempted east of Mt. Vernon and no other company was in competition in that part of Knox County, that forty good men had expressed a desire to enter a company raised in and around Monroe Mills, and that some of the best men in the area had encouraged him to raise a company; and citing references including C[olumbus] Delano.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 124]