September 16, 1861
James R. Challen, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been recruiting for the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by authority of Colonel [Peter J.] Sullivan and wished to get authority from headquarters, that he wanted to get a few blanks for Lieutenants who recruited, that he had found since Special Order Number 51 was issued forbidding recruiting without special authority, many were unwilling to enlist until they saw the commission of the recruiting officer, and that the exhibition of the paper aided recruiters; and requesting copies of orders and receipts for transportation, etc.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 11]

September 16, 1861
Harl. P. Christie, Gatch & Nixon, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Colonel R[odney] Mason. Letter regarding an individual named Curry Hemphill who had a company of men and claimed to have a commission as Captain; and stating that Hemphill said his men were enlisted under him and could go with no one else, that some of Hemphill's men wanted to go into the service but were held by him, that he would like to see Hemphill ordered to report his company at Camp Chase or somewhere else, and that they could get 15 or 20 of Hemphill's men if he would let them go.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 115]

September 16, 1861
Smith H. Clark, Mercer, Mercer County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting authority to raise a company of men in Mercer County for the war; and stating that there had been no systematic effort as yet made to raise and organize a company in Mercer County, and that he thought a full company could be organized in 20 or 30 days.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 96]

September 16, 1861
M[elvin] Clarke, Parkersburgh, western Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a paper made by Captain [Henry] Belknap, suggesting the order of lettering the companies of the 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; asking if letters had been assigned to the companies in Buckingham's office; stating that he may have sent the muster roll of Captain [Hiram F.] Devol's company by mistake; and requesting that it be returned.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 106]

September 16, 1861
M[elvin] Clarke, Parkersburgh, western Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had received a letter from Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason saying Dennison would supply the 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry with arms, that the regiment was now separated, with four companies at Parkersburgh and six at Sutton or Bulltown, and that they had received a quantity of supplies from Captain [John H.] Dickerson but without any invoice; and asking when the arms would be sent or if they were to get them from the General Government.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 191]

September 16, 1861
J[ohn] M. Connell, Colonel, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To General. Letter stating that he had ten companies in camp and under recruiting orders for his regiment, that of the ten companies, seven were full with most to the maximum, that three companies were incomplete and would require a week or ten days to fill to the minimum, and that fragmentary companies would find their way into camp in a few days; asking if his regiment could at once draw full ordnance supplies, and whether he could procure "first class" Enfield rifles instead of the rifled musket turned out hastily by the Cincinnati foundries; and stating that with the immediate supply of first class arms, he could put an efficient, well-drilled regiment into the field in a short time, and that for the good of the service, the men should get their arms as soon as possible without waiting for the regiment to fill up.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 88]

September 16, 1861
Henry Cope, Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an order to raise a company of infantry for immediate service since the company of three months' men which he commanded had been paid off on September 14; and stating that many of the boys would enroll again if they could do so for the term of one year, that fearing Buckingham would not grant an order for that length of time, he was willing to try for three years, that there was talk of Columbiana County raising a regiment, and his company was willing to be attached to said regiment, that Columbiana County was moving slowly and his boys did not want to wait, that he had commanded Company K of the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), and that with an order, he could report enough men for an election in a few days.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 125]

September 16, 1861
Charles Doubleday, Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Wade, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that by council of administration, H.H. King of Akron had been duly elected for the appointment of Regimental Sutler, and that the council of administration recommended that King be appointed as quickly as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 59]

September 16, 1861
John S. Earhart, Camp Hamilton, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting his appointment as Captain in the 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 148]

[September 16?, 1861]
A. Edgington, Bentonville, Adams County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting on his progress in getting volunteers; and stating that he had 25 names enrolled, but that the prospect was not very flattering, that Adams County had been called upon for two companies to go in Colonel Fife's regiment, and that if Adams County responded to that call, they could not fill their company unless Governor William Dennison signified his intention to use more stringent means of getting men.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 102]

September 16, 1861
M[artin] L. Edwards, Sergeant, Company C, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received Buckingham's letter dated September 13, enclosing an order and passes for his command to the Ohio River, and that they would leave Salem on September 18; requesting that Buckingham correspond with the proper authority at Cincinnati to make arrangements for their transportation from Cincinnati to Charleston, [western] Virginia, and that Buckingham telegraph him the name of the officer with whom he had made arrangements; and stating that the Government boat was to leave Cincinnati on September 20, and he wanted to be on it.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 82]

September 16, 1861
O[rrin] Ferris, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting the appointment as Surgeon of the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 1]

September 16, 1861
Manning F. Force, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending his friend, J.H. Fessenden, for a Lieutenancy in the Ohio volunteers; and stating that Fessenden was a gentleman without blemish, a man of true courage, skillful in the use of the rifle, and enthusiastic in the cause of the common country.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 31]

September 16, 1861
Nelson G. Franklin, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that their success in recruiting an infantry company had not been as flattering as they anticipated, yet they were making some progress and hoped to be in camp soon; and asking that the date on his commission for recruiting be extended.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 91]

September 16, 1861
James P. Fyffe, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter requesting Mason to send a mustering officer immediately; asking if he could place part of the companies in the buildings on the fairgrounds at Ripley; stating that the fairgrounds were only 8 or 10 miles from Georgetown and would give them more room, and that they were progressing rapidly; asking if the Adjutant and Quartermaster must be Lieutenants of the line; and stating that the mustering officer could come to Ripley by boat.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 103]

September 16, 1861
Ch[arles] C. Goddard, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was currently unable to give Buckingham a definitive answer regarding acceptance of the position offered him.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 70]

September 16, 1861
James Green, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had 25 names on his list and hoped to have 50 by the end of the week, that as the men were not sworn in, he had some difficulty keeping them, and that 2 or 3 had given him the slip already.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 102]

September 16, 1861
Samuel Harbeson, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had received orders from Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham to raise a volunteer company to report on or before September 20, that there had been some obstacle in his way and he found it impossible to raise any volunteers, that he had given up the project in favor of some other men who had orders to raise volunteer companies in Marion County, that he declined to serve any longer as a recruiting officer, and that he had decided to volunteer in one of the Cincinnati companies.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 39]

September 16, 1861
W[illiam] B. Hazen, Colonel, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wood, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had just arrived and found the regiment not more than half organized, that the recruiting for the cavalry had very much demoralized recruiting for the infantry, that since his arrival, great impetus had been given to filling up, that he felt confident the regiment would be full in a week or ten days, and that the regiment was in no state of efficiency at present, but would be brought to a high state of efficiency as soon as possible; and enclosing a statement of the amount of equipage on hand and a copy of Order Number 1 from his headquarters.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 127]

September 16, 1861
E. Holmes, M.D., Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that Charles F. Williams of Highland County wanted an order to raise an infantry company, that Williams had served four years in the United States service, was a healthy active man, a good company drill master, and of proper age, that he and Colonel [William H.] Trimble had come the previous day on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad with an Indiana regiment on its way to western Virginia, and that Trimble's regiment had left camp that evening.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 98]

September 16, 1861
J[oshua] H. Horton, Adjutant, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, near Gauley, [western] Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that upon request of various officers of their regiment, he was writing for information relative to the commissions of said officers, that none of the officers had received their commissions with the exception of the officers of Companies C and G, that since the other officers had all been mustered into the three years' service, they were naturally desirous of being in possession of their commissions, that the poll books of all the elections were duly returned to General Bates at Camp Dennison and at Poca, [western] Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel [Joseph W.] Frizell made out and sent Buckingham the roster, etc., and that an explanation concerning the matter would very much oblige their officers.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 213]

September 16, 1861
N.D. Hufford, Straitsville, Perry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had fifty names enrolled and would be ready to report his company full by September 24.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 154]

September 16, 1861
Frederick W. Keil, Camp Hamilton, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter accepting his appointment as 1st Lieutenant of Company C, 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 28]

September 16, 1861
R.M. Kelly, Legal Department of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail Road Company, Solicitor's Office, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Joel W. Garrett of Upper Sandusky wanted authority to raise a company of cavalry for U.S. service, that he had known Garrett intimately for over sixteen years, that although Garrett had no military experience or training, he took pleasure in recommending him, that Garrett undoubtedly possessed all the requisites of a first class military man, that Garrett was frank, generous, intelligent, energetic, and from personal hearing was orderly and courageous, that Garrett had a business capacity of the first order and could not fail to succeed, that Garrett had passed his junior year at Kenyon College in 1846, and that Garrett had been a deputy U.S. Surveyor in Kansas. Bears note concurring in the recommendation, signed by W[illiam] F. Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and O. Ferris.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 209]

September 16, 1861
R.M. Kelly, Legal Department of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail Road Company, Solicitor's Office, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Joel W. Garrett. Bears note endorsing the recommendation, signed by W[illiam] F. Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and O. Ferris. See letter dated September 16, 1861, from R.M. Kelly to Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham[Series 147-8: 209].
1 p. [Series 147-8: 210]

September 16, 1861
Benjamin F. Larned, Paymaster General, U.S.A. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that Mason's letter dated September 2 relative to the pay of soldiers by allotment tickets, addressed to the Secretary of War, had been referred to the Paymaster General's office, that it had been found impracticable to arrange any system of allotment tickets, and that the payment of the troops in Treasury notes of small denominations would enable them to remit the same to their families.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 180]

September 16, 1861
A.F. McCurdy, Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had received an order to raise a cavalry company from Colonel John Kennett and Lieutenant Colonel H[enry] W. Burdsall of the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry for the Western Division, that he was ordered to report himself with his company at Cincinnati, that he currently had some 50 men, that he would have a full company in a few days and be ready to go into camp, that he had seen in the morning's newspaper a Special Order to report all companies to Dennison, and that he was at a loss how to proceed.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 68]

September 16, 1861
Alfred McVeigh, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted Buckingham to issue an order to Allen Thomas of Perry County to raise a company, that Thomas had served a tour of three months in Virginia and was a good man, that Thomas felt sure he could raise a company if an order could be procured, that he had assured Thomas an order would be issued, that he wanted the time extended 10 days for Jesse Stith, Jr. of East Rushville to report his company, that Stith was at work and confident of success in raising his company, that he was advised by Allen Thomas that several orders were outstanding in Perry County and in the hands of parties who could not command the necessary influence to raise companies, and that the work was currently going well in Fairfield County.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 24]

September 16, 1861
B.F. Miller, Camp Hamilton, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he hoped to render some service in putting down the rebellion.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 33]

September 16, 1861
W.F. Millikan, W.H. Smith, and E. Sanderson, Mesopotamia, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that for several weeks there had been a military organization at Mesopotamia which met regularly for drill, that Rev. William F. Millikan was Superintendent of the organization, that they wanted to organize legally so they could be of service to the government, that some wished to become an independent company like those which existed before the war commenced, and that others were disposed to become Militia of the Reserve; asking if an independent company would be called into service before the Militia of the Reserve or after them, if they would be furnished with arms as an independent company, how many men were needed to become an independent company or Militia of the Reserve, and in which way they could most benefit their state and country; and stating that if Buckingham saw fit to send them a muster roll for one or the other organization, they would try to organize soon, that a goodly number of their company had enlisted in the service, that the undersigned had been appointed as a committee by the Trumbull County Commissioners to make inquiries, and that they had ordered a uniform consisting of gray coats, caps and pants.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 185]

September 16, 1861
J.N. Miner, Edgerton, Williams County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that local residents were somewhat menaced and surrounded by men whose sympathies were with the "ungodly" rebellion, that the undersigned had been appointed to write Dennison on the subject of organizing a company of home guards, and that a company or two could be had locally; and requesting that Dennison reply at his earliest convenience and oblige the many loyal citizens in and around Edgerton.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 214]

September 16, 1861
George W. Mitchell, New Paris, Preble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that three individuals were currently engaged in trying to get volunteers to leave Ohio and enter U.S. service from Indiana, that he considered this to be a flagrant violation of Buckingham's General Order Number 51, and that the three individuals had no order from any authority in Ohio and could have no valid authority from the State of Indiana to operate in Ohio.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 64]

September 16, 1861
A.T. Nye, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding Lieutenant Reuben L. Nye, who wanted instructions as to his duty.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 119]

September 16, 1861
Joseph Orr, Cass, Hancock County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting authority to raise and organize an infantry company in Hancock County and adjoining counties; and providing references.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 129]

September 16, 1861
W.A. Owesney, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had forty names on the roll, and that he had no apprehension as to completing his company within the time given.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 193]