September 16, 1861
W. Pierce, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted to serve his country in his profession as a veterinary surgeon; asking by whom veterinary surgeons were appointed, for information regarding qualifications, if there were grades of appointment, for information regarding pay, if they were fed, clothed, and furnished with a horse, medicines, instruments, etc., and if they were entitled to helpers; stating that he had proposed to B[enjamin] F. Wade that he be appointed as Veterinary Surgeon in the cavalry regiment [2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry] Wade was forming, and that he had practiced as a veterinarian for the last twenty years in Ohio; providing references; and stating that he had written for several years in the veterinary departments of the Ohio Farmer and Ohio Cultivator, and that he could furnish $300 worth of medicines which he had on hand.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 62]

September 16, 1861
William N. Porter, Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he felt it his duty to do something for his country, that if he had a commission, he could get up a good company of artillery, that when the war broke out, he was with those who went to fight, and that he had returned from active service in the State of Virginia.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 65]

September 16, 1861
L.R. Prior, Newton Falls, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham could send him an order for raising a company for active service and he would do it as soon as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 37]

September 16, 1861
William A. Quayle, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that he was a druggist and wanted to know if he could fill any such station in the army, and that he would be happy to do so at a moment's notice; and providing references.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 58]

September 16, 1861
William L. Reece, Lyndon Station, Ross County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he was again taking the liberty of addressing the Adjutant General in regard to getting up a company, and that there was no one getting up a company locally at present.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 37]

September 16, 1861
Dr. H. Saunders, Oxford, Butler County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had received authority to raise an infantry company, that if the word infantry was written by mistake for cavalry, it could be remedied, and that if the word infantry was inserted knowingly, he must decline acting under the authority as given.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 110]

September 16, 1861
M.R. Shalters, Alliance, Stark County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that if the time was extended a week or two, he could get a company of at least 83 men, and that his present order expired on September 20; asking in what regiment they would likely be placed, noting that the men wanted to know and that it would assist him in getting his bills "struck"; and stating that many of their business men were "falling in", that he had about 17 men who were all right, men that would go to fight and nothing else, and that if drafting was the alternative when companies failed to fill up, men would volunteer in large numbers.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 109]

September 16, 1861
D.K. Southwick, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant of artillery.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 35]

September 16, 1861
Samuel S. Stratton, Acting Captain, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the roll of a company of 60 men who were employees of the Cincinnati Gas Works; and stating that he had been drilling the men regularly since May 1 without arms, that the men were willing to enlist as Militia of the Reserve, that the men could never be taken away from Cincinnati because the city would be without gas, that the company would be an excellent Home Guard unit, that the men could guard the Cincinnati Gas Works, which would be a requisite point to defend if the city were attacked, and that the Cincinnati Gas Company would give a bond for the safety of any arms issued.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 95]

September 16, 1861
James Swindler, Captain, Company E, 1st Regiment, Clinton, Ohio Militia of the Reserve, Newburlington, Clinton County, Ohio. To Sir. Letter stating that his men wanted to know if they would be ordered into service in the Fall, and that the actual strength of enrolled members was 64 rank and file.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 63]

September 16, 1861
S.B. Taylor, Somerton, Belmont County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted authority to raise a company of infantry to be mustered into service for three years unless sooner discharged. Bears a statement signed by nine individuals certifying that Taylor was a man of good moral character and was well qualified to take charge of a company.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 36]

September 16, 1861
F.J. Tedford, Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter asking pardon for having applied for an office not in existence; stating that his mistake was verbal and that he should have applied for the office of Quartermaster Sergeant, that he was now in prime health and ready for renewed action, and that he thought he could perform the office of 1st Lieutenant with justice to the service; requesting an appointment with the assurance that he would be immediately accepted after recruiting his men; and stating that he was bound to do his best for the old flag, that if he was not successful in raising men, he would again shoulder a musket, that he asked for no position he did not merit, and that their country demanded dispatch.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 61]

September 16, 1861
John Gilmer Telford, Headquarters, Camp Clark, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of 1st Lieutenant in the 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 132]

September 16, 1861
Joseph C. Thomas, Camp Hamilton, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of 1st Lieutenant in the 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 147]

September 16, [1861]
Frank Viets, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter acknowledging the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 131]

September 16, 1861
A.C. Voris, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had a dozen quasi militia company organizations in Summit County, the Captains of which would be very patriotic if their fragmentary companies could be called into the service of the State with them at the head, that there were many men in these companies who would go into the service if they could in some way preserve their militia identity, that they would consent to combinations with their neighboring companies if enough could be secured without too much hazard to themselves, that if he was authorized, he would go to all the militia companies in Summit County and try to get them to combine their strength, that with a thorough canvass, he thought the contingent from Summit County could be filled, and that he was not working to lead a company, but only intended to have his county do its duty to the State promptly.
3 pp. [Series 147-8: 62]

September 16, 1861
George Wilson, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they proposed raising a company of infantry to serve 3 years or during the war composed of moral and religious young men, that they felt confident the company could be quickly recruited, that many of their men could not be enlisted in any other company, and that he and a returned three months' volunteer would engage in raising the company.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 38]

September 16, 1861
M.T.C. Wing, Gambier, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had never been an office-seeker for himself or others, that he was therefore somewhat reluctant to apply to Buckingham on behalf of his son who was seeking a Paymastership in the army, that he would not countenance his son's application unless he thought him qualified for the position being sought, that since his son left college, he had been a bookkeeper and financial clerk for 6 or 8 years, and that his son would be able to furnish sufficient testimonials of his integrity, quickness and general capacity in business matters.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 227]

September 16, 1861
Woolson, Hitchcock & Carter, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To whom it may concern. Letter stating that William Hall had been a moulder in their foundry for five years, and that they believed Hall to be a steady, sober and good man. Bears a pencilled note endorsing Hall as foreman of Woolson, Hitchcock & Carter's shop.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 160]

September 16, 1861
?, Vigo, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in the immediate neighborhood were many fine horses such as would make the best cavalry horses, and that they would take an agency to furnish the government all they could buy and such as may be wanted for draft or cavalry; and citing the Honorable C.A. Trimble of Chillicothe as a reference.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 68]

September 17, 1861
Aaron P. Ashbrook, Headquarters, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting the appointment of 1st Lieutenant in the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 130]

September 17, 1861
[James H.] Bainum, Mayor, New Richmond, Clermont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was asked to inform Dennison that William A. Watkins wanted authority to raise an infantry company for active service to be mustered in at Camp Dennison, that Watkins seemed to be the favorite of many in New Richmond, and that Watkins had been drilling a company for some time and now wished to transfer them into active service.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 140]

September 17, 1861
Owen W. Brown, Headquarters, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Sir. Letter accepting the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant in the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 130]

September 17, 1861
William A. Choate, Captain, William E. Kintigh, 1st Lieutenant, and Benjamin S. Pinder, 2nd Lieutenant, Camp Trimble, Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting their appointments in the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 148]

September 17, 1861
J.S. Conklin, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To W.T. Bascom. Letter asking to whom application should be made for reimbursement of expenses incurred in raising companies under General Order Number 70 from the Adjutant General's Department, U.S.A., and if Bascom had any forms or instructions more specific than those in the order as published.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 164]

September 17, 1861
L.C. Counseller, Tarlton, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he understood there had been an order published that all companies organized in the State should stop drilling, and that he had a company of 60 men and wanted to go into service with them immediately; requesting an order; and stating that they had been drilling as an independent company.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 101]

September 17, 1861
Lewis F. Derrick, Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted to enlist a company of infantry and Buckingham's authority to do so, that he had a company of 50 men who had been drilling most of the summer, and that nearly all of these men had signified their willingness to go if he would go with them. Bears a recommendation of Derrick from P.G. Somers, Postmaster at Cuyahoga Falls.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 138]

September 17, 1861
John Dixon, Kalida, Putnam County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's permit authorizing him to enlist a company of infantry arrived while absent from home, that during said absence, another person with authority had commenced enlisting in the neighborhood where he expected his men, that he had consequently made no effort to enlist under the order as it would have been a violation of General Order Number 51, and that he had joined a company and was now in the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Oliver.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 163]

September 17, 1861
Hamilton Eaton, Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if a company organized under the law as state militia, rather than reserve militia, could be turned over by the Governor for United States service; and stating that there was a difference of opinion on said point, and that the Brigadier General of his brigade had decided that companies for the State could not be transferred to the General Government in any emergency.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 64]

September 17, 1861
John D. Gennett, Versailles, Darke County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he would start for Columbus on September 19 with all the men he had enlisted, that he would probably bring somewhere between fifty and seventy- five men, and that he would go by way of Bellefontaine.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 113]

September 17, 1861
William H. Gibson, Headquarters, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a morning field report which he had mistakenly assumed would be furnished by the commander of the post; and stating that they expected their companies to be full by September 19.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 201]

September 17, 1861
H.E. Gilbert, Catawba, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that when he had written to Buckingham about getting up a company at Catawba, it could have been easily done, that since then, Captain Stough of the Clark County Grays had come to Catawba recruiting, that they had assisted Stough in filling up his company, that Stough had received an addition at Catawba of twenty- five men to his company, that given this fact, he would not be able to raise a company by September 27, and that he would do his best and report as directed.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 162]

September 17, 1861
Jno. Haddow, Barlow, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since there still appeared to be a demand for troops, he was writing to say that he could raise a company in the course of a week if furnished with an order to do so, that he had aided in raising two companies, but his health had hitherto prevented him from going into active service, that he was better and felt it every man's duty to do all he could to aid in putting down the rebellion, that the promise of rifles would greatly accelerate the enlistment of a company, that the rifle was a much more popular arm than the musket, and that he was familiar with rifle drill.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 186]

[September 17?, 1861]
J.K. Hard, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he had been actively engaged under orders of Colonel [Abraham Sanders] Piatt in recruiting for the Zouave Brigade (34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry), that he had two companies designed for the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in a forward state and nearly ready to move, that since Piatt was not currently in command at Camp Dennison, it would perhaps be advisable or even necessary for him to procure orders from Columbus to complete the two companies and obtain transportation, and that it was his intention to apply for a command as Major or Adjutant of the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as soon as the two companies in his charge were mustered in; and asking if those positions would be filled before the regiment was completed.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 152]

September 17, 1861
Thomas M. Hunter, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had received through Colonel John M. Connell a special order dated September 1, signed by Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason authorizing him to enlist a company of infantry to be reported to the commanding officer of the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had made no enlistments pursuant to said authority, that on September 2, he communicated what had been done previous to the publication of General Order Number 50 with a view to the enlistment of a company and was advised that the terms of enlistment under which he had proceeded were irregular, that he therefore supposed that the persons who had agreed to enlist upon the conditions referred to were not bound by their agreement, and that after having made some other ineffectual efforts to raise a company, he had concluded not to use his authority, but hold it subject to further orders.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 183]

September 17, 1861
A.D. Jaynes, Albany, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that when he was in Columbus, he had gotten an order for William C. Hays to recruit a company of men for three years' service or for the war, that the order extended until September 20, thereby giving Hays only about 10 or 12 days to recruit his company, and that Hays had succeeded in getting 50 names and could finish the company by getting the time extended to October 1; and requesting an extension.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 135]

[September 17?, 1861]
A.E. Jones, Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Ohio Volunteer MIlitia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Lieutenant A.J. McCaffrey, had been in Captain Menkin's company on duty guarding the Marietta and Cincinnati Ralroad, that McCaffrey was visiting Columbus with power of attorney to secure the amount due several of that company, that Menkin had treated these men in a very negligent manner, paying no attention to them after their return, and that these men needed the money badly.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 164]

September 17, 1861
I[saac] M. Kirby, D[avid] J. Culbertson, and Samuel Bachtell, Camp Bartley. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter accepting their appointments as Captain, 1st Lieutenant, and 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 111]

September 17, 1861
J.J. Kirk, Cleveland (?). To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had received Mason's order and hoped to raise a company in time; requesting that he be passed over the railroads while recruiting; stating that he expected to get some young friends in Perry Township, Brown County, Ohio and wanted to be passed down and back; and asking if their company could choose the regiment they would like to join.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 165]

September 17, 1861
R.C. Kirk, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that S.A. Larason of Morgan Township wanted a commission to raise a company, that Larason lived in the southern part of the county and was a "number one" man in every particular, that Larason's commission would not interfere with any company forming in Knox County, and that Larason was just the man to get up and take charge of a company. Bears the signatures of W.R. Sapp and S.W. Farquhar.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 142]

September 17, 1861
R.C. Kirk, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Galord [Gaylord] McFall was an applicant for the position of Adjutant in the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that McFall was a citizen of Mansfield, a noble hearted man, and highly qualified for the place, and that he would deem it a personal favor if Buckingham used his influence to obtain the appointment for McFall.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 175]