September 17, 1861
Abraham McMahon, Surgeon, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Edward Tobin of Cincinnati for the position of Hospital Steward in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had examined Tobin and found him thoroughly competent to fulfill the duties of the office. Bears a note from A.E. Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, concurring in the recommendation.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 176]

September 17, 1861
Jesse H. McMath, Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that David E. Barrett and John S. McBean of Cadiz wanted to raise a company of volunteers for the war and had asked him to address Dennison on the subject, that a company could probably be raised within two weeks, that their three months' volunteers had been paid off and many expressed a desire to return to the service, and that he would gladly accept the commission of a Lieutenant Colonel if Dennison tendered it.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 151]

September 17, 1861
Dr. D.H. Miller, Minerva, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter concerning the Medical Department of the Ohio Volunteers, U.S. Army; and asking if there had been an addition made to the regimental medical staff and for information regarding any addition.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 132]

September 17, 1861
James R. Morris, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that William Daugherty, Jr. of Monroe County wanted to raise a company of volunteers, and that Daugherty was a first-rate man and would do honor to the service.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 134]

September 17, 1861
John C. Neal, Adjutant, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wool, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received an appointment as 2nd Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Colonel [Timothy R.] Stanley had told him it was not necessary to send Buckingham a letter of acceptance, and that he had not yet received his commission.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 126]

September 17, 1861
W.R. Nevins, John Nevins, and L. Heckman, Armory, Zouave Light Guards, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Whom It May Concern. Letter certifying that the bearer, William Hall, had been a member of the Zouave Light Guards for the past three years; and stating that they took pleasure in recommending him as a competent soldier as well as a sober, industrious and honest man, and that Hall's qualifications as a soldier entitled him to a prominent position in a company.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 136]

September 17, 1861
Ed[win] A. Parrott, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Corwin, near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter transmitting the morning field report of his command; and stating that Companies E and F recruiting in Dayton had been in the practice of sending men to camp to be sworn in with the understanding that those men should then have a furlough for a few days to arrange their affairs and that this accounted for the number absent from duty, that no report had been made of Company H which consisted of some twenty men brought into camp by an arrangement with Colonel [Alexander McDowell] McCook under which they were not to be sworn in until Captain Jewett of Hamilton County arrived with more of his men, and that Jewett had approximately 65 men recruited and expected to fill his company within the week.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 120]

September 17, 1861
A[braham] Sanders Piatt, Colonel, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Surgeon [James S.] Cantwell was sick and on furlough, and that he deemed it his duty to notify Buckingham so that another Surgeon could be supplied if necessary; and requesting that M[ilton] F. Carey of Cincinnati be sent to serve as Surgeon.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 177]

September 17, 1861
Junius R. Sanford, et. al., Camp Wood, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that the five undersigned officers of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry certified that the bearer, William Hall, had been a member of the Cleveland Light Guards for the past three years; recommending Hall as a competent soldier as well as a sober, industrious and honest man; and stating that Hall's qualifications as a soldier entitled him to a prominent position in a company.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 161]

September 17, 1861
W.R. Sapp, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that George H. Terry of Mount Vernon would be glad to receive a Captain's commission or an order to raise a company, that Terry would raise a company immediately, and that Terry was a gentleman of undoubted qualification, of strict integrity, correct deportment, a good union man, and in every way worthy of an appointment as Captain; requesting that Buckingham notify Terry by telegraph; and stating that Terry would pay the expense.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 156]

September 17, 1861
N[ewton] Schleich, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that John C. Meyer of Lancaster wanted an order to recruit a company for the three years' service, that Meyer was a man of considerable military experience in their old company which had furnished so many good officers, that Meyer was in every way qualified for the service, that Fairfield County, notwithstanding a disposition of some residents to discourage the war, had already furnished nine companies, and that Meyer thought he could raise yet another company. Bears a note from (Richard?) Creed concurring in Schliech's recommendation of Meyer.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 116]

September 17, 1861
E[dward] Siber, Colonel, 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Brown, near Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that a number of offers to recruit for the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been addressed to him; requesting some recruiting passes signed by the Adjutant General; and stating that within the week, the regiment would include the minimum number of men prescribed by law, and that afterwards, it might be easy to attach a company of German cavalry and a company of artillery to the regiment if it was the wish of the Governor.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 108]

September 17, 1861
T[imothy] R. Stanley, Colonel, Headquarters, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he thought they were doing well under the circumstances, that he did not think they should be removed from Camp Wool at present, that the Athenians had treated them very kindly and stood right up to them, that there were no unkind feelings in their regiment and never would have been but for outside interference, and that the Virginians who had forsaken their own State and gone under the banner of Virginia were the "meanest" of all.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 170]

September 17, 1861
T[imothy] R. Stanley, Colonel, Headquarters, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had written sending returns of election for Company C and recommending the confirmation of the Captain and 1st Lieutenant and the rejection of the 2nd Lieutenant and the appointment of Frederick J. Ryan as 2nd Lieutenant, that he was informed Ryan declined, that a second election for 2nd Lieutenant was therefore advisable, that the regiment was now filling up slowly or rather as fast as could be expected, that those men authorized by Governor [Francis Harrison] Pierpont to raise men in Ohio as a general rule made a point of "slandering" everybody and everything in Ohio and so created a great deal of disaffection, that Captain [John] Jumper's company had been in arms against Buckingham's order sending them to Camp Wool, but were now well satisfied, that he did not believe they lied so badly about him as about some of the other regiments, but they came down on the inefficiency of the officers generally, that it was about time they were "checked up", that they were simply "revilers" and "slanderers", that he was under obligation to the Governor for the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel [Josiah] Given to the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Given was a good man and they would get along "first rate", and that he was also pleased with the appointment of N[elson] H. Van Vorhes as Regimental Quartermaster.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 118]

September 17, 1861
James B. Steedman, et. al., Camp Oliver, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that at an election for Chaplain of the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the undersigned field and commissioned officers voted for the Rev. E[dwin] B. Raffensberger, who was unanimously chosen.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 146]

September 17, 1861
Thomas Stone, Camp Hamilton, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had just received a commission as Captain of Company B of the 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that another gentleman who came into camp some 5 or 6 days after he arrived with a full company had been assigned the position which he claimed; asking if Dennison considered this to be honorable treatment, if it was the kind of treatment Dennison wanted Ohio men to get when they sacrificed everything and left their homes and friends to do battle for their country, and if Dennison sanctioned and approved this kind of "underhanded, mean, contemptible trickery"; and stating that he had been duly elected Captain by a unanimous vote of the company on August 7.
4 pp. [Series 147-8: 131]

September 17, 1861
N[elson] H. Van Vorhes, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment as Quartermaster of the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 145]

September 17, 1861
Charles Whittlesey, Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that James McNeeley of Toledo wanted authority to raise a company for the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to be complete in ten days, and that McNeeley was vouched for by Captain [John R.] Bond, Whittlesey's Adjutant; requesting that Buckingham issue similar authority to [Ira P.] Sperry of Tallmadge, Summit County, who had been a member of the Ohio House of Representatives; asking if Major [James N.] McElroy had signified acceptance of his appointment; and stating that McElroy had not joined the regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 99]

September 17, 1861
John H. Young, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that S.H. Kennedy of Champaign County wanted an order to raise an infantry company, that Kennedy lived in North Lewisburg where lately there existed a reserve company organized under the Militia of the Reserve law, that many members of this company had already recruited into companies now in camp or in service, that Kennedy proposed to raise a company from what remained and others in the neighborhood, and that Kennedy was a worthy young man and deserved to be encouraged.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 100]

September 17, 1861
?, New Paris, Preble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the enlistment of men in Ohio to serve under the auspices of Indiana.
3 pp. [Series 147-8: 105]

September 18, 1861
Burton Armstrong, East Claridon, Geauga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he deemed it his duty, in common with his fellow countrymen, to assist in putting down the most wicked rebellion that had ever been known to have existed, and that with much sacrifice to himself and family, he was arranging his business so as to volunteer his services for the support of constitutional liberty; requesting information regarding the formation of a corps of engineers and mechanics for Major General [John C.] Fremont; stating that he wished to enter that branch of the service if an opportunity arose, and that if such an opportunity did not arise, he wanted permission to raise a company of infantry for some regiment which would be placed under Fremont's command; and offering to provide references.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 181]

September 18, 1861
John D. Barker, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of 1st Lieutenant in Company L, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 128]

[September 18?, 1861]
W.J. Bryan, West Independence, Hancock County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking if one hundred good, able-bodied men, enlisted for three years or during the war, would be accepted; and stating that he could get the men immediately.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 184]

September 18, 1861
H.C. Bush, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had noticed in the newspapers that Dennison was about to adopt a more efficient mode of recruiting for the army, and that he had served in the U.S. Army in the regular service and also on recruiting service; and requesting an appointment as a recruiting officer.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 184]

September 18, 1861
T.C. Bushnell, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had a company of 75 men ready to go into camp on September 23, that his order was to raise a company for the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that it would be impossible for him to serve the company on that order, and that the company was almost unanimously opposed to going into the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that the order be changed to the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and marching orders for September 23.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 201]

September 18, 1861
J[ohn] M. Connell, Colonel, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To General. Letter enclosing requisitions for arms to insure prompt attention; stating that there were not that many men in camp since there was a large number of absentees on leave; providing a report on the conditions of the companies, excepting squads, sent in by men with recruiting orders for the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; requesting that the General order Captains [Amos A.] Whissen and Floyd by telegraph to report their companies forthwith so that the regiment might be full and ready for service at a moment's notice; stating that the fractional companies could be turned over to another regiment, that he could have at least five more companies for the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in ten days, and that he had five companies from Fairfield County and could get three more from there; asking if he could attach more than ten companies to his regiment; stating that he had appointed H. Springer of Lancaster as Sutler to the regiment, and that Springer had been acting as such for some time to the satisfaction of the men; and asking if Springer needed a certificate of appointment from the Governor.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 178]

September ?, 1861
James Cram, Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he noticed Buckingham's order in regard to those who had recruited companies, that he had taken one company into camp the previous week, that he had another company partly full, which made the third company he had raised in Geauga County, and that he had served with his first company for three months in Virginia.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 165]

September 18, 1861
John H. Dickerson, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on August 31, he had informed Lieutenant Thayer that clothing must be gotten for his regiment from Washington, that he had written Thayer again on September 17 telling him the same thing, and that he could not possibly supply the regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 172]

September 18, 1861
J.W. Fouts, Beverly, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on September 10, Major O. Bennett applied by telegraph for authority for J.W. Fouts of Beverly to raise a company of volunteers and received an answer that authority had been sent, that he had not yet received said authority, and that he supposed it was sent to Beverly, Virginia by mistake.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 205]

September 18, 1861
J.N. Frazee, Lynchburg, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a commission and authority to enlist men into U.S. service; and stating that he would report at Camp Dennison as soon as he had 43 men or more, that he thought he could report within 10 days, and that he was requesting a commission and authority because it was said he had no authority to enlist.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 137]

September 18, 1861
Samuel Gadd, Maxville, Perry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that his permit to enlist a company be extended for a longer time, that his time expired on September 28, and that it would be impossible for him to enlist a company by that time as there were already too many in the same neighborhood recruiting; and asking how many had orders from Buckingham to enlist companies in Perry County and for a list of their names.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 192]

September 18, 1861
A[ndrew] Gardner, Jr., Captain, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that his warrant for raising an infantry company would expire on September 25, that he wanted an extension for as long as possible, that the Logan County fair was scheduled for the following week, that he could get quite a number of first rate men during the fair, that there were no less than 12 recruiting officers in Logan County, that many who had small squads of men would realize they could not get their complements and disband, that these men would then join a company which could be made up, and that he had thirty- four good and reliable men in camp and could fill his company very soon if Mason acceded to his request.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 158]

September 18, [1861]
William H. Hall, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter forwarding a certificate of his responsibility; and stating that if there was a vacancy in any company, he would like a commission since he wanted to go into service as soon as possible, that he had to work for his living and could not afford to loose much time, that if there was no vacancy, he wanted a recruiting permit, and that he was willing to submit to a military examination.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 137]

September 18, 1861
William Hamilton, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that their time for raising a company expired on September 20; asking if the time could be extended; stating that they had forty or forty-five men enrolled, and that it was doubtful whether all of these men would be on hand should they want to start to camp within the week; and asking how few men they could go into camp with.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 133]

September 18, 1861
L.A. Harris, Colonel Commanding Post, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the morning reports given to him; and stating that for want of proper blanks, he had been unable to consolidate the morning reports, and that he had telegraphed three days ago for blanks, but had not received them.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 192]

September 18, 1861
William H. Harrison, Texas, Henry County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had received Mason's letter dated August 28 in which Mason said that he had not learned the identity of the Paymaster of the 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service); asking if Mason had subsequently learned the identity of said individual; and stating that he wanted his pay.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 189]

September 18, 1861
W.B. Huffman, Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that H.B. Wilson had told him to proceed with recruiting and he would procure a permit, that Wilson had failed to procure said permit, that he had 56 men on the rolls with a fair prospect of raising a company, that he was now applying to Mason for a permit, and that Wilson had said he would write to Mason, but probably forgot.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 139]

September 18, 1861
M.O. Junkin, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that he had received two orders to recruit an infantry company, one expiring on September 20 and the other on September 25, that he had been absent from home the previous week and lost time, that there were 5 or 6 individuals recruiting in Steubenville at present and it was difficult to get a full company, that he had 17 men on his town roll and had a roll in the country, that several of the Home Guards were disappointed in getting orders and would probably unite with him, that he had served in a volunteer regiment in Pennsylvania as an officer, that he had told his boys that he was determined to go even if he should exchange his sword for a musket, and that he thought parts of companies would have to be attached in order to make full companies.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 194]