September 19, 1861
E.B. Holmes, M.D., Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had learned that Colonel [Hiram] Berdan was authorized to raise an additional regiment of sharpshooters to be composed of a company from each loyal State; asking if Ohio had yet furnished or was forming a company of sharpshooters for Berdan's regiment, and if authority to raise such a company would be given to a western hunter who was not a military man but a good shot; and stating that he wanted a position in which he could be of the most service to his country.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 166]

September 19, 1861
S. Hutchins, Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had material in Hocking County to furnish one or more additional companies to the service of the country, that their enemies were endeavoring to prevent or at least retard this work by various means among the most formidable of which was the encouraging of a great number of persons to undertake the raising of companies in order to divide the interests, that Hocking County, under the lead of different persons, now had enough men to make a full company, and that by the interference of their enemies, these men could not be united; suggesting that no more authorities be issued in Hocking County until after the expiration of existing ones, that no renewals be issued except upon satisfactory assurance of at least 50 men enrolled, and that in the future, authority should not be given to more than one individual at a time; and stating that Hocking County was a small county and to divide the interest must prove fatal, and that his motivation was an undying love of country and a desire to see men sent forward for the support of the best government on earth.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 190]

September 19, 1861
G.W. Kirk, Captain, Camp Oliver, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his company had not been fairly dealt with and he was appealing to Buckingham for relief, that his company, which consisted of 93 men, had an election of officers fairly conducted, that he was elected Captain, E.C. Dodd as 1st Lieutenant, and W.B. Kirk as 2nd Lieutenant by almost unanimous votes, that they were informed after the election that James Rutledge had been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, that Rutledge's qualifications for an officer were not as good as the one nominated by the company and that the company utterly refused to have Rutledge as an officer, that his men claimed their right to nominate their officers, and that his men looked upon the matter as a high handed outrage and would not lamely submit.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 202]

September 19, 1861
George McCaughey, Monroe Township, Perry County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that his success in recruiting had as yet been small, that he had 20 reliable men on his roll, that he had held meetings addressed by good speakers at different places daily and would continue throughout the week, that he wanted to continue the work until October 1, that he was recruiting farmers who were busy seeding and would not leave sooner, that he would get as many men as possible and unite them with some other company that could not fill up as there were more companies in his section of Perry County than could be filled, that he doubted whether any company would be filled without joining 2 or 3 partial companies together, that their farmers were determined not to go until there was a full company so that they could elect their officers, that the men he had gotten together were moral farmers and just the kind of men who were needed, and that he thought too many "boys" had been recruited.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 223]

September 19, 1861
R[ichard] W. McClain, Major Commanding, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Meigs, Canal Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they now had 4 companies mustered into U.S. service by Captain [Henry] Belknap of the 18th Regiment, U.S. Army, that there were also 2 fractional companies in camp, with about 60 men each, which would undoubtedly be filled in a few days, and that they had positive assurances of two more companies, one from Tuscarawas County and one from Coshocton County, which would be in on September 20 or by September 27 at the latest; and asking what to do if additional companies over and above the 10 should come.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 230]

September 19, 1861
J.S. McClelland, Tribune Office, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that recruiting was going very slowly at present, and that Seneca County had already sent seven companies of infantry and one of cavalry to the field; asking if more artillery companies were wanted; stating that he thought an artillery company could be raised locally with a little time and patience; asking what prospects there would be to get good rifled guns; requesting information regarding the minimum and maximum number of a company and a list of officers, and authority to raise a company; and asking what expenses would be borne by the Government and for what things, and if allotment tickets could be obtained since a large number of men could not leave home and families without providing for the support of their wives and children.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 168]

September 19, 1861
N.C. McLean, Colonel, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that under authority from Major General [John C.] Fremont, he was engaged in raising a regiment of infantry for service under Fremont, and that as the troops would come principally from Ohio, he wanted the regiment to be known and numbered as from Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 202]

September 19, 1861
N.H. McLean, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a man in citizen's clothing, representing himself as Sergeant Edwards of Company C, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, called at headquarters and requested an order for subsistence for himself and recruits for said Company C, that according to Edwards, transportation to Cincinnati had been furnished by Buckingham's order, and that he was ready at any time to do all in his power to further the views of Governor William Dennison and Buckingham, but in this case, in the absence of the Commanding General, he could issue no order providing for either transportation or subsistence; enclosing a copy of General Order Number 69 from the War Department directing how the officers for recruiting service should be detailed and that said officers were to be governed by the regulations for the recruiting service; and stating that when the orders from the War Department were complied with, proper provision for recruits could be made, but endless confusion would sooner or later ensue if he should attempt to forward all the men that irregularly presented themselves at headquarters, that Sergeant Edwards informed him that Captain Street did not have time to remain and complete the enlistment of his party of recruits and that a notary public had done so for him, that recruits must be collected by an officer detailed for such service, the men properly examined, their enlistments made out, and the detachments forwarded by the recruiting officer with proper muster and descriptive rolls, that some time ago, a person representing himself as an officer of the 1st Kentucky Regiment, who had been detailed for the recruiting service by his Captain, called and asked for transportation and subsistence for recruits for his company, that said individual informed him that when he left his company it lacked only eight men to reach the maximum strength allowed and yet he had seventeen recruits enlisted for said company, that the same person claimed he left his company on leave of absence with authority to recruit, that he declined to have anything to do with such unauthorized proceedings and in compliance with telegraphic instructions from General [William S.] Rosecrans, ordered him (Lieutenant E. Preston) to rejoin his company immediately, and that a copy of the order was sent to the Colonel of the 1st Kentucky Regiment and by him returned with the endorsement thereon that whoever had represented himself as Lieutenant Preston of his regiment was an imposter and that there was no such officer in the regiment.
4 pp. [Series 147-8: 233]

September 19, 1861
James R. Morris, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that Buckingham send authority to James Stallings, Sr. at Stafford, Monroe County to raise a company of infantry; and stating that he thought Stallings' prospects were very good, and that Stallings was a good man.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 197]

September 19, 1861
James Palmer, New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting on his progress in recruiting; and stating that he had 40 recruits and thought he could get into camp by the following week, but probably not with a full company, and that if he was allowed subsistence in New Lexington for 3 or 4 days, say from September 23-26, for recruits who came in from a distance, he could get along much faster.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 154]

September 19, 1861
John L. Rhea, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Oath of John L. Rhea of Braxton County, Virginia swearing that he would henceforth bear true allegiance to the United States of America and to the Government established in western Virginia represented and administered by Governor [Francis Harrison] Pierpont, obey their laws, that he would not give aid, comfort or intelligence to their enemies, and that he would in all respects conduct himself as a loyal and obedient citizen and subject of the said Government; and stating that he had sworn to the above of his own free will and accord without evasion or mental reservation. Bears note from Charles W. Hill, Brigadier General Commanding, Headquarters, U.S. Volunteers, Camp Chase attesting to the fact that Rhea had taken the above oath before him on the day and at the place specified.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 143]

September 19, 1861
W.B. Sarr, Crestline, Crawford County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was not able to report his progress at that time since he had several men in the country who had agreed to take hold of the matter with him and he had not heard from them, that his success in Crestline had been very poor, that Crestline was the hardest place to raise recruits in Ohio, that he had a meeting in Crestline the next evening, and that he would be able to tell what he could do after the meeting.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 167]

September 19, 1861
F.I. Tedford, Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter stating that he was confident that he could raise a company and was anxious to get to work immediately; and requesting authority.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 204]

September 19, 1861
L[yman] C. Thayer, Quartermaster, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking Dennison to direct Captain [John H.] Dickerson to furnish the battery of artillery attached to his regiment with clothing, etc.; and stating that he had made requisition for the clothing, etc., but was advised that Dickerson could not supply, and that the battery was full and all mustered into service.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 226]

September 19, 1861
E.S. Williams, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter stating that they had been raising men on H.L. Johnson's permit, but Johnson had taken a notion to unite with a cavalry company being raised by Captain Carpenter on a commission from General [John C.] Fremont, that James [W.] Carlin and himself had about 30 men who preferred the infantry, and that they could raise a company by October 1 or October 5; requesting that either he or Carlin be sent authority; and stating that Carlin had served as Sergeant in Company I, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that he was born and raised in Clark County near New Carlisle, that he had read law in Dayton, and that he felt like laying down Blackstone's commentaries and taking up Hardee's tactics.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 204]

September 19, 1861
H.B. Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, Headquarters, Camp Clark, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he hoped his own necessary absence for several days and the sickness of the Adjutant were sufficient reasons for his not having sent morning field reports, that he was enclosing said reports, that he would try to send a report every morning despite not having a Quartermaster, Commissary or anyone else but a sick Adjutant, that he hoped Buckingham would overlook his neglect should it occur again, that he squandered no time and if he could have officers appointed for the regiment, everything would be attended to promptly, that one more full company would arrive from Miami County on September 20, that he understood that when a company of less than 83 was mustered in and not filled to the minimum standard within one week thereafter, that he had the power to distribute them among other companies, and that if his understanding was correct, he thought all his companies would number 101 each by September 21.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 184]

September 19, 1861
John H. Young, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that Thomas Wright of Champaign County wanted an order to raise an infantry company, that Wright had already secured several good men, that Wright had been falsely charged with want of loyalty and was anxious to vindicate his character, and that Wright's chances of success were good.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 167]

September 19, 1861
S[amuel] L. Yourtee, Clarksburg, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding his commission as Chaplain of the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had not yet received said commission, that he had been over three months in service and was greatly in need of funds for himself and an afflicted wife at home, that he could get nothing without his commission, that trusting to incompetent officers had caused him thus to suffer, and that he had no other means of support.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 225]

September 20, 1861
J.H. Bainter, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter reporting 31 men enrolled; and stating that many of his men had been induced away, that while he had been traveling around Muskingum County and laboring for the general good, others had been following and taking his men, and that the recruits lost to others had been told that he was getting men for someone at Columbus who was to pay him $2.00 per man.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 195]

September 20, 1861
J.Q. Barnes, Waverly, Pike County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in accordance with their permit, they were required to report on September 20, that they now had 40 men, that at first their prospects were "dull", but were now flattering, that there was little doubt about their raising a full company, that they wanted to fill the company for the honor of Pike County, that he hoped Buckingham would allow them to continue, that they hoped to be able to report a full company in approximately two weeks, and that there were currently 3 companies recruiting in Pike County and if they all succeeded, it would not be too much for the county.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 208]

September 20, 1861
John H. Carter, Captain, Company B, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that it was absolutely necessary for him to travel over the different railroads leading from Cincinnati for the purpose of recruiting for his company now at Camp Dennison; and requesting a pass over the different railroads immediately.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 237]

September 20, 1861
T.S. Cheney, Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that if he could obtain an order to raise a company of volunteers, he could get up as many as fifty men and join with some other company that might be partly made up, that he was acting under an order from a local judge and had about twenty good men who would go, that since there was some difficulty in getting up a company on the judge's order, he had decided to present the matter to Buckingham, and that he was elected justice of the peace the previous Spring in Goshen Township; and providing the name of Doctor James Williams, Deputy State Auditor of Columbus as a reference.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 220]

September 20, 1861
L.F. Drake, New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he understood Buckingham proposed appointing recruiting officers in every county in the State, and if that should be the case, he recommended Colonel N.B. Calhoun of New Lexington as a suitable man for the post.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 200]

September 20, 1861
I.K. Gilbert, Tippecanoe, Miami County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he wished to obtain an order to enlist a company for three years' service or the war in Miami County, that Miami County had already furnished bountifully of her boys and adventurers to the troops of the State, but she in common with other counties had furnished comparatively few substantial and absolutely interested men and such should not be the case, and that he was a physician, having practiced in Tippecanoe during the past fourteen years; and providing references.
4 pp. [Series 147-8: 196]

September 20, 1861
Frank J. Jones, 2nd Lieutenant, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted a certificate attesting to the date of his letter of acceptance of his appointment because without such a certificate, the Paymaster declined to pay him, that his original letter of acceptance must have been mis- carried or mislaid, that he was enclosing another letter of acceptance dated the day of his receiving the commission, and that his letter of acceptance of appointment was dated June 29, 1861.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 224]