September 20, 1861
J.K. Jones, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he now had 26 men at Camp Dennison, that there was also a young man out recruiting for him at a place where he thought he could get 20 or 30 more men, that he expected to get additional men from Columbus and at a town where he was going on September 21, and that he hoped to be able to fill up his company soon; and asking if Mason thought it was worth while for him to continue.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 207]

September 20, 1861
James W. Keller, Recruiting Officer, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was recruiting for Colonel [Josiah] Harlan's regiment of cavalry (Harlan's Light Cavalry); requesting the necessary papers to pass men into Camp Harlan, Washington, D.C.; and stating that he belonged to Captain N[oah] M. Runyan's company and wanted to take approximately ten men with him when he left on September 26, that he was authorized to recruit and take men to Camp Chase, that since his company was currently in camp at Washington, he must take the men there, and that he had left Washington on September 18 and must return by September 28.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 197]

September 20, 1861
William Laurend, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that John B. Myers of Bellefontaine proposed to raise an artillery company in Logan County and adjoining counties, that Myers wanted an order authorizing him to do so and a commission as Captain, that Myers had some experience with artillery, having belonged to a gun squad, that Myers was 31 years of age, and an active, energetic man of good morals and character, with good business qualifications, that Myers had been in business in Bellefontaine for several years operating a foundry, stove and tin store, that he knew of no man in Bellefontaine who he considered more suitable for an appointment than Myers, and that Myers was an undoubted Union man in whose courage, fidelity and patriotism he had entire confidence.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 219]

September 20, 1861
George W. McCook, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that Captain J.S. Shuman had raised a company of cavalry now numbering 78 men and could go in a day or two, that the company had been raised to serve in Virginia under [Francis Harrison] Pierpont, that they had lost so many men from Jefferson County to Virginia that he wished to stop it, that Shuman would rather serve with the Ohio troops, but had been informed he could not do so, that he had written Governor William Dennison regarding Captain John S. Mason, formerly of the artillery and now of the 11th U.S. Infantry, who thought he could get leave of absence and would like to have an Ohio regiment, and that he knew of no better officer than John S. Mason.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 221]

September 20, 1861
T.C. McEwen, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been informed of a possible change in Ohio's manner of recruiting for the army and that there would be recruiting agents in the several counties, that if the change should be made, he would like to see H.C. Bush of Sandusky get the appointment for Sandusky County, that Bush was a good man, had served in the Mexican War, and was disabled while in the army, that Bush was well qualified for the place and understood the business, that Bush's heart was in the country's cause, and that Bush would now be in the army were it not for the injury suffered during the Mexican War.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 229]

September 20, 1861
J.B. Myers, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing letters of reference; and stating that he hoped Buckingham would give him the necessary papers. See letters dated September 20, 1861 from B. Stanton, James Walker, and W.H. West.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 199]

September 20, 1861
A.M. Poundstone, New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had obtained 43 names of volunteers on the order received a few days ago, and that his order expired on September 25; and asking if the time could be extended a week or ten days.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 200]

September 20, 1861
B. Stanton, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that John B. Myers of Bellefontaine proposed to raise an artillery company for the volunteer service during the war, that he had been well acquainted with Myers for eight or nine years and knew him to be a gentleman of "unexceptionable" character, who had been engaged in dealing in castings and operating a foundry and was a business man of great energy and industry, that they found their efforts in raising volunteers very much paralized by a wild scramble for positions as officers of companies, and that if Myers was authorized to raise a company, it would be good to give him a Captain's commission.
2 pp. [Series 147-8: 198]

September 20, 1861
James Walker, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that John B. Myers of Bellefontaine wanted to raise an artillery company for the war in Logan County; recommending Myers to Buckingham's consideration as a gentleman in every way qualified for the position of Captain; and stating that Myers would make a brave and efficient officer and would be active and useful in raising a company.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 217]

September 20, 1861
W.H. West, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that John B. Myers, a most excellent, active, energetic young man of Bellefontaine, wanted authority to raise an artillery company in Logan County and adjoining counties, and that the authority could not be entrusted to better hands; and suggesting that a commission be issued to Myers at once in order to prevent the everlasting confusion and demoralization growing out of the scramble for office after the company was made up.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 218]

September 20, 1861
Charles Whittlesey, Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the certificates for commissioned officers of Company C, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and asking if they could get the clothing issued to that company since he saw no prospect of a solution of the trouble among its officers.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 236]

September 20, 1861
?, Lexington, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that an order was issued to him on September 5 to enlist a company of infantry in Richland County, that he had been given until September 20, that they had been diligent and thought the prospects were good considering the number of men already sent from Richland County, that there were 5 or 6 recruiting officers in the area claiming to have orders, that they had succeeded in securing between 30 and 40 men and the prospect for getting a company was good if their time was extended by 10 days or 2 weeks, that their boys did not want to be attached to another fraction of a company if it could be avoided, that his partner was in the three months' service and was one of the very best of men, full of energy, and a graduate of a classical college, that they wished to get enough men to go into camp and get their own officers, that he was a practicing physician and many of their boys were going on the promise that he would be their Captain, and that he received an order or certificate to ship his men to Camp Lyon at Worthington.
1 p. [Series 147-8: 222]