September 23, 1861
John Kinkade, Antioch, Monroe County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been performing military duty in a Home Guard company and believed that no particular good could result from it for the Country, that he had concluded to go into the field, that he had been offered a place with a company in Virginia, but preferred going into an Ohio camp, that they had put 4 companies into western Virginia camps from Monroe County making about 300 men, that he wanted authority from Dennison to raise a company, and that he believed 100 men could be raised and taken to camp by November 1.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 94]

September 23, 1861
Robert B. Latta, Lockland, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that by the reports from Washington, he learned that Governor [William] Dennison was empowered to appoint one Lieutenant as a recruiting officer for each company to be formed, that he had already presented a letter from their mutual friend, Bellamy Storer, requesting Buckingham to use his influence to obtain a Lieutenant's commission for Latta, that he had not yet received said commission, but hoped to, that the loss of his index finger prohibited him from going into the ranks or he would have been there long since and come up on his own merits, that his country needed him and he wanted to go, and that Buckingham was his only hope.
3 pp. [Series 147-9: 47]

September 23, 1861
E.B. Lowe, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter enclosing recommendations; and stating that for some years, he had been engaged in business which had called him through Logan County, Champaign County, Clark County, Union County, Marion County, Hardin County, Shelby County, Allen County, Auglaize County, Van Wert County, and Wyandot County, that he had formed many pleasant acquaintances in these counties, and that if Dennison conferred the commission of Lieutenant, he was willing to enter upon any service which might be assigned to him either in actual or recruiting service.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 61]

September 23, 1861
George W. McCook, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting on the progress of six Captains and their companies; and stating that one of the Captains lived at a place where the mail was received but once a week.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 134]

September 23, 1861
C[harles] H. McElroy, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that according to a recent newspaper account, it appeared the Governor had been authorized to appoint a Lieutenant in each company being raised and make him a recruiting officer, thereby empowering him to muster in recruits, that V.T. Hills, who had enlisted with him, would be an excellent such appointment, that if this appointment was made, he hoped it would remove the great evil of not being able to hold the men recruited, that his order would expire on September 25, that he expected to report to Colonel [Charles] Whittlesey at Camp Chase on September 26 with at least sixty men, that he supposed it was all right for his company to be attached to Whittlesey's regiment [20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], that Hills was intelligent, reliable, and a man of high moral character, and that Hills was a young man of extraordinary business talent who had been engaged for several years in the wholesale grocery business.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 29]

September 23, 1861
William McMillen, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter regarding a permit to raise a company of infantry that he received on August 27; stating that he did not wish to do anything with the permit until another individual was out of the way, that by the time this individual moved, there were five or six people trying to raise companies, that he thought it useless to try as there were not enough men for all, that his permit expired on September 25, and that he wanted an extension as several partial companies had disbanded; and asking if the State would pay any amount toward the support of the men before they were mustered into service.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 77]

[September 23?, 1861]
Thomas Miltenberger, Auditor, Logan County, Ohio, et. al. To ? Letter signed by eleven individuals, and stating that they had long known Mr. E.B. Lowe of Bellefontaine and took pleasure in recommending him for the post of Lieutenant in the infantry service.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 59]

September 23, 1861
George W. Mitchell, New Paris, Preble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding two individuals who had been taking volunteers from Ohio to Indiana and thus destroying the credit of Ohio and giving it to a sister state; and stating that said individuals were still actively engaged in this "disgraceful", "unpatriotic", and "dishonorable" proceeding, that said individuals not only assisted in curtailing the credit and honor of the state, but had defamed and endeavored to heap "opprobrium" upon the constituted authorities of the State of Ohio, that said individuals were preventing men from volunteering in his section of the state and sending them to Indiana, that these men were needed immediately to fill up Ohio's incomplete and fragmentary regiments, that there were about three hundred men from Preble County in Colonel [Ferdinand] VanDerveer's regiment [35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry] at Hamilton, that the regiment lacked about 200 or 250 men of being on a proper war footing, that enough men had already left Preble County and gone into service in Indiana to fill VanDerveer's regiment, that they had two companies of cavalry from Preble County in Camp Dick Corwine near Cincinnati, that these companies were incomplete and ought to be immediately filled up, yet men were daily going to Indiana, that some plan ought to be adopted to counteract the aforementioned adverse influences, that he hoped to assist in maintaining the honor of his state, that he fervently prayed for the preservation of the glorious Union, that he had no personal malice, grudge, or revenge to gratify by informing on the individuals who had been taking volunteers from Ohio to Indiana, that he was doing nothing more than discharging his duty by pursuing the course he had taken in the matter, and that he had hoped to occupy a seat next winter in the State Legislature where he would have an opportunity to do more than he could in a private capacity, but the Preble County convention conferred the honor of nomination on another individual by a majority of 7 votes.
3 pp. [Series 147-9: 90]

September 23, 1861
James R. Morris, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that he had received the letter dated September 17 saying that there were already two names on the books from Woodsfield, that he knew of but one, Mr. Patton, and apparently Patton was doing nothing, that the three gentlemen for whom he had written were located in different neighborhoods and several miles apart, and that he thought it would do no harm and would be advisable to issue permits to them as they were operating in different localities.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 80]

September 23, [1861]
Sarah M. Overal, Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that her son Charles was very anxious to join the army and she was not willing that he should go as a Private, that Charles wanted her to ask Dennison for the appointment of Lieutenant with the privilege of recruiting, that she could give reference to her son's character, that her husband had been peculiarly unfortunate in business, and that her son was 19 years old, large and strongly built, and in fine health.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 107]

September 23, 1861
George W. Panner, Fairfield, Greene County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting a recruiting station with a Lieutenant's commission somewhere in Dayton or Springfield or anywhere else; and stating that he was anxious for the field.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 78]

September 23, 1861
George H. Phillips, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he would like to have the necessary orders to raise a company of infantry, that if there were too many recruiting at present, he would accept a Commissary commission, that he could give the best references in Dayton, that he had been involved in military matters for 5 years past, that he was a Sergeant in Captain Walter B. Pease's company in the three months' service and Drill Sergeant of the Dayton Light Guard, and that he was Captain Pease's Drill Sergeant in Camp Dennison, Camp McClellan, and Camp Sherman.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 18]

September 23, 1861
E.H. Powers, Berlin Heights, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he found it would be impossible to report the required number of men (50) by the specified time, that he had taken an order from Lieutenant Colonel [George H.] Safford of the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry located within 11 miles of Berlin Heights, and that he would transfer the enlistments received thus far.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 91]

September 23, 1861
Isaac Ranney, Probate Judge's Office, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending V.T. Hills of Delaware; and stating that Hills was a most exemplary, moral gentleman of strict integrity with excellent business qualifications and habits, that Hills had a considerable knowledge of military tactics, drill, and discipline, and that Hills belonged to that class of gentlemen who would neither ask or accept an appointment to any position that he could not fill with credit to himself and the appointing power. Bears endorsements of T.W. Powell, R. Burr, and James McElroy, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Delaware, Ohio.
3 pp. [Series 147-9: 48]

September 23, 1861
W.H. Reed, Piketon, Pike County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had never asked for an office in his life before, that if there was to be a recruiting officer for Pike County appointed, he would like to have the position, that they had recently raised two companies which were now in camp at Portsmouth, and that there were more companies which would be ready to go into camp as soon as the election was over.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 58]

September 23, 1861
J.W. Reilly, Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that James H.H. Hunter of Wellsville, a young man of unimpeachable character and integrity, wanted to raise a company of infantry in Wellsville and vicinity for three years service or during the war, that Hunter had been a member of Company K, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that Hunter was very popular among the young men of Wellsville and vicinity, and particularly among those he served with, that Benjamin Evans, the Orderly Sergeant of Company K, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), would be engaged with Hunter in raising the company, and that he had no doubt Hunter, together with Evans, would be able to raise the required number of men for a company as expeditiously as any persons in Columbiana County; providing references as to his own character; and stating that he understood some arrangement was about to be made by the proper authorities to raise a regiment in each Congressional District of the state, and that he had no doubt a regiment could be raised readily in his Congressional District (the 21st).
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 62]

September 23, 1861
Moses Rife, Captain, Company G, Addison, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in compliance with the wish of a majority of Company G, 2nd Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 7th Division, Militia of the Reserve, he was writing to say that they did not want to be held in reserve any longer; requesting an order to recruit his company along with the number of the regiment to which they might be attached; and stating that he thought they could be ready for service in a very short time.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 152]

September 23, 1861
R. Rogers, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To My dear Colonel. Letter regarding the appointment of Surgeon for the 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 47]

September 23, 1861
John Rose, Van's Valley, Delaware County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that three or four responsible witnesses could attest to the fact that E.H. Dent had declared that if he could control the events of the war, he would always give the victory to the South, that Dent had declared his object in not organizing under the law to be to keep himself and his associates free from any liability to be called into service, and this could be proven by some 20 persons in whose presence the declaration was made, that there was a question regarding the object of independent military organizations, that the preamble of these organizations declared the object of association to be the protection of the people in the freedom of speech and their legal and constitutional rights, that he understood the Constitution was framed for the express purpose of protecting the people in all their just rights, hence the impropriety and inconsistency of military organizations independent of the Constitution and laws, that Dent wanted to evade the law that would call him into service, that the title "military organization" implied service, that if such organizations were not intended for the service of the Government there were strong reasons for being suspicious of them, especially when headed by avowed secessionists, that Dent was known to be a secessionist from Delaware to Johnstown, that he had heard Dent say that any state had an undoubted right to secede, that Dent was reported to have said that if he had to fight, he would fight for the South, that he had no doubt that Dent and his kind were doing all in their power to discourage and hinder enlistments, and that Dent was Justice of the Peace and sworn to support the Constitution of the U.S.; asking how Dent could support the Constitution while openly sympathizing with enemies armed to destroy it; and stating that he was unable to see how such a man as Dent could escape the imputation of not only treason but perjury, that Dent was believed to be only the cat's paw in the hands of R. Willson who was probably the leading spirit, but who was careful to keep his own fingers out of the fire, that Willson threatened to shoot anyone like a dog who would call him a traitor for exercising the right of free speech, the very thing they were ostensibly organizing to protect, and that Dent and Willson were probably organizing more for the purpose of trying to effect the approaching elections than for anything else.
3 pp. [Series 147-9: 102]

September 23, 1861
S. Shelabarger, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that Joseph G. Cummins at Union, Montgomery County, Ohio wanted to raise a company of cavalry and a Lieutenant's commission for that purpose, and that Cummins wanted some way of swearing in the men as they were enrolled and to rendezvous at Dayton; and asking how many men Cummins must have before they could be sent to camp.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 63]

September 23, 1861
C.E. Smith, Chester, Meigs County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received the order from Buckingham for raising a company of infantry, that he had 35 men on his list, that his order expired on September 25, that if his time was extended until October 10, he would do all in his power to raise a company, that there were men enough in the area if they could be persuaded to enlist, that if Buckingham and Governor William Dennison thought him worthy of a Lieutenancy and would send him a commission making him a recruiting officer under the new regulation, he probably would have no trouble recruiting a goodly number of men, that there was a camp nearby in western Virginia where recruits were put into barracks, and that many local men had gone to this camp.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 129]

September 23, 1861
William Smith, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted to procure an order to raise a company of volunteers for John Larue, and that Larue was a man of good moral character and responsible in every way; and providing references for Larue.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 76]

September 23, 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 regarding the position of 2nd Lieutenant in Company C, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he was anxious to have good officers and so far had been very fortunate.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 162]

September 23, 1861
Sturges and Pritchard, Sturges' Book- Store, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they furnished the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry with a quantity of stationery, etc., before the Quartermaster was appointed, that the Quartermaster would not settle the bill, that the bill was made out and given to Colonel [Thomas H.] Ford who said he would have the same certified to at Columbus, and that they had as yet not heard whether the bill was allowed.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 136]

September 23, 1861
L.C. Thayer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they needed some new army regulations and five copies of instruction in field artillery.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 93]

September 23, 1861
L.C. Thayer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that their battery could be ready to march at a moment's notice if the authorities would furnish clothing, that they had 156 men who were as good as any to be put in the field, and that they wanted to be put to work.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 165]

September 23, 1861
A[lvin] C. Voris, Voris & Bartges, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that recruiting for infantry was looking up a little, that he would report a full company on September 26, that the company would meet on the same day to select officers, that he expected to start the company to camp on September 30, that he had written to Governor William Dennison as to the assignment of the company to a regiment, that the men were quite anxious to know where they were to be assigned, that Dennison's decision would direct what camp they were to go to, that he hoped to report another full company by October 1, that he was making good use of the Home Guards by getting up the spirit of the Captains who controlled their squads or enough of them to make from a 1/4 to a 1/3 of a company, that it was difficult to combine partial companies and utterly impossible to secure a full company without the Home Guards, and that if he were a recruiting officer with authority to swear men into service, he could hold a good many who were not held by honor.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 155]

September 23, 1861
M[oses] B. Walker, Colonel, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, A.B. Leman, had been very active in getting troops enlisted for the service, was a well drilled officer, and was a lawyer in good standing, that Leman had a company partly raised and would be able to recruit a company, and that Leman wanted an appointment as a Lieutenant under the new arrangement.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 28]

September 23, 1861
J.R. Weist, M.D., New Paris, Preble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted to obtain permission to raise an infantry company in New Paris and vicinity in Preble County; requesting that he be given as much time as possible to raise the company, and that a Lieutenant's commission be sent if one was issued for the purpose of recruiting; and stating that he had no doubt a company of good men could be obtained if he only had a little time.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 104]

September 23, 1861
W.H. West, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, E.B. Lowe, wanted a Lieutenancy in the service of his country, that Lowe was abundantly competent for the position and would, if commissioned, render any service at any point he might be called, and that Lowe was a loyal citizen and would doubtless do good service. Bears note from William Lawrence concurring in the foregoing; and stating that Lowe had extensive acquaintances locally which would be of service in recruiting.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 60]

September 23, 1861
Horatio N. Whitbeck, Berea, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter returning his order for enlisting a company of infantry; stating that his time had expired, that he had thirty names on his roll and thought all these men would go, that if he was allowed to establish a camp of subsistence, he could fill his company in thirty days, that he would agree to have the men subsisted at twenty-five cents per day, and that he could then keep all the men he got and commence drilling them immediately; suggesting that he be appointed Captain while recruiting the company so that he would be paid in part for trouble and expenses incurred by going to all the little towns in the area and getting the assistance of men who had some influence in their towns; and stating that he could recruit a company in twenty or thirty days if he could subsist and drill them at the Government's expense, that he would raise a company in thirty days and subsist them at his own expense if Buckingham gave him a commission as Captain which was dated at the same time as his order, and that he could give good references regarding his temperate and steady habits, moral character, and energy.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 133]

September 23, 1861
Jno. J. Williams, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that David A. Scott of Marion wanted to obtain permission to raise a company of infantry to serve during the war, that Scott was a man of good habits, had the confidence of the community, and would make an efficient soldier, and that he hoped the requisite papers would be sent to Scott without delay; and suggesting that Dennison limit Scott's time to October 20.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 72]