September 25, 1861
A. Bothwell, Salineville, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he thought he had almost a full company made up when last he wrote, that when it came ready to start, they found that promising with some was different than actually going, that they could raise only about 50 men, that they did not wish to go into camp without a good chance to fill up, that he had formed an alliance with Dr. [J.A.] Linsey of Salineville, that this had caused some dissatisfaction, that some of his men feared they could not get office and "flew the track", that he had seen that money made patriotism in some, that although he had spent some money and much labor in trying to raise a company, he proposed going as a private soldier rather than not getting the men into camp, that he felt Ohio should have men to send to the rescue and wished she would draft soon, that there were 200 men in Carroll County, Ohio who could go and ought to be made to, that it would not do to have men butchered for the want of sufficient forces, that he wanted to hold his order a little longer as the Columbiana County fair was to be held the following week and he thought he could get additional men at the fair, and that he was laboring for his country and not for office; and requesting an extension of his time if Buckingham thought proper.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 169]

September 25, 1861
A.H. Burton, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he desired to reorganize a company in Chagrin Falls under State law; and requesting a muster roll and an order to collect old U.S. muskets.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 145]

September 25, 1861
M[elvin] Clarke, Lieutenant Colonel, 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Commanding Post, Parkersburgh, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the muster roll of Captain [Hiram F.] Devol's company [A], 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, forwarded by Buckingham on September 7, had never been received and he supposed was lost; requesting a duplicate; and stating that they expected to leave for Summersville by way of Gauley within the week.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 182]

September 25, 1861
G[eorge] H. Crosman, Deputy Quartermaster General, U.S. Army, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had forwarded per Adams Express Company two boxes containing 250 copies of Army Regulations per the enclosed bill of lading.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 196]

September 25, 1861
John Fassett, Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that his order, which was taken out on September 11, had nearly run out and his object in writing was to obtain an extension, that in the time allowed him, he had ridden night and day, that with the power of swearing men in immediately, he would have already had a full company, and that the company of Militia of the Reserve in Johnstown met on September 24 and decided to unite with him and go into service immediately; providing references; and stating that he now had between forty and fifty men who had agreed to go with him, thus giving him an advantage over anyone else currently enlisting in Licking County.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 142]

September 25, 1861
George Hatch, Office of the Mayor, City Hall, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in compliance with Buckingham's order by telegraph of September 18, he had forwarded to Louisville the battery of six pieces; and enclosing General [Robert] Anderson's receipt for the same.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 180]

September 25, 1861
W[illiam] B. Hazen, Colonel, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wood, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a requisition for ordnance, etc., for a battery authorized by the Secretary of War [Simon Cameron] per dispatch; and stating that he wanted authority to go on and procure those things as he was assured they could be furnished in ten days.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 179]

September 25, 1861
N. Hollister, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that many of their men were going into military service in the State of Virginia, that he noticed the authorities at Columbus wanted the people to use their influence to prevent this, that six companies had gone from Monroe County to Virginia, that their men who had energy and patriotism enough to raise companies were poor and unable to lose the expenses incurred, that he knew of several who had gone out and left behind from $300 to $400 in expenses with no means of paying until they earned it in the army, that men who had gone to Virginia had done so because they were financially compelled to, that the Governor of Virginia had told these men that all their expenses would be paid as soon as they arrived in camp, that every man of them preferred to go into service in Ohio, but were not able to recruit the companies at their own expense, that if this matter had been attended to and authority given for defraying expenses, all these companies would have been in the Ohio service, that they were in an out-of-the-way corner of the State with no easy mode of communication with the Capitol, that their people were patriotic, but poor, and compelled to serve the Government as they could, that it seemed to him the State should bear the expense of getting up the companies, and that someone locally should be authorized to give the necessary assurance to induce men to volunteer so as to give Ohio the credit.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 203]

September 25, 1861
Sylvester D. Leamon, Hartford, Licking County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that the loyal citizens of the area wanted to know whether E.H. Dent of Trenton Township, Delaware County had been duly authorized to raise an independent company of Home Guards, that Dent and a large majority of his company were men of the extreme Southern pro-slavery school and were known to sympathize with the Southern rebels, and that the night drills and other proceedings of Dent's company were looked upon with distrust and suspicion by all loyal citizens who wanted to know what the company's duty was in the area.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 189]

September 25, 1861
Thaddeus Lemert, Perryton, Licking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had about 30 recruits and could probably get 30 more by the end of the week; asking if civil officers were authorized to administer the oath to volunteers; stating that according to the papers, those to whom orders were given were commissioned as Lieutenants and authorized to swear in their recruits, and that with such a commission, his efforts would be more successful; and asking if the company would have the privilege of selecting its regiment, and what regiments were currently forming.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 190]

September 25, 1861
G.W. Long, West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he thought he could raise a company of sharpshooters or cavalry to serve for three years or during the war; and requesting an order.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 169]

September 25, 1861
J.S. McDowell, Tolono, Champaign County, Illinois. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was a native of Ohio, that he loved his home in Portsmouth, which could be easily destroyed should the rebels succeed in Kentucky, that he wanted to enlist for the war or three years provided he could be detailed to the recruiting service in southern Ohio, and that he had applied for a position on the gunboats, but they were all filled; providing references; and stating that he understood Dennison had the power to appoint Lieutenants.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 153]

September 25, 1861
J.M. Miller, Dawn, Darke County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was about to engage in getting up a company for active service and did not wish to do so without authority; applying for authority to raise a company of eighty men or more to be mustered into service as soon as raised and organized; stating that should he succeed in raising a full company, he wanted them to have a choice as to whether they were mustered into service as infantry or cavalry; and asking where his men might be accepted if Dennison could not accept any additional men.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 149]

September 25, 1861
J.D. Moxley, Acting 1st Lieutenant, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he thought his company of cavalry would be full and ready to report by September 28, and that recruiting by others had delayed his progress, but not to a great extent.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 139]

September 25, 1861
S. Neeper, M.D., Mogadore, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was trying to raise a company of sharpshooters in Summit County; and asking if they would be accepted, if they would be assigned or attached to a regiment, with what arms they would be supplied, what inducements they could offer volunteers, and if they could go into camp with 50 men and when.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 174]

September 25, 1861
James Powers, Lordstown, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting on his progress in raising a company; and stating that he had enlisted 44 men, that he wanted his time extended, that there were so many orders in his area that it made recruiting rather tedious and laborious, that he was raising a farmers and mechanics company consisting of rugged men, that his men wanted him to visit Columbus, talk to the various Colonels, and choose a regiment, that his men depended on him entirely to manage for them, and that he would comply with the request of his men if Buckingham provided for transportation to and from Columbus.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 142]

September 25, 1861
W.O. Sarr, Crestline, Crawford County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he found it impossible to do very much recruiting without the power to swear in their men, that there was a good chance locally for recruiting as no company had gone from Crestline, that he had forty-one men on the list and did not believe over twenty- five of them would go, and that he would not do much more until he heard from Buckingham for the reason that when he worked, he liked to know what he was doing.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 144]

September 25, 1861
Fredrick Schultz, Captain of Artillery, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting six certificates of transportation by return mail; and stating that he was sending his men to Camp Dennison in squads and it required two certificates each time since he had to transport them over two railroads, and that he already had 60 men in camp and expected to fill up the company in a few days.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 107]

September 25, 1861
S. Shelabarger, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that James S. Ostrander, a young man of activity and intelligence from Springfield, wanted to get a permit to recruit a company for artillery service, that he did not know whether any such orders were currently being issued, and that if such orders were being issued, it would be proper to grant Ostrander a permit as he would be an excellent officer.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 177]

September 25, 1861
B[enjamin] F. Smith, Captain, 6th Infantry, U.S. Army, 620 Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the War Department, Adjutant General's Office had sent him Special Order Number 254 granting him leave of absence until further orders to enable him to accept the command of a regiment of Ohio volunteers, that he had made no application for this leave, and that no regiment had been offered to him and he could only conclude that the order sent had been predicated upon the application of the Governor of Ohio or other competent authority; and asking if the honor to command a regiment from Ohio was to be conferred upon him.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 200]

September 25, 1861
S.B. Taylor, Somerton, Belmont County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham had requested him to report his progress in raising a company at least once a week, that his section was a tobacco raising country and there were a great many men who could not go until they got their crops saved, and that they had 45 names and were confident they could recruit a company by October 20.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 146]

September 25, 1861
William L. Vance, Manchester, Adams County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he and two other individuals from Manchester had everything arranged for getting up a company of men for three years' service, that they were about ready to go to Columbus to arrange matters concerning commissions when one of them came in contact with Colonel [Peter] Kinney, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of Portsmouth, Ohio, that Kinney informed them that it was not necessary to go to Columbus and that he would give them orders to get up a company, and that from all prospects, they could have a company ready in 10 or 12 days; and requesting information by return mail concerning commissions of officers before getting up a company.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 152]

September 25, 1861
W[illiam] H. West, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that [William H.] McAtee of Captain T[homas] R. Roberts' company [D], 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was killed some weeks before in Virginia, and that McAtee's family wanted to procure his wages.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 184]

September 25, 1861
H. B[lair] Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Clark, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that another company had just arrived in camp recruited under a permit filled up by himself, that he could not accept this company for the 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he ought not in good faith permit these men to be mustered in to his regiment and then distributed; asking if this company could be permitted to fill up and be mustered in for some other regiment; and stating that other such companies would probably arrive as the result of permits granted by him and he did not need them, that he saw no other course regarding Captain Scott's company than for Buckingham to authorize the distribution of Scott's men among other companies, that some of these men were very much opposed to being so distributed, that the individuals who went in with an understanding that they were to have the position of 1st and 2nd Lieutenant could not be elected to those offices if the men were distributed, that he did not think it just to such men to make them Privates, that Scott's company could fill up in 10 days and then go into some other regiment, and that he would be willing for it to be done provided Buckingham would give him sufficient time (10 days or two weeks) to recruit his other companies.
2 pp. [Series 147-9: 112]

September 25, 1861
H. B[lair] Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel, 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Clark, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter referring to his letter [207-9: 112] and Captain Scott's company.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 103]

September 25, 1861
H. B[lair] Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel, 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Clark, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a letter from Captain Culbertson of Troy, a man who did more to prevent recruiting for his regiment than any other man before he had a permit; and stating that Mr. Rogers denied Culbertson's statements in full as far as they related to him, maintaining that the men came to him and enlisted voluntarily and that he had no knowledge they had joined Culbertson's company, that he had given strict orders to all persons recruiting for the 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry not to receive recruits who belonged to others, and regretted if it had been done, that there had been less such interference by his recruiting officers than Buckingham would find in any other regiment in Ohio, that if a U.S. Marshall could go into a camp and take out men on behalf of another regiment, the camps would be visited pretty often by that dignitary, and that his Captains could get at least 50 men out of Colonel [Alexander McDowell] McCook's regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 113]

September 25, 1861
H. B[lair] Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Clark, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Captain J.M. Culbertson. Copy of a letter stating that he was in receipt of Culbertson's letter dated September 24, that it was not clear that Culbertson had much right to complain even if his statements were correct, that if he was correctly informed, Culbertson had done more to retard recruiting before he obtained a permit than any man in Troy, that the men referred to were mustered into his regiment and he would not deliver them up without instructions from the Adjutant General to that effect, that if the Adjutant General ordered the transfer, he would do so cheerfully, and that he thought it would be a bad precedent because it might, if carried out, depopulate some camps.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 114]

September 25, 1861
H. B[lair] Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel, 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Clark, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter referring to his letter [207-9: 112] and Captain Scott's company.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 115]

September 25, 1861
G.E. Winters, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's order authorizing him to recruit a company provided that the company must be reported and in camp on September 26, that he would be unable to comply, that there had not within the last month at any time been less than eight men recruiting in Mansfield, and that considering the competition, he had recruited more men than he had a right to expect; and requesting an extension of time.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 143]

September 26, 1861
J.H. Bainter, Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that Captain Mills would not comply with Mason's order and took some 18 of his men or more, that Paterson Hirst was doing the same currently, that he was sorry to trouble Mason and did not wish in any way to interfere with filling up companies and regiments, that he had opened offices in 3 more country villages, and that there were a good many young men in the northern portion of Muskingum County who ought to go into the service.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 170]

September 26, 1861
E.W. Buckingham, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham (cousin). Letter stating that a member of his family, John B. Brandt, who served with the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), was currently at Springfield and wanted a position in the army where he could do good and obtain pay enough to help him along with his education when the war was over, if that time ever came as they all hoped and prayed it would, that Colonel [Rodney] Mason knew Brandt well and would attest to his high moral character and soldierly habits, that Brandt would make a good Adjutant in a regiment, that Brandt's patriotism was of the kind which induced him to go in as a Private, that Brandt was a student in college and was working his way through with the intention of studying theology, but could not study and see the country in such a way, that he would dislike having Brandt go as a common soldier, that their regiment at Springfield was in great need of a full corps of officers, that they all hoped a good soldier and gentleman would be appointed Colonel, that many of them would be glad to see Edward P. Ransom of Springfield as Major, that Ransom was a prompt, energetic businessman and could command the confidence of men, that Ransom had been very efficient in getting up the regiment and was a Christian gentleman, that Ransom had spent a good deal of time in the drill room and in the study of Hardee, that Ransom would do fully as well in the position of Major as any man who had not been trained to regular service, and that he hoped all things would work together for the safety of the whole country.
3 pp. [Series 147-9: 172]

September 26, 1861
Alex Cassil, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that according to instructions from Buckingham's office, he was giving the desired information with regard to their doings, that they had received fifty men with a good prospect for more by October 1, that the history of recruiting taught them that they could not depend upon the full number when they came to start, that they thought to be in camp by October 1 with fifty men and the expectation of recruiting a full company, that he could not now say whether they could come on that day with fifty men or upwards, that if they had the requisite number of men, they would be in camp on October 1, and that if not, they would await further orders; asking if they could come with less than fifty men with the expectation of forming a union with some other company provided it could be done upon honorable principles and was satisfactory to the men; and stating that if they could not come with less than fifty, they would ask for more time, and that it was not the desire of those men who were expected to command the company that made them wish to preserve their identity as a company, but rather the desire of their men to be commanded by men whom they knew and in whom they had confidence.
3 pp. [Series 147-9: 175]

September 26, 1861
T.E. Cunningham, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an order to raise a company for the war and also an order for the same to W.H.C. Mitchell; and stating that they thought at least two more companies could be raised in Allen County.
1 p. [Series 147-9: 185]