September 24, 1861
Henry Dewar, Lieutenant, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter accepting the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant of the Logan Company, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 26]

September 24, 1861
George D. Hadley, Captain, Company D, 3rd Regiment, Militia of the Reserve, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that as his company, after serving three months guarding the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, had been released from further duty, and a number of his men wanted to enlist for three years, he wanted to get them paid for their services, and that in order to do so he required three blank pay rolls.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 22]

September 24, 1861
J[ames] W. Knaggs, Camp Vance, Hancock County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 1st Lieutenant in the 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 29]

September 24, 1861
The Lyon Battery, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that they belonged to an artillery company raised for the 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that their company consisted of 115 fine looking men who were anxious to serve their country, that they had been in camp nearly two months and had received neither guns or uniforms, that Colonel [Abraham Sanders] Piatt had assured them they would have both some two weeks before, that Piatt's regiment had departed and left the battery in camp more destitute than ever, that their company officers had been feeding them on promises until they were no longer believed, that their officers told them the muster roll was in Columbus and then told them said roll had not been sent, that they had been mustered in as an artillery company, but were kept inactive at Camp Dennison, that the men were all dissatisfied and discouraged by lying idle, that with guns they might be preparing for active service, that many of the men were too poor to buy clothes and were now nearly naked, that having received no pay, the men had nothing with which to purchase clothes, and that all they asked for was justice.
3 pp. [Series 147-10: 148]

September 24, 1861
John B. Miller, Captain, 13th Regiment, U.S. Infantry, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter introducing Captain W. Ashmead who was an applicant for a Captaincy in the volunteer cavalry of Ohio; and stating that Ashmead was one of the first to respond to the call of his country at the outbreak of war, that Ashmead had seen active service in the Mexican War, and that Ashmead was a worthy citizen and a brave man who would do good service for his country in any capacity.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 3]

September 24, 1861
A.W.S. Minear, Camp Wool, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 1st Lieutenant in the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 29]

September 24, 1861
C[harles] H. Rippey, Captain, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter accepting the appointment of Captain of the Logan Company, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 26]

September 24, 1861
G[ilruth] M. Webb, Lieutenant, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter accepting the appointment of 1st Lieutenant of the Logan Company, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 26]

September 24, 1861
J[ohnson] M. Welch, Captain, Company C, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wool, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Captain in the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 21]

September 24, 1861
Enoch B. Wiley, Camp Vance, Hancock County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant in the 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 32]

September 24, 1861
William R. Williams, Captain commanding, Ironton Artillery, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that at the time he received his commission as Captain of the Ironton Artillery Company, he was in western Virginia with Brigadier General [Jacob Dolson] Cox who administered the necessary oath, and that on September 22, in accordance with Special Order Number 103 from General [William S.] Rosecrans, he was ordered to repair to Ironton to recruit his company up to a sufficient number to man a battery of four rifled and two smooth bore cannon; and requesting one or two blank muster rolls.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 137]

September 24, 1861
S.L. Yourtee, Clarksburg, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his commission was duly received, and that he was sending the duplicate certificate as required.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 150]

September 25, 1861
G.W. Barnes, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that Buckingham take into account the merits of Captain L.W. Carpenter when selecting officers for the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Carpenter was a man of ability, great industry, strict integrity, and great earnestness, that Carpenter had military taste and the advantages of two years experience in the regular army, that Carpenter's courage had been tried and was undoubted, that Carpenter was universally popular with his men and friends at home, that in a conversation with Colonel [Lorin] Andrews while on a visit home during the summer, Andrews had remarked that Carpenter was the best Captain in his regiment, that Andrews had further remarked that Carpenter was rigid in his discipline and yet retained the confidence and respect of his men, and that Carpenter had not solicited promotion.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 84]

September 25, 1861
James Barnett, Colonel, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, George Worthington and Company, dealers in hardware iron and nails, corner of Superior and Water Streets, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain Warren P. Edgarton had not been officially notified of his appointment as Captain of a company in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; and requesting that Edgarton's appointment be forwarded to Camp Dennison.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 11]

September 25, 1861
John Blessing, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he would discharge the position's duties to the best of his abilities.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 60]

September 25, 1861
E.W. Botsford, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a company roll; and stating that they had several more men who were not present on September 25, but who would arrive in a day or two, and that they were awaiting orders.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 33]

September 25, 1861
James Depoy, Lieutenant, Company A, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 14]

September 25, 1861
S.H. Dunning, Colonel, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Buckhannon, [Virginia]. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting on the results of elections for certain officers; and recommending that certain individuals be issued commissions.
2 pp. [Series 147-10: 38]

September 25, 1861
W[illiam] H. Gibson, Colonel commanding, Headquarters, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Muldraugh's Hill, Hardin County, Kentucky. To ? Letter stating that Lieutenant W[illiam] C. Turner of his command was detailed for recruiting service and was expressly empowered to execute such transportation certificates as might be required in forwarding recruits to his command.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 83]

September 25, 1861
Jno. Haddow, Barlow, Washington County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he had no doubt he could get the endorsement of Major Bennett or any other man in Washington County or five hundred if necessary, but had supposed he was well enough known to the executive department as to dispense with this formality, that he did not ask for his request to be granted as a personal favor, that he had supposed the State wanted the men he would go to the trouble and expense raising without having fully determined whether he would go into the service or not, and that he thought he was doing the State a favor by making his offer and if it was not regarded in that light, he regretted very much having given the Adjutant General's department any trouble about the matter.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 56]

September 25, 1861
W[illiam] B. Hazen, Colonel, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wood, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain [Henry] Belknap, U.S. Army, on mustering duty, informed him that for some time there had been three companies of infantry at Canal Dover, which Belknap had mustered into service, that Belknap thought it uncertain the regiment being raised in Tuscarawas County would be completed, that the three companies at Canal Dover were originally intended for that regiment, that the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry needed approximately three companies for its compliment, and that since his regiment was making such rapid advancement, it was to be deplored that their progress should be impeded for want of men; asking if the three companies at Canal Dover could be assigned to his regiment; and stating that he had directed an officer from his regiment, out on recruiting service, to visit Canal Dover to learn if it was the intention of the troops there to join another regiment and whether or not the companies were the nucleus of a separate regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-10: 147]

September 25, 1861
John Keller, Captain, Mt. Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a company for three years service left Mt. Ephraim on September 24 for camp, and that there were many others who wanted to enlist for three years or during the war; requesting authority for raising a company immediately; and stating that he could raise a company in three weeks, that if the Government would foot the cost, he could raise a company sooner by establishing a camp near Mt. Ephraim, and that he was Captain of a Militia of the Reserve company.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 95]

September 25, 1861
George F. Kili, Lieutenant, Company A, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 1st Lieutenant in the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 15]

September 25, 1861
Charles Lloyd, Isaac Rake, and Henry Lingo, Harriettsville, Noble County, Ohio. Letter attesting to the good moral character of Jasper Bonar.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 86]

September 25, 1861
Jno. B. McNeill, et. al., Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by fourteen individuals; recommending James M. Lyons of Lancaster for appointment as 1st Lieutenant in the company recently recruited by Captain Giesy and Lyons, and currently in the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Lyons had several years experience in a uniformed volunteer company in Lancaster, that Lyons was a gentleman of good education, correct habits, undoubted integrity, and untiring energy, and that they were confident Lyon would discharge with fidelity and honor the duties of the office named.
2 pp. [Series 147-10: 111]

September 25, 1861
John H. Rodgers, Assistant Surgeon, 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Clark, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Assistant Surgeon of the 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 37]

September 25, 1861
R.M. Shoemaker, Superintendent, Dayton and Michigan Railroad, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding the transportation of the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Camp Dennison; stating that Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham had informed him that Assistant Quartermaster [John H.] Dickerson at Cincinnati was the officer who had authority to order transportation of troops, that Dickerson had told him the Dayton and Michigan Railroad would have the transportation of the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Toledo if the line was the shortest route to Camp Dennison, that upon receiving an order from Dickerson, he had at large cost made full and ample provision by sending two extra trains to Toledo, and that Colonel [James B.] Steadman had made his own transportation arrangements and said that he outranked Dickerson and that Dickerson had no right to issue orders to him; and requesting that the Dayton and Michigan Railroad be paid for the transportation of the regiment.
3 pp. [Series 147-10: 128]

September 25, 1861
H.K. Steele, Camp Clark, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had accepted the appointment of Surgeon in the 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 20]

September 25, 1861
James Walker, and James Kernan, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the bearer, Captain S.W. Ashmead, who was an applicant for a Captain's commission in the cavalry service, that Ashmead was one of the first in Logan County to volunteer in obedience to the first call of President [Abraham Lincoln], that Ashmead had been in active service in the Mexican War, that Ashmead was a brave man, a good soldier, and a worthy citizen, that Ashmead would do good service in behalf of his country in any situation in which he might be placed, and that Ashmead would add honor to any appointment which might be conferred upon him.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 4]

September 25, 1861
J.W. Wing, West Millgram, Wood County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that Wood County had been thoroughly canvassed for recruits and had responded liberally to the call, having far more men in the field than appeared from the records, that a large number of men had gone into the Tiffin, Findlay, Fremont, Fostoria, and Toledo companies, that all or nearly all had enlisted who would or could enlist for 2 or 3 years, that there was still a large class who were anxious to enlist for the fall and winter campaign and if necessary would be willing to serve the next fall and winter if the Government was in want of their services for say 6 or 7 months each year, that these men would serve provided they could stay in the southern states and return home in time to put in their summer crop, and that these men were nearly all farmers and had families and could not leave for 2 or 3 years without an intermission of 5 or 6 months to work their lands; asking if the Government would accept men on such terms; and stating that if such terms were acceptable and authority was received, he could raise a regiment in Wood County within weeks.
2 pp. [Series 147-10: 44]

September 25, 1861
E. Morgan Wood, Captain, 15th Infantry, U.S. Army, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To General. Letter reporting on the condition of the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry which were assigned to him for mustering into service; stating that the great obstacle in his way had been the furloughs given to the men, and that all the companies of the three regiments were said to have their minimum strength, but the men had not all been present at muster; informing the General of the critical state of affairs in Kentucky in the neighborhood of his regiment's headquarters at Newport Barracks, and of the urgent necessity of having officers there; and asking to be relieved from mustering service.
2 pp. [Series 147-10: 5]

[September?] 25, 1861
J.J. Wright, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had entered into a combination with the squad of recruiting officer James Treen of Akron and with Captain Clemmer of Mogadore, that this had been done by advice and assistance of their former representative, A.C. Voris, that they were ready to go to camp the following week, and that every member of the company was anxious to go to Camp Giddings and join the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-10: 62]

September 26, 1861
John C. Culbertson, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that Lieutenant Joseph A. Culbertson had been appointed Adjutant in the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Joseph A. Culbertson was at present a member of Company B, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that Joseph A. Culbertson be discharged in order to accept his appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 28]

September 26, 1861
J[ohn] C. Culbertson, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting the appointment of his son (Joseph A. Culbertson) as 1st Lieutenant assigned to the duties of Adjutant in the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry since his son was with the army in western Virginia.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 30]

September 26, 1861
Joseph Failor, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his attempt to raise an infantry company had not met with the success anticipated when he applied for an order, that about the time he had applied to Buckingham, an order was sent by Colonel Wilson of Chicago, Illinois to John Widgeon of Bucyrus authorizing the latter to raise a company of artisans numbering 101 men, that the superior inducements of $29.00 per month and exemption from guard duty offered by Widgeon had proved irresistible, that he made some attempt to raise an infantry company, but concluded it best to suspend operations for the present because of the popularity of the artisan branch of the service, and that he had secured the names of about 25 persons, most of whom had applied to have their names transferred to the artisan branch of the service.
2 pp. [Series 147-10: 43]

September 26, 1861
Ashbel Fenton, Headquarters, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Captain in the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 25]

September 26, 1861
David T. Harkins, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had sent a letter informing Buckingham that they were anxious to raise an infantry company in Salem since no one else was getting up a company in the area, that they had received no reply to the earlier letter, that there were several three months' men locally who wanted to go in a company from Salem, and that these men had the right kind of mettle to form a company.
2 pp. [Series 147-10: 196]

September 26, 1861
L.C. Hemphill, Captain of the McDonald Rifle Company, McDonald Township, Hardin County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he did not have any recruits on hand or authority to raise any, that whoever had informed Mason to the contrary was mistaken, that he had a Home Guard company which was raised in the Spring according to law, and that he supposed this was how the mistake was made.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 65]

September 26, 1861
Homer C. Jones, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 24]

September 26, 1861
James W. Paramore, Headquarters, Camp Worcester, Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Major in the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 58]

September 26, 1861
J.W. Reilly, Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there were a number of young men in the area who were very anxious to enlist, that according to some prominent local men, the Adjutant General's department would be making arrangements to have a regiment formed in the Congressional District of which Columbiana County was a part, and that after receiving this information he informed some of the boys, and they were waiting impatiently to know whether the raising of the regiment was a fact or not; and asking whether there was any likelihood of the regiment being raised.
1 p. [Series 147-10: 79]