October 7, 1861
H.E. Henderson, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been recruiting under and by virtue of an order from Lieutenant Colonel [William] Mungen of the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and signed by Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham, and that he had some 40 men raised for the regiment; requesting that a commission as 2nd Lieutenant, under the order of September 27, be issued to the bearer, Oliver Mungen, for the purpose of saving to the service the men enlisted; and stating that Oliver Mungen was a man in whom he had confidence and a man of good moral character.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 205]

October 7, 1861
Robert Hosea, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that O[gden] Meader, the son of one of Cincinnati's oldest and most respectable citizens, had served faithfully in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) at Washington as a Private, that Meader now sought to enter the service as a Lieutenant, that Meader had recruited a large portion of a company at considerable expense, that Meader had his men at Camp Dennison, that Meader was acting Lieutenant of his partial company and much esteemed by the men, that Meader was well qualified from his education and recent military experience to fill the position to which he aspired, and that Meader would no doubt do honor to the service.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 111]

October 7, 1861
Wade & Hutchins, per Jno. Hutchins, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, John E. Wyatt of Cuyahoga County, was a suitable man to recruit a company for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and that Wyatt and [Elias] Shepherd intended to unite their efforts.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 166]

October 7, 1861
H.J. Jewett, Office of the Central Ohio Railroad Company, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearers, William Dunn and Isaac D. Wing, had been in his employ for some years, that they were young men of energy and industry and were carpenters by trade, that they proposed raising a company for the service of the government in the present emergency and preferred raising a company of sappers and miners, and that he could commend Dunn and Wing to Dennison's favorable consideration and would be glad to see the whole army composed of such men.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 206]

October 7, 1861
M.H. Kirby, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter introducing Rodolphus Robbins of Upper Sandusky as one in every way suited for an appointment as Lieutenant; and stating that Robbins was strictly moral and honest, of first rate business habits, and a source of good, general, and practical information, that Robbins possessed an influence in Upper Sandusky which would enable him to raise a full company at once, that Robbins would not encounter the delay so usual with recruiting officers, and that Robbins was the right man for the business.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 124]

October 7, 1861
Ralph Leete, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison, or Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the letter was being handed to either Dennison or Buckingham by George K. Hosford, who was visiting for the purpose of receiving instructions, etc., relative to recruiting, that he expected to canvass Lawrence County in person with Hosford, that Hosford would make a discreet, prudent, and energetic officer, that over one third of the entire voting population of Lawrence County was now in the service, that unfortunately, Virginia and Kentucky had the credit for most of the volunteers from Lawrence County, and that Lawrence County had 1,232 men in the service.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 231]

October 7, 1861
Dan C. Liggett, 2nd Lieutenant and Recruiting Officer, 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if the Adjutant General's Department contemplated refunding the amount of expenses when less than 30 men were enlisted; stating that it was impossible to reach the majority of the towns in his district by railroad or boat, and that they would have to go in carriages; and asking if the Adjutant General's Department included such bills in the receipted expenses, and if music was one of the included items.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 181]

October 7, 1861
Lucius P. Marsh, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that William Edwards had been in the three months' service and had nearly a hundred men pledged to go with him into a company, that Edwards would muster his men in at once, that Edwards wanted to report to the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Goddard, and that they hoped Edwards would be appointed as a Lieutenant. Bears a note from C.W. Potwin and Jno. O'Neill stating that Dennison need have no hesitation whatever in appointing Edwards as a Lieutenant, and that Edwards' experience and devotion entitled him to a good position.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 182]

October 7, 1861
Daniel F. Meader, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that his son, Ogden Meader, was now at Camp Dennison and serving as Lieutenant of a company, that his son had been unanimously elected Lieutenant by the company, that his son had been recruiting for awhile at some expense of time and money, that owing to the recent order of the Adjutant General in relation to the recruiting service, his son wanted a commission so that he could devote his time and money with more confidence in obtaining recruits and the discharge of the other duties pertaining to his position, that his son made a campaign into Virginia with the Zouaves in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) under Colonel [Lewis] Wilson, and that his son was qualified for the position he sought.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 112]

October 7, 1861
Richard Mott, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, an intelligent young man named Charles Hennessy from Toledo, would be the suitable recipient of a commission as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit a company in his district for the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Hennessy had an excellent character, was an Irishman by birth and Catholic by education, and intended to recruit among his countrymen and faith, and that Hennessy's appointment would be a judicious one. Also signed by Isaac N. Hathaway, Lieutenant Colonel, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-11: 192]

October 7, 1861
Richard Packer, Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had been recruiting in Medina County, but failed to receive a commission, that he turned over what recruits he had to Captain Williams of the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that his recruits were now in Camp Chase, that he did not think 30 recruits could be raised in his part of Medina County in fifteen days, that he had gone to a good deal of expense trying to recruit, that if he was assigned a station where he could be successful, he would go into it with all his heart, and that he was competent to serve in a higher grade. Together with a copy of a letter from H.G. Blake, Member of Congress to Governor William Dennison, stating that the bearer, Richard Packer, wanted to enter the service of his country in breaking the rebellion, that he understood Packer to be a man of considerable military experience, of good moral character, and devoted to the Union, the Constitution, and the enforcement of the laws, and that he would consider it a personal favor if Packer obtained a suitable position.
2 pp. [Series 147-11: 180]

October 7, 1861
William L. Perkins, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting his appointment as a member of the District Committee for his Congressional District since it offered him the opportunity to be useful; and stating that the circular setting forth his duties was not enclosed with the notice of his appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 174]

October 7, 1861
S[amuel] Shelabarger, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Joseph G. Cummins, was a man of good moral character and great energy, that he thought Cummins would make a good Lieutenant, although Cummins had little or no experience in drill, that Cummins and one or two of his neighbors had recruited some thirty men who were ready to enter the service if he could get a commission and who would probably not enter the service unless he could get a commission forthwith, that Cummins' men were in the northern portion of Montgomery County, and that if Cummins received a commission, he would advise Buckingham as to the regiment his company would enter.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 119]

October 7, 1861
John Sherman, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of David C. Beckett of Company F, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Recruiting Lieutenant for the 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry with a station in Hamilton, Ohio and authority to recruit within Preble County, Montgomery County, Butler County, and Warren County; and stating that Mr. Brown, the bearer of the letter, would explain to Buckingham the reasons for recommending the appointment of Beckett, that it was not his purpose to seek recruits in that part of the State to be covered by Beckett, and that he thought competition would be useful to both regiments.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 214]

October 7, 1861
John Sherman, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that he knew W.W. Smith to be a very active, energetic man who would be an excellent officer, and that if the Honorable T.B. Fisher and other citizens of Marion, Ohio thought Smith could raise a company in Marion County, he would heartily recommend Smith as Recruiting Lieutenant. Bears the endorsement of Jacob Brinkerhoff.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 230]

October 7, 1861
John Sherman, Colonel Commanding, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had recommended a good many Recruiting Lieutenants and perhaps Buckingham thought too many, that none had been recommended except with the strongest assurance and evidence they could promptly recruit 30 men and over, that it was economy to have numerous recruiting officers if promptness was the result, that some had been appointed to recruit for him without his knowledge or recommendation, that he did not object to this, that he had not recommended anyone south of the National Road and would not except perhaps in Hamilton County and Fairfield County when for personal reasons a few desired to go with him, that there had been some confusion in Knox County, that he recommended John Cunningham for local influence in the northeastern part of the county and [James] McFarland at Mt. Vernon, that [W.J.] Morton, Mt. Vernon's late Postmaster, and Welch, just back from Virginia, were very strongly urged with positive assurance that each could raise a company, that it was said Morton could get 60 Irishmen now whom no one else could reach, that he recommended the appointment of Morton and Welch with a limit of 15 days, that the rivalry would induce each to get a few enlistments and out of the whole, they might form a company, and that he relied only upon one company from Knox County, but would try for more; requesting that Buckingham not appoint any field officers for his regiments as he had promised regular army officers the positions; stating that failing in any of these regular army officers, the claims of the Captains of companies should fairly be considered before other civilians were appointed over them, that he had 100 copies of Delafield's very valuable report on the Crimean War, that he would send copies if Buckingham provided the names of Ohio military men, and that he had thought of recruiting two companies of sharpshooters in accordance with [Hiram] Berdan's plan, subject to Berdan's tests, to act as left flank companies for each regiment; asking if Buckingham approved of the idea; and stating that he noticed the order published on October 5 and would for the present suspend further recommendations for Recruiting Lieutenants, although he hoped those already given would be promptly sanctioned, that some of those most carefully selected would yet be presented and some few granted would resign to others more likely to succeed and without any additional expense, that he had various applications from partial companies organized under the old plan and not attached to any regiment, and that he supposed he was at liberty to gather these partial companies in when he could.
3 pp. [Series 147-11: 186]

October 7, 1861
John Sherman, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the appointment of Thomas McGill of Orrville as Recruiting Lieutenant at Orrville, with authority to recruit in the eastern part of Wayne County and Carroll County for the 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 184]

October 7, 1861
J[oshua] W. Sill, Colonel, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Morrow, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Sergeant James C. Foster of Company C, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for a commission as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit a company; and stating that Foster was in every way fitted for the position, and that Foster had a prospect of speedily forming a company.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 214]

October 7, 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 stating that in accordance with the dispatch received from Governor William Dennison, he let the men go home that day to vote on October 8, that he had a few furloughs out which ran to October 9, that these furloughs were given before he received Buckingham's dispatch and were for recruiting in some instances, that he hoped Buckingham would move them to Camp Dennison on October 10, that he thought they ought to have more battalion drill than they could get at Camp Wool before they left for the battlefield, that if the service needed them in their present green condition, they would cheerfully go, that he had devoted his time almost exclusively to the work of recruiting, formation of companies, etc., and could not personally attend to drill either for his own information or the information of his men, that he thought the nine companies now in camp would be full by October 9, but it was doubtful they would have a tenth company by that time, that they had the promise of a company from Beverly, but he was told they had gone or were going into Camp Putnam, that so also of one or two companies in the vicinity of Chillicothe, that while only the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was recruiting at Camp Putnam, many men were coming to Camp Wool, that Colonel Smith and his force had attractions which were stronger, that he did not mention this by way of complaint of those officers since they had done nothing of which to complain so far as he knew, but to give a reason for his regiment's failure to fill up as fast as expected, that the four fractional companies required about 70 men to fill them to the minimum, that the other five companies were nearly to the maximum, that he would telegraph for the mustering officer to come on October 8, that he hoped to be ready to move on October 10, and thought the quicker they moved the better, that if they were in Camp Dennison, they must necessarily learn their duty better than at Camp Wool, and that he had a good set of officers and men; asking if a tenth company could be added to his regiment at Camp Dennison if not added at Camp Wool; and stating that they had tents, uniforms, etc., except 350 blouses, for the full regiment, and that they had 200 Enfield rifles and equipments for 1,000 men, but no more guns.
3 pp. [Series 147-11: 187]

October 7, 1861
S.M. Styles, 104 Euclid Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted to be appointed Quartermaster or Commissary in some good regiment, and that he had 15 years experience in successful business and had not failed, sometimes managing 100 men; citing Quartermaster General Wood as a reference; and stating that he had lived in Cleveland for 16 years and had been a Republican since the party commenced, that he was for the Union and death to traitors, that he had been in the grocery and provision business about 4 years, that if his services were wanted in his country's cause, he was ready to leave his family and property and help put down the "infernal" Rebellion, that he would take a Lieutenant Colonel's commission, or that of Major, or of Captain, and had once held a commission of Ensign in the New York State Militia, and that during the Summer he had raised one company, several members of which had enlisted among the volunteers as officers.
2 pp. [Series 147-11: 217]

October 7, 1861
Peter J. Sullivan, Colonel Commanding, Headquarters, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending the appointment of Robert C. McGill, Charles A. Partridge, Thomas White, Robert T. Coverdale, and Francis A. Taylor as 2nd Lieutenants in the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 165]

October 7, 1861
C.A. Trimble, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he received circulars and notices of appointment for himself and colleagues on the military committee for his district; enclosing a copy of a letter addressed to each member of the committee and a copy of a letter addressed to each of the five Colonels recruiting regiments in the district; and stating that he hoped they would have a full meeting at Jackson and renewed activity in recruiting resulting from their deliberations, and that the urgent demands upon his time would prevent a longer continuance in the position assigned him than was necessary to get the ball in motion.
2 pp. [Series 147-11: 130]

October 7, 1861
Benjamin Turner, Huron, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Charles Lewis, a member of Company E, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was in the hospital at Cincinnati and wanted a discharge from the service, and that he had received orders to recruit for the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; asking what more would be required to obtain a 2nd Lieutenant's commission so that he could muster in recruits as he got them and subsist them according to Buckingham's late order; and stating that he now had the recruits for Company E, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he could not move without the proper authority or power to swear in his recruits.
2 pp. [Series 147-11: 217]

October 7, 1861
H.H. Wallace, Auditor, Butler County, Ohio, Z.W. Selley, Probate Judge of Butler County, Ohio, E.H. Gaston, Treasurer, Butler County, Ohio, and M.C. Ryan, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, John Carr, was now recruiting a company for the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry under a permit issued by the Adjutant General some time ago, that Carr was a man of good moral character, a well drilled soldier who had seen service, and was in every way qualified for the place, and that Carr already had seventy men and desired a recruiting commission to enable him to fill his company.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 229]

October 7, 1861
Israel Williams, John William Sohn, and William Beckett, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that the undersigned members of the District Recruiting Committee for Butler County concurred in the recommendation of Robert Clements.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 224]

October 7, 1861
W.B. Woods, and Willard Warner, Committeemen, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of Charles H. Kibler (Newark, Ohio), Levi P. Coman (Newark, Ohio), Joseph M. Scott (Alexandria, Ohio), Henry C. Knoop (Granville, Ohio), and R. Welling Burt (Newark, Ohio) as 2nd Lieutenants for the 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 122]

October 8, 1861
[Valentine] Bausenwein, Colonel, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that by a letter from Captain Lister of Dayton, he had just been informed that a cavalry recruiting officer in Dayton took away several men already sworn in for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunter Infantry and told the men, upon protest being made, that the oath they had taken was of no consequence; and asking Dennison for energetic interference in this matter.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 215]

October 8, 1861
Peter Bertram, and T.J. Sullivan, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that they had recruited at their own expense a company of eighty-three men, of which number they could depend on upwards of sixty as the accompanying election roll would show; and requesting appointment to the positions of Captain and 1st Lieutenant respectively. Bears the recommendation of Thomas Kilby Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 178]

October 8, 1861
Jesse T. Burr, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To General. Letter stating that he had applied to John Sherman for a Lieutenancy and received the enclosed answer, that Henry B. Curtis advised him to send the letters and Sherman's answer and ask for the General's advice, and that Curtis further advised him to comply with Sherman's answer unless the General could secure him a position where he would run less risk of remaining a private soldier.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 216]

October 8, 1861
Lewis D. Campbell, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending L.W. Logan of Butler County as a suitable person to be conditionally appointed as a 2nd Lieutenant for the purpose of recruiting for the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears a note signed by members of the District Recruiting Committee for Butler County, concurring in the recommendation.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 224]

October 8, 1861
Lewis D. Campbell, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending John M. Boatman of Butler County as a suitable person to be conditionally appointed as a 2nd Lieutenant for the purpose of recruiting for the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears a note signed by members of the District Recruiting Committee for Butler County, concurring in the recommendation.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 225]

October 8, 1861
Lewis D. Campbell, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Rynd E. Lawder of Butler County as a suitable person to receive a conditional appointment as 2nd Lieutenant for the purpose of recruiting for the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears a note signed by members of the District Recruiting Committee for Butler County, concurring in the recommendation.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 227]

October 8, 1861
Thomas Clague, Berea, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he could raise a company of twenty men for artillery service in the neighborhood, but could not drill them; and asking what chance there would be to learn the drill at camp, and if Buckingham could insure him a commission if he raised the company.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 207]

October 8, 1861
T.B. Fisher, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending W.W. Smith for a commission to raise a company of volunteers in Marion County; and stating that this recommendation was made with the express understanding that Mr. Scott's company was to be full and complete before Smith began work on his company.
1 p. [Series 147-11: 229]