October 5, 1861
R. McKelly, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, R. Robbins, wanted to procure a Lieutenant's commission to recruit a company of infantry for the service, that Robbins was well qualified and more likely to succeed than others seeking the position, and that with experience, Robbins would make a good commandant.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 128]

October 5, 1861
Felix M. McNeill, 1st Lieutenant, Company A, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter accepting his appointment as 1st Lieutenant in the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 114]

October 5, 1861
L[emuel] E. Merry, Lieutenant, Company D, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Piatt, Kanawha Valley, Western Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on August 17, he received an appointment as 2nd Lieutenant of Company D, 34th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had notified Buckingham of his acceptance, and that he had as yet not received his commission.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 119]

October 5, 1861
D.H. Miles, 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 147-12: 113]

October 5, 1861
H.R. Miller, Captain, Company A, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter accepting his appointment as Captain in the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 114]

October 5, 1861
William Patterson, E.H. Hearn, William Smith, and James Webster, Committee, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since the committee for the Congressional District had failed to appoint the committee for Van Wert County contemplated in Buckingham's circular of September 27, the citizens held a meeting the previous evening and appointed William Patterson, William Smith, E.H. Hearn, C.P. Edson, and James Webster as said committee, that said committee met that morning and agreed to recommend that the commission be given to J.H. Finfrock who received Buckingham's appointment on October 4, that there was a fair chance of raising a company in a few days if recruiting officers from other counties were withdrawn, and that if they were free from the interference of other recruiting officers, they expected to raise a company of infantry and probably a squad of artillery.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 17]

October 5, 1861
S[amuel] H. Steedman, Lieutenant Colonel, and R[obert] K. Scott, Major, Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Ira M. Kelsey for the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant in the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 84]

October 5, 1861
S.L. Taylor, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that S.A. Larrison of Clay Township and Nathan Bostwick of Miller Township were men with families, farms, and other property, that Larrison and Bostwick were men of mind, influence, energy, and courage, and that some 40 or 50 men of like style had said they would join Larrison and Bostwick in making up a company for volunteer service provided Buckingham allowed them a short time, say 10 or 15 days, to gather the balance of the company; asking if Buckingham would commission either Larrison or Bostwick; and stating that he thought [Columbus] Delano knew Larrison and Bostwick, and that the company to be organized by Larrison and Bostwick was of such potential value that Buckingham would be warranted in doing everything possible to favor them.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 29]

October 5, 1861
M[oses] B. Walker, Colonel, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dick Robinson, [Kentucky]. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that having been on the march and very much engaged, he had been unable to forward the reports already overdue at Buckingham's office, that a number of his men were sick, that the measles in the other camps was very prevalent, that they had been unable to procure "Colors" of any kind, that their band did not have instruments, that they wanted some good horses for mounted messengers, that they got five horses at Cincinnati, but they were of no account for the purpose required, that from every indication, they would see active service in a very short time, that they should be provided at least with indispensable necessaries, that they had no hospital, tents, cots, or hammocks for their sick, that on October 4, there were sixty-five on their sick list lying on the ground with but one blanket each in their company tents, that the tents furnished them were of the most miserable character, that their men were suffering and many would die unless better provided for, that the officers and men under him were trying to do their duty, that Colonel Jones and Major [Frederick W.] Lester were the very men he wanted, fully competent and zealous in the discharge of their duties, that Lester had gone to Cincinnati on leave to obtain his outfit, but would return that evening, and that as yet, they had done nothing in the way of fighting, but there were indications that they might soon exercise their talents in this regard.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 37]

October 5, 1861
S[ilas] B. Walker, Major, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Vance, near Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting his appointment as Major of the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 116]

October 5, 1861
Jno. J. Williams, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that he understood that Dr. J.M. Christian of Marion was about to make application for permission to organize a company of infantry, that Christian's move was intended to distract and embarrass those raising volunteers locally, that Christian was an "out and out" secessionist and a member of the Knights of the Golden Circle, that Christian had done more to prevent volunteering, by opposing the State and national administrations, than any other man in Marion County, that it was strongly suspected in Marion that Christian's efforts were only for the purpose of carrying out his "nefarious" projects, and that Christian was not by character, experience, or in any other respect fit for the position.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 18]

October 5, 1861
Andrew Young, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that with a deep sense of duty to the government and a firm belief that a regiment of sound men between 45 and 65 years old could in a very short time be enrolled in his part of the State and along the border with Michigan, and that if mustered into the service, equipped and drilled, would be more efficient for garrison duty than the same number of young men, he prepared about two weeks before a few enrollment lists marked "None less than 45 years old", that without spending any money, devoting not more than three days of his time, and offering no inducement of office or position, he had over two hundred men enrolled, all 45 years old and over, that none of these men had been sworn nor bound in any other way than by signing their names to an enrollment list for a "Silver Gray Regiment", and that the experiment thus far satisfied him that a full regiment of such men, if duly assured that they would be accepted by the War Department and furnished with a Colonel of Military experience, education, or both, could be enrolled and ready to be officered and mustered into service in less than four weeks time without in the least interfering with the filling up of the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry under Colonel Hathaway.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 96]

October 6, 1861
William Beckett, M[ichael] C. Ryan, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, John McElwee, Clerk, Butler County Common Pleas Court, and Jacob Troutman, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter certifying that C.D. Smith had thirty men now ready to be taken into camp; and stating that a portion of these men were currently encamped in Colonel [Michael C.] Ryan's regiment at Camp Hamilton, and that Smith was well qualified, of good moral character, energetic, and would fill up his company in a short time.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 129]

October 6, 1861
J.F. Blickensderfer, Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he turned in all of his recruits, except for 15 men, at Camp Meigs, that he could have soon raised a company if he had the privilege of going into camp with any number, that when any of his men went into camp, they soon were induced to join the companies not filled, that he had not been dealt with fairly as others could testify, that he had served the country by recruiting and a better reward no American at that time should seek, that at the same time, he was desirous, being able in mind and body, to fight and if need be to die for the government to which, under providence, he owed all he was and had, that he had done nothing but recruit for the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for six weeks past, and had been instrumental in raising over 200 men, that his military qualifications were as good and perhaps better than most civilians, having been Captain of an independent company for eight months, nearly all of which were in a camp of instruction and active service, and that he had not gone into service with the company, because he was unable to close his business sooner without ruinous sacrifice; requesting an appointment in the army; and stating that he was ready to go recruiting anywhere.
3 pp. [Series 147-12: 66]

October 6, [1861]
Lewis G. Brown, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter applying for a commission as Lieutenant in the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, or for any other regiment to which he might be assigned.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 158]

October 6, 1861
John F. DeCourcey, Colonel, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of Colonel of the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 163]

October 6, 1861
P[eter] Kinney, Colonel, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the appointment of A.F. McMillan as a recruiting officer for the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that McMillan was honest, sober, active, and in every way competent.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 141]

October 6, 1861
Samuel H. Martin, 2nd Lieutenant, Ohio Volunteers, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he would report to Colonel T[imothy] R. Stanley as ordered.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 112]

October 6, 1861
John A. Martindale, Addison, Gallia County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Gallia County had sent few volunteers to the war, that there had been several attempts to raise a company which had failed, that at the request of friends, he would try to raise some men if he could get the authority, that he understood Dennison commissioned men as 2nd Lieutenants to enlist, and that if Dennison sent him a 2nd Lieutenant's commission, he would try and raise what men he could; and requesting that Dennison give him as long as possible to get thirty men. Together with a recommendation of Martindale signed by three citizens of Gallia County.
3 pp. [Series 147-12: 154]

October 6, 1861
W[illiam] Mungen, Lieutenant Colonel, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Vance, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, Joseph Rumbaugh, had been recruiting a company for the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in connection with two other gentlemen and had his company nearly full, that Rumbaugh was visiting Dennison for the purpose of obtaining a commission permitting him to muster his men into service, and that Rumbaugh was a man of energy, good moral character, and in every way qualified to command his men and secure their respect as well as the good will of his field officers.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 7]

October 6, 1861
J.E. Robinson, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Colonel R.A. Constable had empowered him with authority to recruit for a company in Gallia County or any other county, and that owing to regulations lately issued, he did not know if his authority would conflict with others who might also be recruiting; and asking if he had authority to go ahead without trouble.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 81]

October 6, 1861
A.A. Wilson, Lieutenant, commanding Company C, Fremont Rangers, Camp Sturges, St. Louis, Missouri. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had recruited for a company of infantry at Cincinnati, that they were sent to St. Louis by order of General [John C.] Fremont, that they had been in camp at St.Louis since August 24, that the 29 men he had were all from Ohio and they fully expected to be posted in some Ohio regiment, that instead they were assigned to a cavalry unit known as the Fremont Rangers, that he now had the opportunity of filling his company to the standard level, that his men wanted to be placed in an Ohio regiment, and that he wished to be informed if his command came under Dennison's control.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 55]

October 6, 1861
C.B. Wilson, Sheriff, Hancock County, Ohio, W.W. Siddall, Clerk, Court of Common Pleas, Hancock County, Ohio, and J.L. Greene, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that they were personally acquainted with the bearer, Joseph Rumbaugh, and that Rumbaugh was a gentleman of good moral character, competent, and capable of performing anything he would undertake; and requesting that Dennison grant Rumbaugh a commission under the order of September 27 so that he could muster the men recruited for the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry into the service.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 10]

October 7, 1861
William L. Blocher, Attorney at Law, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that they had noticed among the published appointments to the Congressional District and county military committees, the name of William L. Davis for Mercer County, that Davis had not been a resident of Mercer County for several months, having moved to Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, that several county officers had presented his name favorably in connection with the appointment, that should the appointment be conferred upon him, he would endeavor to do all in his power to further the interests of the government in the prosecution of the war, that Mercer County currently had some three hundred men in arms and he believed not a single company was recognized as a Mercer County company, that the Mercer County men were divided among the companies of Van Wert County, Allen County, and Darke County, and Indiana, that too many "great men" had attempted to organize companies and when a large number were enrolled, too many wanted to be officers, that Mercer County was a loyal county and when the proper means were used, no doubt their people would speak for themselves, that so much had been done by selfish individuals, that men distrusted anyone who could not speak and act by authority, that Mercer County, and especially Celina, had been called a "secesh hole", that there was not a single individual within his knowledge who had such proclivities, and that they had but a single disunionist in the entire county and he was an Abbie Kelly Foster, Tom Payne, Fanny Wright free love "infidel" for whom no one cared and no one respected.
3 pp. [Series 147-12: 4]

October 7, 1861
A.L. Brewer, New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received an appointment as one of the members of the military committee for his Congressional District, that although the duties of the appointment might interfere with his private and professional business, duties to his country must first be attended to, and that he accepted the appointment with the promise that he would do everything possible to place Ohio alongside of her sister States in aiding the general government to put down the rebellion.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 27]

October 7, 1861
Fielding S. Cable, Paulding, Paulding County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter enclosing recommendations on his behalf for the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant under the Adjutant General's order dated September 27; referring Dennison to a recommendation on file for permission granted him to raise a company of Reserve Militia; and stating that this recommendation spoke knowingly of his military capacity, that he had been raising men as Reserve Militia with the understanding that as soon as they were organized, they would be ready for service, that reading the Adjutant General's order of September 27 induced him to suspend operations until it was determined if he could become properly authorized to recruit, that he had spent time and money to achieve what he had and would devote more of the same materials in the cause, and that he was not over ambitious, but was inclined to believe he could achieve more for the cause by being commissioned for the purpose of recruiting.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 229]

October 7, 1861
J[oseph] R. Cockerill, West Union, Adams County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter accepting the appointment of Colonel of the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 164]

October 7, 1861
William O. Collins, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain John O. Ferall of Piqua, Ohio was raising two or more companies of cavalry to be attached to his regiment; and requesting that Ferall, or such person or persons he designated, be given the proper appointment to muster in recruits.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 35]

October 7, 1861
Henry L. Dickey, ex-member of the Ohio Legislature, et. al., Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. To ? Letter signed by nine citizens of Highland County; recommending the appointment of J. Robert Blackburn to a Lieutenancy for recruiting purposes; and stating that Blackburn was a man of good moral character and possessed the proper qualifications for such a position, and that Blackburn had served in that capacity in the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) and discharged his duties to the satisfaction of superior officers as well as those under him.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 130]

October 7, 1861
James P. Fyffe, Colonel, 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that a young friend, Henry F. Liggett, currently in the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Virginia, had experience in military matters which he wanted to take advantage of, that he wanted Liggett commissioned as a Lieutenant, and that he wanted to arrange the matter about a Quartermaster so as to have the advantage of Liggett's experience in the line and not cause dissatisfaction among those raising companies by appointing a stranger over them without consulting their wishes. Bears a note from Chambers Beard stating that he hoped Dennison would commission Liggett (his brother-in-law) as requested by Fyffe. Also bears a pencilled PS from Fyffe stating that if Liggett's application was granted, he did not want the appointment published at present.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 159]

October 7, 1861
C.H. Gatch, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that in deference to Dennison's judgement, he had freely waived his objections to the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that in obedience to an order from the Adjutant General, they would proceed from Springfield to Portsmouth on October 8, that their men had been examined by the Surgeon of the 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and a few had been rejected, and that they were left with only 75 men.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 15]

October 7, 1861
James M. Gaylord, James Cornelius, John B. Stone, and F.W. Wood, Military Committee for Morgan County, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Augustus McCarty as a suitable person to receive a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for the purpose of recruiting volunteers in Morgan County and Noble County. Together with endorsements from John E. Hanna and F.B. Pond.
4 pp. [Series 147-12: 129]

October 7, 1861
B. Harrington, et. al., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter signed by six individuals; introducing the bearer, Doctor A.W. Turner, who was visiting Columbus for the purpose of consulting Buckingham on the subject of recruiting; and stating that they had long known Turner and thought him a suitable person to engage in recruiting.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 145]

October 7, 1861
Samuel Hart, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Surgeon for the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 150]

October 7, 1861
A.E. Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, City Barracks, et. al., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by four citizens of Hamilton County; requesting that Dennison appoint Charles D. Griggs as a Lieutenant in the Ohio Volunteers and empower him to organize a company for active service; and stating that Griggs was a young man of good moral character and social position and well drilled, having been in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service).
1 p. [Series 147-12: 148]

October 7, 1861
W. Jones, M.D., Lafayette, Allen County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received Buckingham's notice that a new form for enlisting men into U.S. service was being developed, that there were about 60 young men who had left their names with him, that some of the boys were determined to fill up their company, and that he would do nothing more without Buckingham's orders.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 59]

October 7, 1861
Joseph D. King, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a letter received from Colonel E[rastus] B. Tyler of the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that in accordance with instructions contained in Tyler's letter, he at once enlisted the requisite number of men and now had them ready to march at three days' notice, that he had supposed the proper papers would be forwarded to him, that he had requested said papers in several letters which failed to reach Tyler, that Tyler had approval from General [William S.] Rosecrans to raise a battery, and hence there could be no lack of authority, that the men enlisted were mostly personal friends of Tyler and himself, that many of the men had formerly served under his command in an independent company of artillery in Ravenna, that the men had all repeatedly refused to enlist in the infantry since a number of them had served in that capacity in the three months' service, that in order to save these men, some of whom were excellent artillerists, to the service, he was requesting the necessary papers to organize this two gun battery and muster them in as prescribed in Buckingham's order of September 27, and that in the absence of any military committee in Allen County, he would furnish recommendations from their most prominent citizens.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 30]