October 8, 1861
[John] Hutchins for Wade and Hutchins, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that C[harles] R. Bowe of Bloomfield was a suitable man to recruit a company.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 19]

October 8, 1861
John Hutchins for Wade and Hutchins, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, James S. Abell, served in the Mexican War and was a suitable man to recruit a company, that Abell wanted papers for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that Abell would unite forces with some others, and that Abell resided in Trumbull County.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 12]

October 8, 1861
John Hutchins for Wade and Hutchins, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearers, C.L. Bartlett and J.W. Kirk of Berlin, Mahoning County, Ohio were among their best men and both wanted to recruit for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that Bartlett and Kirk planned to form one company, but each wanted recruiting papers, that recruiting was currently brisker than at any former time and their best men were engaging in it, and that they planned to have 12 companies.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 56]

October 8, 1861
Sanders M. Huyck, Stryker, Williams County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he wanted to go to Kentucky and rejoin his old regiment, the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was with the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) in their first campaign in Virginia and served as Sergeant of Company E, that when the regiment went for three years' service, he could not go, and that if there was any way for Dennison to send him from Stryker, he would report himself forthwith at Columbus, be mustered in, and again try the tented field; providing references; and stating that if he could not go to Kentucky, he thought of joining [Charles R.] Jennison's Kansas regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 150]

[October? 8?, 1861]
T.K. Jacobs. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Willett A. Hover, was an applicant for appointment as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. service, that Hover was an old resident of the area, possessed an extensive influence, and would raise a company of volunteers if one could be raised in the county, that Hover was a man of good moral character, energetic, and determined, that Hover had paid special attention to military tactics for the past few months, and that Hover's ability would enable him to master all military matters necessary to fill the office of either Lieutenant or Captain.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 62]

October [8?, 1861]
W. Jones, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had tried to obtain a 2nd Lieutenant's commission from John Sherman, that Sherman had appointed L.B. Eaton as Recruiting Lieutenant for Cuyahoga County before receiving his application, that Sherman did not feel at liberty to make any other appointments at present, that he was advised by friends to write to Dennison, and that he felt he could compete with almost any recruiting officer having had considerable experience in assisting Captain James Armstrong in recruiting men for the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 80]

October 8, 1861
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Judge Marsh's regiment was so nearly full that he could commence recruiting without retarding Marsh's movements provided he did not operate in a few localities where Marsh's companies were not yet full, that the enlisting fever was now high, that he was confident of completing the work soon, that they wanted to recruit only good men and yet give no offer to others, that they proposed to open no recruiting offices, but planned to solicit recruits by personal application, that to get the best men, they wanted to have all the influence they could get at the start, that they wanted to have the regimental officers indicated as far as possible, especially the Quartermaster and Chaplain, that he would name for Chaplain, the Rev. M. Hoge of the 2nd Presbyterian Church in Zanesville, that Hoge would be a host of strength among the Presbyterians in the southeastern part of the State and his influence in a regiment would be great in securing good order and a high moral tone, that for Quartermaster, he wanted a good man who would interest himself in raising good men and one who would have sufficient business ability, energy, and experience to properly discharge his duty toward them after they were raised, and that he had no one in mind currently for Quartermaster; requesting permission to recruit in Licking County, Muskingum County, Morgan County, Noble County, Monroe County, Guernsey County, Belmont County, Carroll County, and Columbiana County; and stating that since Judge Marsh had just raised a regiment locally, it might be proper for them to have a little wider recruiting range.
3 pp. [Series 147-12: 175]

October 8, 1861
George W. McCook, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter stating that an officer from Colonel [John] Sherman's 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was currently at Steubenville, that this officer was "Steubenville" by birth and family although now of Mansfield, and that he could unite several squads in process and send this officer to Mansfield the following week with a company; and asking if it mattered whether a company went to Mansfield or to Mason at headquarters for disposition, if officers recruiting for different regiments could unite squads into a company and be then transferred to the regiment to which the company was attached, and if any arrangement would be made to pay for advertising by the committees or for other expenses.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 63]

October 8, 1861
George W. McCook, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Matthew P. Simpson, was one of the men he had selected to raise a company in Jefferson County, that Simpson was going to Columbus for the purpose of being commissioned and mustered in, that Simpson could certainly raise forty men and probably a full company, that he was confident of having another company off to Buckingham within the week, that a bad mistake was made in commissioning Carnahan who had no character or influence, and that Simpson would recruit in the country and not in Steubenville.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 61]

October 8, 1861
M.G. Mitchell, et. al., Miami County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by six members of the Military Committee of Miami County; and recommending that Silas P. McMillan be appointed as a Recruiting Lieutenant for the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Frank M. Shipley and Zachariah W. Jacobs be appointed as Recruiting Lieutenants of cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 19]

October 8, 1861
W[illiam] Mungen, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Vance, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, John W. Wheeler, had been recruiting for a company for the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in connection with Messrs. McDonald and Waltermire, that Wheeler was visiting Dennison's office to obtain a commission as 2nd Lieutenant under the order of September 27, and that Wheeler was a young man of good moral character, had been in the three months' service, and was in every way competent.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 11]

October 8, 1861
W[illiam] Mungen, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Vance, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, Oliver Mungen, was visiting Dennison to obtain a commission as 2nd Lieutenant of an infantry company under the order of September 27, and that Oliver Mungen, in connection with H.E. Henderson, had been recruiting and they had some 40 men for the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 9]

October 8, 1861
W[illiam] Mungen, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Vance, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that there had been no county committee appointed for Hancock County under Dennison's order of September 27, that the gentlemen who now visited Dennison, Messrs. Rumbaugh, Wheeler, and Mungen, had been asking John M. Palmer to give them a recommendation and he kept putting the matter off, that the men of the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were impatient and wanted to be in the service forthwith, and that he did not know why Palmer would not give certificates, but the men who had been recruiting for the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry wanted them; requesting that Dennison issue commissions; and stating that he would have six companies at Camp Vance by October 12, that he could have had the companies already if camp or garrison equipments had been delivered, that he expected the equipments on every train, and that matters would be all right once tents, etc. were received.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 6]

October 8, 1861
Thomas G. Odiorne, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's dispatch ordering 500 pairs of eight pound blankets was not received until nearly five o'clock that evening, that he had purchased the blankets which were, if as good as the sample, the best in the city, that the blankets had been sent to the depot and he hoped they would be shipped that evening, and that they would send a bill on October 9 and draw on Governor William Dennison as Buckingham directed.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 27]

October 8, 1861
William Patterson, Chairman, Military Committee, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they were likely to have trouble in recruiting a company for the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry because of the improper interference of Captain Heth and Captain Penny who were at Van Wert with authority to enlist and muster in recruits, that they could have sent a full company into the field ten days since but for this interference, that now when they had a recruiting officer in Van Wert with a committee prepared to cooperate with him and a certain prospect of making up a full company for the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the same interference was at hand by Captain Penny coaxing their men to join his company from Licking County, that they thought Heth and Penny ought to be withdrawn, in which case they would give a good account of themselves, and that if they were left in the present confused condition with their company so nearly full twice and then scattered, they could give no assurance of what could be done. Sent by order of the Military Committee.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 142]

October 8, 1861
E.H. Phelps, Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Thomas T. Cowen, Lieutenant of the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry called to see him the previous evening and handed him a bill which he was enclosing, that he supposed the men whose names were mentioned in the bill had no authority for recruiting from Buckingham's office, that these men claimed that the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for which they were recruiting, was to be permanently located at Camp Dennison for the defense of Cincinnati and that this retarded the enlistment of men for three years' service, that all of the persons named in the bill were men of known secession proclivities and they had been stating throughout Defiance County during the past summer that the present war was a "Black Republican" war and that they hoped the administration would get "soundly thrashed", that these individuals had been charged with preventing men from volunteering, that these individuals were the source of a good deal of annoyance to the duly appointed recruiting officers in the area, that it was the desire of the recruiting officers in Defiance County that these individuals be notified to stop, that he thought it would not be advisable to appoint additional recruiting officers for Defiance County until the officers who had already been appointed filled their companies, and that he was not yet able to leave his room, but his health had been improving fast for the last few days and he hoped to take the field in a couple of weeks.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 33]

October 8, 1861
William S. Pierson, Mayor's Office, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Colonel [Louis] Zahm had applied to Captain Bolinger to take command of a battery of flying artillery, and that he had asked Bolinger to inform him if he did not go with Zahm and if he would accept Buckingham's proposition.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 92]

October 8, 1861
Dr. J.G. Schaub, Sardis, Monroe County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that having been informed that a company was needed to guard the railroad between Harmar and Parkersburgh, he took the liberty of addressing Buckingham regarding the matter, and that a company could be raised for that purpose in Sardis to serve as State troops if they could obtain a commission.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 8]

October 8, 1861
S. Seachrist, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his son, Jacob G. Seachrist, had volunteered under C. Cunningham, that this was entirely against the will of he and his wife as their son was under the age of eighteen, that his wife was not very stout and her son's enlisting so wounded her feelings that she was scarcely able to get around, that he went to Cunningham and asked him to release his son, and that Cunningham was not willing to comply; and requesting that Buckingham grant his son a discharge on account of the stated reasons.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 23]

October 8, 1861
John Sherman, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of John B. Whittlesey of Ravenna as Recruiting Lieutenant of infantry for the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry with a station at Ravenna and authority to recruit in Portage County; and stating that he had several applications from Portage County and concluded that Whittlesey was the most likely to succeed.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 106]

October 8, 1861
Orland Smith, Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter introducing E.H. Allen of Chillicothe who was recommended for appointment as 2nd Lieutenant for the 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that Allen's station would be Chillicothe; and suggesting that Allen's district be permitted to embrace the line of the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad as far east as Athens.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 1]

October [8?], 1861
Orland Smith, Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter introducing Thomas Lucas of Washington County who was recommended for appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Lucas' district would embrace Washington County and Athens County, and the line of the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 13]

October 8, 1861
S[amuel] H. Steedman, Lieutenant Colonel, 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Henry E. Cary for the position of Lieutenant; and stating that Cary was a young man of sterling integrity.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 66]

October 8, 1861
Reuben Tyler, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been waiting several days for the appointment of the County Military Committee, but it had not yet been appointed, that in his impatience to be at work, he had gone to see Mr. Howard, a member of the District Committee, and gotten a letter from him, and that he trusted said letter would be effectual in procuring a commission as he was going to the war and wanted to take some men with him; and requesting 30 days to get the requisite number of men and for assignment to Camp McLean.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 156]

October 8, 1861
S[ilas] B. Walker, [Major, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had returned home that day by order of Lieutenant Colonel [William] Mungen to see about the transportation of some men to camp from Sidney, that while at Camp Vance, he learned that in order to fill Captain [Hiram E.] Henderson's company it was very important for Oliver Mungen (a relation of Lieutenant Colonel Mungen) to receive an appointment as 2nd Lieutenant, that currently there was no organization of the County Military Committee, that Oliver Mungen was a man of ability, energy, and unblemished character, and that they thought Henderson's company could be filled immediately by Oliver Mungen's appointment; requesting that Mason secure Oliver Mungen's appointment if possible; asking what was the use of having friends without using them; stating that Judge Palmer had an order to raise 400 men for Sherman's Brigade in the very region of country in which their camp was located and from where they must draw most of their recruits, that there were other orders to recruit at Fremont and other places near them, and that this seriously embarrassed their operations; and asking Mason to see to it that instructions were given that their "Manor" should not be "poached" upon in this way until they at least had an opportunity to fill their ranks.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 78]

October 8, 1861
C.B. Wilson, Sheriff, Hancock County, G.W. Twining. Mayor of Findlay, and Edson Goit, Prosecuting Attorney for Hancock County, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Oliver Mungen, the bearer, as a suitable man for the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant of an infantry company; and stating that Mungen was competent and energetic, and had a good moral character, and that Mungen wanted to recruit for the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 14]

October 8, 1861
J[ames] J. Winans, Chairman, County [Military] Committee, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Robert Stephenson and Samuel A. Galbreath as suitable persons to be appointed 2nd Lieutenants; stating that Stephenson and Galbreath were of good moral character, energetic and influential men, had a fair prospect of recruiting a company in Greene County, and would be competent to command in the field, that there were several persons locally with commissions who were making efforts to recruit and who were not recommended by the committee, that there was danger that clashing and jealousy would result, that the committee would recommend none but men of energy and influence and they hoped none would be commissioned without recommendation, and that it would be important to the efficiency of the service for the committee to have some control over recruiting officers and their assignment to such fields in Greene County as would avoid conflict; and asking if the committee could have this power. Bears the endorsement of three members of the District Military Committee.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 57]

October 9, 1861
C[hambers] Baird, 6th District [Military] Committee, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was personally acquainted with Charles T. Fitch of Batavia, Clermont County, who was an applicant for a commission as 2nd Lieutenant, and that he took pleasure, as one of the Committee from the Sixth Congressional District, in recommending Fitch.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 9]

October 9, 1861
Samuel H. Baxter, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that there were two members of Company H, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry who were left in Lima when the regiment moved, that one of them was sent home on account of being accidentally shot at Camp Dennison and the other came home by permission, that both men were very anxious to rejoin their company which had been reduced below the minimum number through discharges by the Surgeon, that his object was to obtain passes for and permission to take back a number of men for Company H, that there were several men who would enter the service providing they could go in Company H, and that these men would be lost to the service if they could not go in Company H; and requesting that authority to recruit and passes for about twelve men be sent to Webster, Virginia.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 97]

October 9, 1861
William G. Boggs, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. To Dear Colonel. Letter stating that [Barton S.] Kyle was in Springfield the previous evening requesting a meeting of friends of the new regiment [71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry] to select a Lieutenant Colonel and Quartermaster as these officers were needed immediately, that Kyle met Deardoff who invited George Spence, Bill Reid, and Colonel Willis, three of Springfield's most "rabid" opponents of the State and General Government, that Judge White was not notified of the meeting, that Judge Littler would not mix with such a group, that consequently, no one was present but Deardoff, Spence, Reid, Willis, Shellabarger, and himself, that it was concluded that Kyle must be appointed Lieutenant Colonel, that Spence, Reid, and Willis "made up" public opinion about the Quartermaster, and that Willis was their man for the position, that Shellabarger suggested to Kyle that the circle present would operate against Boggs and had informed Kyle that any action on the Quartermaster position would be postponed for the present, that Spence, Reid, and Willis had entered into the thing more to hamper and cause trouble than anything else, that whether Eli Kiser, Whiteley, Rice or all of them would ever raise a company of Democrats remained to be seen, that if they did, it would be a "sorry" connection to the regiment, that he would procure some letters of recommendation and make application for appointment at once, that their county [military] committee had not been appointed yet, that he could not say if he would receive the committee's recommendation, and that none other was spoken of in connection with the office.
3 pp. [Series 147-12: 47]

October 9, 1861
R[alph] P. Buckland, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he desired the appointment of Andrew Nuhfer as a 2nd Lieutenant for the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Nuhfer was a man of first rate character in every respect, and that he thought Nuhfer could recruit a company and was capable of commanding the same.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 127]

October 9, 1861
William O. Collins, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Peter Van Winkle of Hillsboro, was about to commence raising a cavalry company for his regiment, that he had not until that day authorized recruiting for a company of cavalry in Highland County because he was anxious not to disturb the regiment [60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service)] being raised by Colonel [William H.] Trimble, that he had, however, all along announced that at some proper time a single company would be asked for in Highland County, that Van Winkle had been a candidate for Highland County Treasurer on the Union ticket and was defeated by some 20 or 30 votes, that he had that day authorized Van Winkle and George Doggett, a substantial farmer in every way worthy and peculiarly fitted for cavalry service, to raise a company, that it was doubtful as to which individual would be Captain since they were equally capable and each deferred to the other, that he would authorize no other company in Highland County, that Van Winkle and Doggett would both carry out their purpose in such a manner as to aid rather than hinder any infantry project, that the company would be one of picked horsemen who knew on which end of the horse to put the bridle, that he had seven companies only that were directly authorized though many applications had been made to recruit, that in every instance, he had required strict proof of fitness and prospects of success, that he had declined to authorize more than a single company in a county, that he had issued instructions to interfere with no worthy plan, but simply to invite recruits who were specially fitted for cavalry and who preferred that service to any other, that he felt some doubt whether 8 companies would not be better than 10 or 12 as military men differed and he was not competent to judge, that as to the issuing of appointments to Recruiting Lieutenants, he was somewhat at a loss, and that his authority was originally from the War Department, but was now transferred to the State Executive and all commissions issued from the Governor; reminding Buckingham of his promise to give appointments equivalent to commissions to such persons as he[Collins] might recommend as Recruiting Lieutenants; stating that he had given such certificates to several of the persons authorized to raise companies and wanted them all to be so commissioned, that he noticed in that day's Cincinnati Commercial that no person would be so commissioned without the recommendation of the District Military Committees, and that he had just consulted Dr. W.R. Smith, the member of the District Military Committee for Highland County, who thought the County Military Committee was intended; and asking for clarification so that he could safely advise those who looked to him for direction.
NOTE: At the time this letter was written, Collins was recruiting a regiment to be designated as the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Subsequently, companies formed for the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry were consolidated with companies formed for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and the new organization was designated as the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
4 pp. [Series 147-12: 72]

October 9, 1861
William O. Collins, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain Hamer Hays of Sardinia, Brown County, Ohio was recruiting a company of cavalry to be attached to a regiment which he was currently raising; and requesting that Hays be given the proper appointment to enable him to muster in his men.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 74]

October 9, 1861
J.L. Conklin, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he was informed that the member of the District Military Committee for Mercer County, Mr. Davis, had removed to Hancock County, that Davis' uncle, A. Davis, was a good Union man and still lived in Celina, and that Judge William L. Blocker was willing to serve on the committee; recommending Blocker's appointment; and stating that Judge Metcalf, who was in Sidney at court, concurred in the recommendation.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 43]

October 9, 1861
William A. Cunningham, and C.C. Baugh, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if a company of sharpshooters armed with rifles of long range could be attached to any regiment currently forming in the State, and if so, must they be raised and accepted as any other company, and if they would be paid more than infantry provided they furnished their own arms; and stating that they thought a company could be raised in Knox County and adjoining counties consisting of good rifle shots who could produce better trial target practice than Colonel [Hiram] Berdan's famed regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 102]