October 9, 1861
William H. Trimble, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was sending two gentlemen of intelligence to receive authority to raise companies for his regiment, that he regretted that Glenn and Kibles received authority on October 7, that Glenn and Kibles were from Hillsboro and would interfere with Captain Hill who had 40 men mustered in, that he thought it rather unfair that men should be authorized to raise companies for other regiments in the very places in his own county where he was trying to raise companies, that it was not only against his interests and success, but led to abuses which Buckingham's order aimed to correct, that he had labored locally for 6 months and cultivated the field, thereby giving to the service 400 or 500 more men than would have gone and saving the county to the support of the Government, that he thought he deserved some consideration, that his men were going for 1 year or the war and would be as efficient on the battlefield as any others, that he felt his efforts were meritorious, that he had been generous to all, that if his limited territory was too much trespassed upon, he might yet be driven to getting companies from other counties, that he was resolved to raise the regiment, that his reputation was now at issue in the matter, and that he would work on, notwithstanding all the difficulties which might interfere with his success, because he loved his country and wanted to help save it.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 95]

October 9, 1861
Thomas Vernon, Postmaster, Burgh Hill, Trumbull County, Ohio, et. al. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by three residents of Burgh Hill and vicinity; stating that E.A. Birdsall was an acquaintance whose ability and integrity fit him for recruiting a company for U.S. service; and requesting that Birdsall be granted a Lieutenant's commission.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 155]

October 9, 1861
Willard Warner and a committee representing the 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Sherman, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they wanted the bearer, John R. Miller, to be appointed 2nd Lieutenant and assigned to the 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in order to enable him to swear in recruits for J.M. Scott's company which was nearly full and of which Miller was a member. Bears a note from W.B. Woods; stating that if Miller could recruit men by getting their names to the roll and having them sworn in by a Justice of the Peace, he did not see any necessity for granting Miller a commission as 2nd Lieutenant at present, that if, however, Miller must be commissioned before he could secure recruits for the company of which he was a member, then he concurred in Warner's suggestion, and that Miller would make a good 2nd Lieutenant.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 67]

October 9, 1861
Caleb C. Whitson, Camp Hope, Buckhannon, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was informed by Colonel S[amuel] H. Dunning that Dennison had no record of the date and fact of his commission, that he was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant of the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on June 6, and that he had been acting under said commission as Quartermaster.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 169]

October 10, 1861
Isaac N. Ayres, 2nd Lieutenant, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that owing to the facts that there were a number of individuals recruiting at Upper Sandusky and that other parties in the service were allowed 20 days in which to raise their detachments, he should be allowed a period longer than October 16, that he had men promised him from various parts of Wyandot County, and that he was engaged in collecting these men and must have further time in which to do it; and requesting that his time be extended by a few days.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 223]

October 10, 1861
William Bauder, District [Military] Committee, et. al., Tarlton, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that they recommended the bearer, L.C. Counsellor, as an honorable and upright man; and stating that Counsellor served for three months and since that time had been elected Captain of an independent Zouave company.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 125]

October 10, 1861
S.S. Bloom, Shelby, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking when soldiers could make an assignment of part of their pay to be drawn locally by their families, if this was done when they enlisted, if forms were available, and if the mustering officer could see it done on the first roll or where it ought to be done; and stating that in order to get soldiers to leave their families, he agreed to take charge and advance money if needed when assignments were made to their wives of part of their pay, that he wanted to have it done right, and that this was in the regiment of mechanics (laboring men, sappers, and miners).
1 p. [Series 147-12: 101]

October 10, 1861
R[alph] P. Buckland, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding and Chairman, District [Military] Committee, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the appointment of Jonathan F. Harrington of Bellevue, Ohio as 2nd Lieutenant in the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Harrington was a man of "unexceptionable" character in every respect and capable of commanding a company, and that the County [Military] Committee was not yet appointed.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 228]

October 10, 1861
R[alph] P. Buckland, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding and Chairman, District [Military] Committee, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the appointment of Anthony Young as 2nd Lieutenant for the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Young was a man of good moral character, had been trained in military tactics, and had great influence with their numerous German population, that the County [Military] Committees were not yet appointed, that the District [Military] Committee would be meeting on October 11 for the purpose of appointing County [Military] Committees, and that Young wanted to commence recruiting immediately.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 126]

October 10, 1861
W[illiam] M. Cake, Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting his appointment as Surgeon of the 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 235]

October 10, 1861
Lewis D. Campbell, Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he regretted his misunderstanding as to the appointment of Recruiting Lieutenants, that he had been informed by an officer in the service that three such appointments would be issued for each company of the regiment, that there were many persons in Hamilton County, Preble County, Montgomery County, Warren County, and Darke County who would be glad to serve with the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he would endeavor to "obviate" the difficulty; and requesting the blank company and field reports mentioned in General Order Number 57.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 204]

October 10, 1861
Lewis D. Campbell, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Colonel of the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had taken steps to organize the regiment and establish a camp on the agricultural fairgrounds near Hamilton, and that recruits were being reported and it was very desirable that immediate provision be made for the necessary equipage and equipments.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 177]

October 10, 1861
Jno. Canby, Superintendent, Bellefontaine Railroad Line, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the bearer, A[lvah S.] Skilton, wanted to procure a commission as Lieutenant in the Ohio volunteer service, that Skilton had been in the employ of the Bellefontaine Railroad Line for about seven years as a locomotive engineer, that Skilton was a man of strictly temperate and moral habits, and of good commanding qualities, that Skilton was of the right mettle and well qualified for the situation, and that Skilton's loss was very much regretted by the officers and employees of the Bellefontaine Railroad Line.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 146]

October 10, 1861
J.H. Cole, Camp Wood, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of Captain in the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 237]

October 10, 1861
James L. Coryell, Auditor, Adams County, Ohio, and J.R. Cockerill, Committee, West Union, Adams County, Ohio. To ? Letter certifying that the bearer, Joseph Blackburn of Adams County, was a man of good moral character and of such attainments as would fit him for the command of a company in the field; stating that they believed Blackburn could recruit a company in Adams County and adjoining counties; and pledging to aid Blackburn in so doing.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 139]

[October? 10?, 1861]
B.S. Cowen. To ? Letter stating that if there was not likely to be a supply of blankets equal to the wants of the volunteers, he suggested that the county committees be instructed to appoint some suitable man in every village in their respective counties to receive blankets, mark them, keep an account showing the name of the person furnishing each blanket, and forward the blankets as directed, that the value of each blanket should be fixed by the person receiving it from the owner, subject to correction by an agent of the Government, or the value should be fixed by the agent of the Government, that the price of blankets thus supplied should be remitted to the persons receiving them from owners, that the owners could in this way get paid at fair prices, that the same plan might work for other needed articles, that he did not like to ask for donations and the supply would be more prompt and larger in this way than any other, and that too many blankets might be supplied, but probably not so many as to be a very great loss.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 117]

October 10, 1861
Joel A. Dewey, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of Adjutant, with the rank of 1st Lieutenant, in the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 117]

October 10, 1861
Gustave Fahrion, Recruiting Officer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that two young men, J. Hiller and Henry Wagner, made application at Alliance to join his company, that both men signed the roll, that Captain Pierce visited claiming that the men were his and threatening to take them back with him, that he learned Pierce's term for recruiting expired on September 28 and Pierce, therefore, had no authority to hold the men, and that he was in Alliance because the fair was held there on October 9 and such occasions offered good chances for recruiting; asking if he could have Hiller and Wagner; and stating that he understood more of Pierce's men would like to go with their friends in his company.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 103]

October 10, 1861
Peter Fallman, et. al. To Governor William Dennison. Letter from the committee for the northern division of Belmont County, appointed by the District [Military] Committee of the 17th Congressional District to superintend the business of recruiting in said division; recommending Wilson S. Kennon as a suitable person to receive the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant with authority to recruit a company of infantry; certifying that Kennon was a man of good moral character and of such attainments as would fit him for the command of a company in the field; stating that they believed Kennon could recruit a company in Belmont County; and pledging to aid Kennon in so doing.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 203]

October 10, 1861
J[ames] A. Garfield, Colonel, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Samuel H. Cole had been a valuable aid in obtaining recruits for the company which Captain [Horace H.] Willard was raising for the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Willard wanted Cole appointed as Recruiting Lieutenant to aid still further in filling up his company.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 70]

October 10, 1861
J[ames] A. Garfield, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was in doubt whether Buckingham's order, requiring the recommending of 2nd Lieutenants for recruiting duty by District Military Committees, only applied to recruiting for companies already formed and which were not yet filled up, that he hoped Buckingham would make the bearer, Lewis D. Booth of Portage County, a Lieutenant with power to recruit for Captain [Horace H.] Willard's fragmentary company which had just arrived in camp as part of the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he was sure Booth would do effective service.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 52]

October 10, 1861
John A. Hardy, Lieutenant, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the bearer, Al[vah S.] Skilton, wanted to procure a commission as Lieutenant for the purpose of recruiting in Darke County, Mercer County, and Auglaize County, that he had known Skilton for four years, that Skilton was of excellent moral habits and well qualified to recruit and take command of a company, that Skilton had been selected by Hardy's men for one of their Lieutenants before the new orders changed affairs, and that Skilton had been an engineer on the Bellefontaine Railroad for the past seven years and stood high with the officers and employees of said road.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 141]

October 10, 1861
Isaac N. Hathaway, Lieutenant Colonel, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Oliver. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if he had authority to recruit musicians for the organization of a band to be attached to his regiment, and for such authority if he did not already have it.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 179]

October 10, 1861
T.W. Higgins, Waverly, Pike County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted a commission to raise a company of volunteers for three years' service, and that Buckingham could contact C[olumbus] Delano for any information respecting his fitness for the position.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 127]

October 10, 1861
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending W[illiam] T. Robinson as a suitable and good man for appointment as a Lieutenant and Recruiting Officer in his regiment; and stating that Judge Davis Green and Douglas Putnam, who were appointed a committee for Washington County, refused to act in that capacity and there were none as yet appointed to fill their vacancy.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 208]

October 10, 1861
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending John Henricle as a good and suitable man for appointment as a Lieutenant and Recruiting Officer for his regiment; and stating that there was no acting committee in Washington County and consequently, he could not procure their signatures.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 126]

October 10, 1861
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Richard Fouraker as a good and suitable man for appointment as a Lieutenant and Recruiting Officer in his regiment; and stating that since the committee appointed for Washington County refused to act as such, he could not obtain their signatures on the recommendation.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 219]

October 10, 1861
D.W. Hill, 2nd Lieutenant, Recruiting Station, New Albany, Mahoning County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was told that if he came to New Albany, he could get some fifty men in a week since not more than nine or ten had gone from the township which contained some sixteen hundred inhabitants, that he was also told that there were some one hundred and twenty-five young men fully able to go and many wanting to do so, that the election had not gone to suit local residents, being "straight out" Democrats, and they were therefore very backward in volunteering, and that he thought he could get a large number in a short time by being patient; and requesting that his time be extended since he had been unable to reach New Albany as soon as intended.
3 pp. [Series 147-12: 220]

October 10, 1861
M. Hoge, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Assistant Surgeon of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 137]

October 10, 1861
Isaac N. Hord, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that although receiving authority to recruit, he had not been mustered in, that too many commissions had been granted in Crawford County and some of the recipients were becoming dissatisfied and proposed giving up, that Crawford County had not furnished its proper number of men, that believing it now would, he did not want to give up so long as he could make the least effort, and that he would report at Columbus on October 11 to obtain his further authority if his health permitted.
3 pp. [Series 147-12: 69]

October 10, 1861
John Keller, Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an appointment as a 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that he was aware he should first be recommended by a County [Military] Committee, but they had none to apply to.
2 pp. [Series 147-12: 171]

October 10, 1861
R.L. Kimberly, Camp Wood, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant in the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 236]

October 10, 1861
W.N. King, Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter accepting his appointment as Surgeon of the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 236]

[October? 10?, 1861]
P[eter] Kinney, Colonel, Headquarters, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, near Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter certifying that on October 7, William S. Huston was appointed Quartermaster of the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry subject to Dennison's approval.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 183]

October 10, 1861
Jay Kling, Plymouth, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Surgeon of the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that there was a clerical error in his name in the appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 158]

[October? 10?, 1861]
D.W.C. Loudon, J.M. Kellum, and Chambers Baird, Members of District [Military] Committee. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Major Andrew Mahaffay as a proper person to be commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant under the General Order dated September 27; stating that Mahaffay proposed to recruit a company at Decatur, Brown County, Ohio from parts of Brown County and Adams County, that they believed Mahaffay could recruit a company at that point, that Mahaffay would be aided in so doing by the County and District [Military] Committees, and that Mahaffay was a gentleman of good moral character who they believed possessed sufficient attainments for the position designated.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 162]

October 10, 1861
James C. McCoy, Adjutant, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter requesting the necessary blank field reports and blanks for the Regimental Quartermaster.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 76]

October 10, 1861
James McCune, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, now forming in Camp Lowe, Xenia, had no Adjutant assigned as yet; requesting the appointment; offering to forward the necessary recommendations; and stating that he would be able to instruct the new recruits in all the movements of a soldier and the manual of arms.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 104]

October 10, 1861
Thomas McFadden, Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter accepting his appointment as Surgeon of the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 236]

October 10, 1861
H[enry] O. Mack, M.D., Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Surgeon of the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had reported to Colonel John Sherman at Camp Buckingham, and that he was sending the oath of allegiance to the government which he felt duty bound to take before entering the service.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 136]

October 10, 1861
James K. Newcomer, Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter applying for an appointment as Lieutenant and enclosing recommendations; and stating that at present there was no military committee for Fulton County.
1 p. [Series 147-12: 215]

October 10, 1861
D[avid] Noble, American Hotel, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Surgeon of the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service).
1 p. [Series 147-12: 235]