October 13, 1861
F[ranklin] T. Backus, Chairman of District Military Committee, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his attention had been called to the October 11 proclamation of Governor William Dennison directing the military committees to appeal to the citizens for contributions of woolen shirts, drawers, socks, gloves, and blankets for their volunteers in the field and to supply the deficiencies in camps, and issuing authority to the committees to purchase at reasonable rates all the blankets which in their judgement would be serviceable, selecting such as were nearest the army standard; asking if it was intended that the committees should purchase all the blankets that were on sale without waiting to see what portion of them would be donated, if these blankets were to be purchased without reference to color, or if it was meant that those only should be purchased which were of the color prescribed by the army regulations, if the committees were to call for donations of woolen socks, drawers, shirts, and gloves only, or may they be of other material, if it was expected that these articles would be all new, or that they may be old and new according to the convenience of the donors, and if this appeal for contributions was designed to save to the government the cost of the articles, or was it occasioned by its inability to procure the articles as fast as necessary to supply the wants of the army; and stating that in his judgement, an appeal to the public for contributions of such articles as the government regularly furnished to the troops would not result in very extensive donations for the reason that communities were constantly called upon to contribute such articles of comfort for the sick as were not generally furnished by the government and for the reason that in a hundred other ways they were compelled to contribute largely for the prosecution of the war, and that if the appeal was made for the reason that the government could not procure the articles as fast as they were needed, he had to say that if authority were extended to the communities to procure the articles at the government's cost, they could be furnished in a short time at low prices and in such quantities as may be needed.
3 pp. [Series 147-13: 9]

October 13, 1861
S[amuel] Beatty, Colonel, Camp Ford, Alliance, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that some of his men had not received their certificates of appointments.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 190]

October 13, 1861
Charles W. Hill, Brigadier General Commanding, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a furlough to take effect at 9 a.m. on October 18, and to last for two weeks.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 12]

October 13, 1861
O[rmsby] M. Mitchel, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was in trouble because he had no staff for the field, and that he "rejoiced" to know that Dennison approved of his going to Kentucky.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 75]

October 13, 1861
O[rmsby] M. Mitchel, Brigadier General Commanding, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that two companies of cavalry and one of artillery had offered to join Colonel [Valentine] Bausenwein's regiment [58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], and that this would promote the efficiency of said regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 75]

October 13, 1861
S.L. Wadsworth, New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that under a permit issued him on September 14 to raise a company of infantry, he was proceeding to enlist his men when, on account of sickness and the death of his father-in-law, he was compelled to suspend operations for about three weeks, that in the meantime, the new system was adopted and his permit cancelled, that he had quite a number of good men who were ready and anxious to go into the service provided he would go with them as their Captain, that he had tried to turn his men over to one of the recruiting officers at New Lisbon, but could not do so, and that for the sake of securing these men and such others as Wadsworth could control, the recruiting officer had proposed waiving all claims which he might have or acquire under his commission and letting the men, if they desired, elect Wadsworth as their Captain; and asking if this could be done.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 37]

October 13, 1861
Crafts J. Wright, Benton Barracks, [St. Louis, Missouri]. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that [John Addison] Gurley was present along with [Simon] Cameron, and that Gurley had shown him the letter of [Abraham] Lincoln to Dennison; asking if Dennison would commission the officers of his regiment so far as they were from Ohio; stating that when he arrived, his unit was named the 3rd Missouri Rifles, and that the name was subsequently changed to the 13th Missouri Volunteers; asking if it was necessary to come to Ohio or if the commissions could be sent to Gurley or Brigadier General [Samuel Ryan] Curtis; and stating that their coats, overcoats, and blankets had arrived, that they had sent to secure rifled Austrian muskets, and that Governor [Hamilton Rowan] Gamble had sent for him several times in regard to giving them Missouri commissions, but he did not wish to be so commissioned.
3 pp. [Series 147-13: 85]

October 14, 1861
James Adair, 2nd Lieutenant, 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that some three or four members of Captain [Norris T.] Peatman's company [F], 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who obtained furloughs to come home, were now at Cambridge and could not possibly get back to their regiment which was in western Virginia, that they had attempted it several times in vain, that once, they went to Cincinnati and were refused passes, that their furloughs were up and they had no means of their own, and that these men proposed to enlist in his company; and asking if their enlistment with him would "exculpate" them from the penalties, if any, attached to a failure to return to their proper regiment and company, and if it would be proper for them to do so.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 88]

October 14, 1861
James Barnett, Colonel Commanding, Headquarters, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain F. Schultz had reported himself for duty and had mustered ninety-eight Privates into the service; reporting on those nominated as officers in Schultz's company; requesting that these individuals be appointed and notified of their appointments; and asking what the number of Schultz's company would be.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 198]

October 14, 1861
E.A. Beatton, McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting Buckingham's general orders regarding the recruiting service; and stating that he had applied for a Colonelcy, that he had been unremitting in his exertions in the recruiting service and for some reason could not get a commission, that there certainly must be some misrepresentations to Governor William Dennison, that he could not think that Dennison was making politics the touchstone of efficiency in the recruiting service, that he could yet recruit a company locally, and that he could have had the Captaincy of perhaps every company that had left Vinton County.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 11]

October 14, 1861
John Beatty, Chairman, [Military Committee of Carroll County], Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they wanted assurance that the company now being recruited in Carroll County by Lieutenant J. Ulman would, at the close of his recruiting service, be transferred to [John] Sherman's Brigade, that they were engaged in the duty assigned them, and that if the requested transfer were made and a small squad of men was not taken to the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, they believed that Ulman, with the assistance of the committee, could recruit a full company. Attested to by John H. Tripp, Secretary, [Military Committee of Carroll County].
1 p. [Series 147-13: 38]

October 14, 1861
John Berry, Secretary, [Military Committee of Wyandot County], Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was instructed to request, on behalf of the committee, that Buckingham withdraw Lieutenant J.N. Ayres from the recruiting service in Wyandot County, that Wyandot County had already furnished about seven hundred and fifty volunteers, nearly one for every twenty of the county's population, that they still thought they could raise one full company in Wyandot County, but not more, that Rodolphus Robbins, an able man and a citizen of Wyandot County, was commissioned and authorized to recruit a company and, without any interference, would undoubtedly succeed, that Ayres was a resident of Richland County and at best could raise but a portion of a company in Wyandot County, that Ayres' efforts in Wyandot County would materially interfere with those of Robbins, that a Mr. Brown had been recruiting in Wyandot County under an order from the Lieutenant Colonel of the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but without any commission, that Brown had been laboring for about a month and had succeeded in raising about twenty-five men who were now in camp at Norwalk, that the committee wanted to know how they should treat Brown, that it was the committee's opinion that no more commissions should be granted or orders given for recruiting in Wyandot County at present, that Buckingham could rely upon them to do all they could to promote the enlistment of men, that Wyandot County had already done nobly, but they thought it would do still better, and that they wanted their comments regarding Ayres to be confidential.
3 pp. [Series 147-13: 31]

October 14, 1861
Edward Bissell, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as a member of the District Military Committee for the 5th Congressional District.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 20]

October 14, 1861
Edward Bissell, Chairman, 5th Congressional District Committee, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the parties contributing the clothing and blankets brought them in from the country and were in such haste to make sure of having them started that they did not wait for Buckingham's telegram, and the clothing and blankets were sent off by express for Grafton via Cincinnati, that the charges through to Grafton were $24.66, and that he was confident the pertinent parties would be in on October 15 to ascertain if the State would repay them this expense; asking what he should tell them and how they could get their pay; and stating that the pertinent parties had been almost profusely liberal in gathering up the articles.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 145]

October 14, 1861
James H. Blinn, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the ladies of Steubenville met on October 11 and appointed committees for the different wards to collect blankets, socks, etc., for the use of the soldiers, and on October 13, notice was given from the several churches, that he was happy to say that their citizens were responding nobly to the call, that being agent of the Adams Express Company, the ladies wanted him to receive the donations and to keep an account of them as noted in Buckingham's circular, that he was happy to say that a large number of blankets had been handed in and he thought, from present indications, that their citizens would do their full share in this patriotic movement, that the ladies of Steubenville had written to other ladies in the different townships of Jefferson County to help in this cause, that he thought Buckingham could set down Jefferson County for her full share, that they were going to have their white blankets colored either a chrome blue or a brown color and would commence on October 15, that there would also be a large quantity of socks donated, that the ladies were very anxious that Captain [John F.] Oliver's company, from Steubenville and attached to the 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, should be fitted out completely with blankets and socks, and that one gentleman had volunteered to take these articles to them as soon as ready; and asking if this could be done without interfering with Buckingham's general arrangements.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 80]

October 14, 1861
A.L. Brewer, Chairman, [Columbiana County Military Committee], New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that their county military committee had been appointed and a meeting would be held on October 15, that from the character of the men who composed the committee, he felt confident that Columbiana County would be able to fill her complement of men, that he was embarrassed by a portion of Buckingham's orders to 2nd Lieutenants giving them the right to Captaincies and the exclusive right to recruit, that prominent, influential, and competent men would not go into recruiting under such conditions, that in counties where recruits had been pretty well culled out, they must depend upon influential men who would take it upon themselves to get up companies for themselves, that it was the intelligent class of men they must now look to for recruits, and such recruits would want to know beforehand who was to command them and would want individuals they knew and had confidence in as officers, and that it was not the "grog shop" boys they expected to get, but rather farmers and mechanics whose intelligence and good sense told them that the health and safety of the soldier depended to a large degree upon the officers in command; and asking who bore expenses of the committee.
5 pp. [Series 147-13: 34]

October 14, 1861
Clinton Bunton, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter forwarding recommendations; and stating that he hoped Buckingham would send his commission immediately as Colonel Whittlesey expected the regiment to be called into service soon.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 26]

October 14, 1861
D.H. Campbell, Aurora, Portage County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending his son, Winfield S. Campbell, for a commission to raise a company of volunteers for the war.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 36]

October 14, 1861
John Campbell, Chairman, and C.G. Hawley, Secretary, Rooms, Military Committee, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Fred. Dorries, an experienced artillerist, had been recommended to Dennison for authority to raise an artillery company, that no additional artillery was then desired and Dorries had taken about 60 men to Point Pleasant on the Kanawha River, that Dorries was now filling up his company with very fair prospects of success, that if any change had taken place so that artillery companies were now needed, they would recommend Dorries for authority to raise a company at Ironton, that Dorries and his men would prefer Ohio service, and that Dorries was a good man and would have a good company.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 150]

October 14, 1861
R.M. Clarke, Secretary, [Fairfield County Recruiting Committee], Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was instructed by the Fairfield County Recruiting Committee to request an extension, for fifteen days, of the time of Lieutenant H.H. Giesey, who was now recruiting in Fairfield County, that Giesey's commission would expire on October 16, and that they had great confidence in Giesey as an officer and gentleman and would unite with him in his efforts to recruit.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 103]

October 14, 1861
Giles S. Cockerill, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 1st Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; and stating that he had reported to Colonel James Barnett.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 4]

[October 14?, 1861]
P.B. Cole, et. al. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by members of the Military Committee for Union County, Ohio; recommending Joseph G. Hawkins, currently Major of the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a suitable person to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lieutenant Colonel [Columbus B.] Mason in the same regiment; and stating that Hawkins served in the Mexican War, was strictly temperate, and had great energy and integrity, that they understood Hawkins was the choice of the regiment, and that Union County had a large number of soldiers in the field in proportion to its population. Bears the endorsement of C.S. Hamilton.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 125]

October 14, 1861
Peter W. Corzilius, et. al., Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter signed by six citizens of Columbus; stating that they knew the bearer, Joseph N. Brown, who was an applicant for authority to recruit a company; recommending Brown for duty; and stating that Brown had served in Mexico and in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) on the Potomac River, and that they considered Brown qualified for active service. Back of letter bears a note signed by five individuals, and recommending Brown for the recruiting service.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 95]

October 14, 1861
J.S. Davis, A. Greenlee, and C.H. Scribner, [Knox County Military Committee], Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they were advised that Lieutenant John N. Cassill of Knox County had fifty-five men in camp, that they were further advised that Nathaniel Bostwick of Knox County, upon receiving a commission authorizing him to do so, could recruit at least twenty-five additional men for said company, that Bostwick himself was willing to enlist without receiving a commission, that the men referred to were unwilling to go unless Bostwick was first commissioned as a Lieutenant, thus assuring them beyond question that Bostwick would go as one of their officers, that they were personally acquainted with Bostwick and knew him to be a capable, active, and energetic man, that they knew of no man better fitted physically to do good service, and that Bostwick was in every respect reliable, possessed fair attainments, and would make a good officer; and recommending that Bostwick be commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in Cassill's company. Bears the endorsement of M[anning] F. Force, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 71]

October 14, 1861
J.S. Davis, Mt. Vernon. Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that J.W. Vance, C. H. Scribner, J.S. Davis, A. Greenlee, and Alexander Cassil had been appointed as the military committee for Knox County, that the committee met and organized on October 12 by appointing J.W. Vance as Chairman and J.S. Davis as Secretary, and proceeded to business, that the committee met again on October 14, and had ascertained that there were five Lieutenants commissioned and authorized to recruit in Knox County, that they divided Knox County into five districts and assigned one Lieutenant to each district, within which the Lieutenant was to labor, that several public meetings would be held in each district and speakers had been assigned so that they could have a thorough canvass of every portion of Knox County, and every means would be taken to obtain recruits promptly, that they had also adopted a plan for securing the donation of blankets, drawers, socks, and gloves, and that he hoped these measures would prove efficient in securing the objects the State authorities had in mind when making provision for the appointment of county military committees, etc.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 97]

October 14, 1861
Albert D. Diserens, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter stating that he wished to learn if he could obtain the position of Adjutant in one of the regiments now forming, that he was in every way capable, being well drilled and having a good knowledge of the duties of the position, that he had some experience in active service, having been a member of the Cincinnati Zouaves, Company D, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) under Mason's command at the Battle of [First] Bull Run, and that he could bring letters of recommendation from many prominent men, civil and military, in Cincinnati, and many officers in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now in Kentucky.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 102]

October 14, 1861
W. Dryden, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if a Captain had the right to muster men into the United States service and if so, from what source it derived; stating that they had been sworn in by Captain W.H. Bown into Company A of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Bown claimed he could hold them against their will because he had authority to do so; asking where Bown's authority came from, if a man sworn in by a Justice of the Peace could be held lawfully against his will, if a man could draw his pay from the time he was sworn in by said Justice of the Peace, if a man would draw his pay from the time he was sworn in by Bown, and if Bown had his commission; and stating that they were dissatisfied because they had been at Camp Dennison for about five weeks and now only numbered about 40 men in their company and not more than 300 in the regiment, that they wanted to go into active service, and that they did not want to stay at Camp Dennison any longer if they could be lawfully set at liberty or transported into some other regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 87]

October 14, 1861
James H. Dye, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they were going into Camp McArthur on October 15 with about 125 recruits, and would need blanks for reports, etc.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 77]

October 14, 1861
A.F. Ely, West Unity, Williams County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had come to the conclusion to go into the military field and serve his country; requesting an order to raise a company of infantry; and stating that he had already raised a company for the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was now willing to raise another company and go into the field himself, that he had served as Adjutant for a number of years under Colonel E.B. Hawking of Knox County, Ohio, that he could raise a company of better men now than those who had already gone, that these men would have better judgement and be better fighters, that they would range from 25 to 40 years of age, that for references, Buckingham could inquire of C[olumbus] Delano or Major Sapp, and that he had lived in Williams County for 30 years.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 122]

October 14, 1861
William E. Gilmore, Colonel, 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Worthington. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Thomas McCord, held one of Governor William Dennison's permits under the old system, that McCord had recruited some sixty men and had forty-three of them in Camp Worthington with excellent prospects for making up a full company within a few days, that he was sending McCord with Captain Nathan Picket and Frank T. Gilmore, who each had a full company in camp, to be mustered into service under Order 57, that he supposed it was not necessary in their cases to take recommendations from the committee, and that they were "unexceptionable" men with good qualifications for the posts they desired.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 60]