October 15, 1861
H.D. McDonald, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that there was a desire by Lieutenant Palmer of Urbana, now attached to the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and by their citizens generally, that Palmer should be transferred to the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now forming at Urbana, that this was quite natural as the men Palmer had were all recruited locally and were anxious to go to the field of battle with their comrades from their own county, that Palmer could soon fill his company locally were he attached to the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that this regiment would no doubt be made up long before Colonel Ryan filled the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that had Palmer known that it was the intention to raise a regiment locally, he would not have gone to the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 152]

October 15, 1861
D. Mackley, President, et. al., Military Rooms of Jackson County Military Committee, Jackson Court House, Jackson County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Charles H. Doddridge as a suitable person to be commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 161]

October 15, 1861
S.S. Osborn, Chairman, Office of Military Committee, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the committee had granted its certificate to Lieutenant Charles A. Weed to recruit for Company D of the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Weed was a good man for the purpose, that Weed had informed them that he had an order from General [William S.] Rosecrans to recruit for a battery of 6 guns for the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that they supposed that Mr. Phelps, to whom they gave a certificate for recruiting for a battery, had forwarded his papers, that the committee did not deem it expedient to allow but one officer to occupy the same territory at the same time for the same arm of the service, that the committee also desired that no renewals of expired orders be made without its recommendation, and that they were a little in doubt from the Governor's proclamation and the Adjutant General's last order whether such blankets, shirts, stockings, etc., as could be procured were to be paid for; asking if these articles would be charged to the soldiers when issued; and stating that blankets had mostly been superseded by comfortables in Lake County and the committee did not expect to do much in that respect, that they could get up good shirts and stockings, expeditiously to some extent, but it would have to be done mostly from new material, and that they had scheduled a series of meetings for the present week in all parts of the county and would be pleased to have the Adjutant General's advice as early as practicable.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 107]

October 15, 1861
John P. Parrill, Camp Diamond near Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Captain in the 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had already reported for duty.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 192]

October 15, 1861
C[harles] H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Timothy A. Doherty as a suitable and proper person for a 2nd Lieutenant's commission to recruit a company for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Doherty had a number of men who previously served with him and who desired to enlist under him for the war. Bears a note from Sargent stating that he had called on the general and sub military committees, that these committees would gladly sign the recommendation, but they were waiting for their commissions from the Governor before they would act, that Doherty had fifty to sixty men willing to join him, and that Doherty should at once have a permit before these men went into Kentucky service. Also bears the endorsement of the Military Committee for Hamilton County.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 45]

[October 15?, 1861]
R.K. Scott, Congressional [Military] Committee for Henry County, Ohio, et. al. To whom it may concern. Letter stating that the undersigned were personally acquainted with Louis Keigel, and that they knew Keigel to be competent to organize and drill a company; and recommending Keigel for the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant in the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 121]

October 15, 1861
F.C. Searl, Chairman, et. al., Scioto County Military Committee, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter certifying that D.B. Lodwick 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 Lodwick could recruit a company in Scioto County, and that they pledged to aid him in so doing; and recommending Lodwick's appointment as 2nd Lieutenant. Bears the endorsement of P[eter] Kinney, Colonel, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 169]

October 15, 1861
F.C. Searl, Chairman, et. al., Scioto County Military Committee, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter certifying that Charles W. Veach 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 Veach could recruit a company in Scioto County, and that the committee pledged to aid him in so doing; and recommending that Veach be appointed a 2nd Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 160]

October 15, 1861
F.C. Searl, Chairman, et. al., Scioto County Military Committee, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter certifying that Lansing V. Applegate 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 Applegate could recruit a company in Scioto County, and that the committee pledged to aid him in so doing; and recommending that Applegate be appointed a 2nd Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 112]

October 15, 1861
John Sherman, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of Robert McCune of Bucyrus as Chaplain of the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that McCune was a Presbyterian minister of unquestioned character and fitness.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 138]

October 15, 1861
Thomas Kilby Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter introducing his young friend, Charles S. Burns of Cincinnati, who wanted a commission as 2nd Lieutenant for the purpose of recruiting a company for the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that Burns had seen service and had distinguished himself in the field, that Burns was thoroughly versed in the tactics of Hardee and was an excellent swordsman, and that the facilities Burns offered in the way of recruiting were rather extraordinary as he proposed to advance $30 to each volunteer for the use of the family left behind and was prepared with the money for a hundred men; and requesting that Burns be given the necessary power, with a field of operations beyond Hamilton County.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 120]

October 15, 1861
E. Stillings, Secretary, Military Committee of Hardin County, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the names of three men selected to raise a company in Hardin County; stating that there were other applicants who were good men, but the committee thought it best to limit the number to three to prevent confusion, that the committee hoped Buckingham would send instructions as to mustering in the men recommended, and that the committee hoped to have a company raised within two weeks; requesting that commissions and instructions be immediately sent to the men recommended as they had already gone to work; and stating that the committee would adopt means to respond to the call for clothing, etc., for the soldiers, and that Hardin County would not falter in her duty to support the government.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 134]

October 15, 1861
Peter J. Sullivan, Colonel Commanding, [48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting that Virgil H. Moats of Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio be appointed as 2nd Lieutenant in the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to recruit in Defiance County, Paulding County, etc.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 42]

October 15, 1861
William H. Trimble, Colonel, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), Camp Mitchel. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that camp equipments were received on October 15, that they would pitch their tents on October 16, 3 miles east of Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio where they had fine table land for tents, a fine level bottom for a drill ground, and a splendid spring, that Captain [John L.] Hill reported 61 men mustered in, that Hill should be commissioned as Captain, that whether the commission was issued now or not, he wished it to date from October 15 so that Hill's company might take rank accordingly, and that he supposed Hill's company was the first one reported for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) with a sufficient number of men entitling it to a Captaincy.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 146]

October 15, 1861
William H. Trimble, Colonel, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), Camp Mitchel. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant Donaho and Lieutenant Rothrock combined their recruits on October 15, the former with 10 and the latter with 20, that Donaho was yielding his authority and he wished it conferred upon a gentleman in the northern part of the county [Highland County, Ohio] who promised to raise a company for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), that Lieutenant Cowgil was absent in the most distant part of the county [Highland County, Ohio] recruiting and was reported to have 30 men, that if Cowgil did not have 30 men, he wanted Cowgil's authority extended, that Cowgil was a noble fellow and was working like a tiger, that Lieutenant Hughey had not reported, but would on October 16, that Lieutenant McArthur asked for an extension of his time, that McArthur was recruiting at Greenfield where there were two others forming companies for other regiments, that the meeting at Hillsboro on October 17 and the fair at Greenfield that week would, he hoped, give a new impulse to volunteering, that Lieutenant Harry reported 35 men mustered in, and that the local ladies were doing duty for the sick and wounded. Bears a note from Trimble stating that his recruiting officers all said that if the amount due on state service was paid it would aid very much in recruiting, that he was satisfied this was true, and that he wished they could be paid.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 148]

October 15, 1861
S[ampson] E. Varner, Major, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was shown a letter from Dennison in reference to W.S. Houston for Quartermaster of the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which it appeared that some over zealous patriot had written Dennison questioning Houston's loyalty; asking if Dennison thought Colonel [Peter] Kinney would have recommended Houston for so responsible a position if Kinney had any doubts regarding Houston's loyalty; stating that Houston was born in Portsmouth, that Kinney had known Houston since childhood and would trust Houston with the keys of his bank safe, such was the reputation Houston bore for honesty, that as for loyalty, Houston's acts should speak for themselves, that Houston had spent more money and time and procured more volunteers than his accuser, that no one who knew Houston could doubt his capability, and that Houston was his brother-in-law; and providing references for Houston. Bears an endorsement signed by thirteen individuals.
3 pp. [Series 147-13: 170]

October 15, 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 recruiting was getting to be harder work than formerly because one was compelled to travel over so large a territory; recommending the appointment of John Doncayson as [Recruiting] Lieutenant for the territory indicated; and stating that the action of [military] committees in the Northwest was very tardy, and that they could not wait for the committees to act.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 113]

October 15, 1861
W.R. Wallace, Alliance, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that as a member of the [military] committee for his district, he was writing to ascertain if it was Buckingham's design to permit recruiting officers from any other section than that in which they resided to enlist men when there was already a recruiting officer who had the approval and consent of Dennison and/or Buckingham and who had been recommended by the local military committee, that a Lieutenant of [John C.] Fremont's Guards was now recruiting locally, and in such instances the State did not receive credit for men who would otherwise enlist in the State regiments, that the Lieutenant of Fremont's Guards was recruiting locally to the disadvantage of Henry Camp who was authorized to raise a company in the area, that a rivalry had in consequence sprung up which was injurious to both parties as well as to the interest of the State, and that he wished to do all in his power to promote the recruiting system.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 157]

October 15, 1861
Aquila Wiley, Camp Wood, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter accepting his appointment as Captain in the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 191]

October 15, 1861
Franklin G. Young, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter forwarding letters from Judge Ambler and the Honorable John Hutchins asking authority to recruit a company for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; and requesting that he be granted the necessary authority if the enclosed recommendations were satisfactory.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 142]

October 16, 1861
George W. Andrews, Chairman of the District [Military] Committee, 4th [Congressional] District, Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, W.B. Wise, recruited some fifty or sixty volunteers and took them to Camp Dennison to join the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that they remained there until the regiment was ordered to Camp Tiffin, Wooster, that after being at the latter place some time without being organized as a company, they began to grow discontented and many returned home, that Wise did the best he could, but only retained some eighteen or twenty men who had been informally sworn into service, that if Wise could keep these men, he did not doubt that Wise would, with the aid of their committees, fill his company in a short time, and that he thought it would be best for the service if Wise controlled these men, some of whom had friends at home who would join a company if they could all be together.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 159]

October 16, 1861
George F. Brown, et. al., County Military Committee, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending that the time granted to Lieutenant Powers for recruiting a company in Trumbull County be extended 10 or 15 days; and stating that Powers was an excellent man for the post, and that the committee was rendering him all the assistance it could.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 174]

October 16, 1861
R[alph] P. Buckland, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of Samuel A.J. Snyder as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Snyder had quite a number of men who had agreed to enlist with him, and that he believed Snyder to be capable of commanding a company.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 100]

October 16, 1861
B. Burns, Chairman, and R.C. Smith, Secretary, [County Military Committee], Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the bearer, Jacob Christophel, was the gentleman who they recommended for a 2nd Lieutenancy in their letter dated October 12, that it was intended for Christophel to recruit a company exclusively of Germans, a group they had been unable heretofore to reach, that Christophel had inquired and satisfied himself that he could raise such a company, that in Christophel's opinion. there existed an urgent necessity for immediate action in obtaining his recruits, and that Christophel and his recruits wished to enter [John] Sherman's Brigade and a delay of a few days might prevent and defeat their wishes.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 90]

October 16, 1861
Joseph Cable, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To General. Letter stating that his anticipations relative to the company at Van Wert were realized in part, that thirty-one men were sworn in and others had given their names to be permanently enrolled, that the prejudices spoken of in his previous letter were a little more formidable and not so easily overcome, that they desired to have blankets, shirts, drawers, socks, and gloves furnished to the company before it left Van Wert, that the County Military Committee was at work and would do much good, that he wished to receive an appointment as 2nd Lieutenant for Van Wert County, that they hoped to have Lieutenant Finfrock's company ready to leave Van Wert by the beginning of the following week, and that if he had a 2nd Lieutenant's commission, he could do more to assist Finfrock than he could without said commission; recommending Sydeham Shaffer for appointment as a 2nd Lieutenant to recruit in Mercer County, a hard spot for recruiting; and stating that Shaffer was a 33 year old lawyer with a fine education, and that the idea, suggested in the October 14 issue of the Cincinnati Daily Gazette, to enroll State militia between the ages of 18 and 45 was a good one and would do much to encourage volunteering.
3 pp. [Series 147-13: 146]

October 16, 1861
John S. Cock, et. al., Canton, Stark County, Ohio To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by members of the Military Committee for the eastern subdivision of Stark County, Ohio; recommending Madison M. Mays as a man of good moral character and a loyal citizen; and requesting that Mays be appointed as a Lieutenant. Bears a note from John Sherman, Colonel Commanding, concurring in the recommendation with the understanding that the recruitment would be for the 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-13: 161]

October 16, 1861
William O. Collins, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had authorized Thomas P. Clarke of Clark County to raise a company of cavalry to be attached to his regiment [6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry]; and requesting that Clarke be given the necessary appointment as a recruiting officer.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 172]

October 16, 1861
Samuel F. Cooke, Secretary, County Military Committee, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the commissions granted to W.H. Buell and Robert Booth had expired, and that the committee recommended an extension of their commissions for twenty days each; requesting that Buell be given Monroe County and Noble County in addition to Washington County, and that Booth be given Athens County and Morgan County in addition to Washington County; and stating that Buell was reported to have brought eight men into camp, that Booth was reported to have brought fourteen men into camp, that all of these men were sworn into service, and that there were good prospects for the future.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 181]

October 16, 1861
Samuel F. Cooke, Secretary, County Military Committee, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the Washington County Military Committee had its meetings daily, that they had appointed three individuals as a committee in each township, and that it was their intention to canvass the entire county thoroughly for recruits and donations; requesting information regarding the price, size, and weight, by pair or singly, for army blankets; stating that some blankets could be secured now and they could get some manufactured in the neighborhood, that Lieutenant Silas Thurlow reported that a soldier from Colonel Bowles' cavalry unit in Virginia was interfering with the recruiting service of Washington County and had succeeded in taking five of Thurlow's men who had signed their names to the certificate for organization of a new company and received subsistence for several days from Thurlow, and that these men had gone into Bowles' cavalry unit in Virginia; and asking if the Recruiting Lieutenant had the power to bring these men back to the Ohio service, and if the person who thus interfered could be arrested.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 182]

October 16, 1861
Julius Dexter, Lieutenant and Recruiting Officer, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Recruiting Office, 128 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had no new enlistments to report, that the one recruit reported on October 14 was discharged on writ of habeas corpus, being only 19 years of age, that he was spending government money to no purpose in Cincinnati, that there was no likelihood of his enlisting 30 men by October 24, and that he wished to go into service and to do so, if possible, in the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and asking that Buckingham take some action on his case.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 156]

October 16, 1861
C. Doncyson, Isaac Knapp, and James Justice, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Samuel A.J. Snyder of Fremont for appointment as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Snyder was a man of good character and capable of commanding a company, and that they thought Snyder could recruit a company.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 98]

[October 16?], 1861
James P. Fyffe, Headquarters, Ohio Militia and Volunteer Militia, Quartermaster General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he understood one T.G. Stone of Georgetown had been making application for permission to raise a company of artillery, that he was well acquainted with Stone, that Stone was not a proper person for such a duty since he knew nothing whatever of artillery or any other service, and that Stone could not recruit men in those areas where he was known.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 201]

October 16, 1861
James M. Gaylord, et. al., County Military Committee, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in view of the true interest of the cause and seeing that Lieutenant Johnson had been industrious in procuring recruits, they thought it advisable to extend his time. Bears the endorsement of John E. Hanna.
1 p. [Series 147-13: 164]