October 21, 1861
Leander Stem, Chairman, and J.J. Steiner, Secretary, Military Committee of Seneca County, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Thomas W. Egbert of Seneca County presented the approval of the commanding officer of the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and it was ordered by the committee that a certificate be issued, that Egbert was a man of good moral character and of such attainments as would fit him for the command of a company in the field, that the committee believed Egbert could recruit a company in Seneca County, and that the committee pledged to aid him in so doing.
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October 21, 1861
George W. Thompson, et. al., Military Committee of Preble County, Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the commissions of Oscar Miner and Andrew L. Harris of Preble County to recruit for the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would expire in a day or two, that Miner and Harris wanted the time extended, that Miner and Harris had 27 men in camp and about 35 men who would go into camp in a few days, that Miner and Harris would undoubtedly make up their company, and that Miner and Harris were getting up a company of good, sober men; and recommending that Miner and Harris be given an extension of 30 days. Bears the endorsement of N[athaniel] C. McLean, Colonel, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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October 21, 1861
G.T. Townsend, Chairman, and George F. Brown, Secretary, Military Committee of Trumbull County, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee resolved to recommend an extension of 15 days for Lieutenant William T. Brown to enlist a company at Warren. Together with a letter from George F. Brown, Secretary, to Buckingham, stating that in requesting the extension of time for Lieutenant Brown, the committee thought it was the best course to save his men to the service, and that the committee had not been able to give attention to the organization of the new companies for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry because the committee desired to fill up first some older companies which had been assigned to regiments subject to marching orders.
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October 21, 1861
O.W. Treman, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wished to raise a company of cavalry; and asking if there was any call for troops of that kind currently, and if he could procure a commission to recruit a company upon producing the necessary recommendation and certificate from the county military committee.
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October 21, 1861
A[lvin] C. Voris, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that after a canvass of his part of the State, he was satisfied that Cleveland would be a good place to rendezvous and recruit a regiment, that the military committees of both divisions of Cuyahoga County were strongly in favor of locating the headquarters of a regiment at Cleveland and agreed to give their united and hearty cooperation to speedily filling up the regiment, that the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was located at Cleveland and was substantially filled, leaving no other regiment near Cleveland to be filled, that unless there were strong reasons why a regiment should not be assigned to Cleveland, he would strongly urge the assignment of the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to that location, and that he had such encouragement there and in surrounding counties that he thought the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry could be speedily filled up in Cleveland with men from Cuyahoga County and neighboring counties; asking if applicants for Recruiting Lieutenants not to exceed ten in the aggregate with proper certificates would be appointed; and stating that the circumlocution attending the action of committees, correspondence with the Adjutant General's Department, and trips to Columbus took up considerable time, and that he wanted one Lieutenant immediately appointed for each of the ten companies.
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October 21, 1861
Wade and Hutchins [John Hutchins], Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Lieutenant J.P. Holt, who was recruiting for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, had just gotten fairly started and would succeed, that Holt had 12 men and thought he would not fail, that if Holt did fail, he could be united with some other man, that Holt wanted his time extended, and that there were so many recruiting that it went slowly for particular regiments.
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October 21, 1861
Jno. J. Williams, Chairman, et. al., [Military Committee for Marion County], Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that under Dennison's late General Order, D.A. Scott and W.W. Smith were appointed Lieutenants to recruit two companies in Marion County for [John] Sherman's Brigade, that as a committee, they felt strongly pledged to cooperate with Scott and Smith until their companies were full, that notwithstanding the "deplorable" condition of their country, enlisting had progressed slowly, that Marion County was thinly settled, that it was the committee's judgment that only two companies could be filled in Marion County within any reasonable length of time, that to undertake more just now would defeat all, that they found themselves greatly embarrassed by the untimely interference of Dr. J.H. Van Dernan of Waldo who had been recommissioned by the [Adjutant General's] Department, that Van Dernan promised to operate mostly in Delaware County, but he still threw obstructions in their way getting up partisan feelings and making partsan representations, that Van Dernan was guilty of "factious" and "inharmonious" conduct, that the committee protested against the reappointment of Van Dernan, that the committee wished to intimate respectfully but firmly that if Van Dernan was allowed to go on and thus seriously embarrass the committee's present and proper work in Marion County, the members of the committee unanimously desired to be relieved from their present duties, that if Van Dernan could not be restrained from any interference with the committee in Marion County until the two companies being raised were full, the members of the committee strongly suggested the propriety of finally revoking Van Dernan's papers at once, that Van Dernan's recruiting in Delaware County still gave him power to annoy the committee by taking away men from Marion County, that Van Dernan's published headquarters were in Marion County, that Van Dernan would still, as he could be proven to have done during the time that his authority was revoked, oppose and interfere with the committee, and that Van Dernan never at any time could have recruited or would recruit in Marion County under the sanction of the committee.
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October 21, 1861
Thomas Worthington, Colonel, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Ohio Militia, Adjutant General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he wished to defer the appointment of the field officers of the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry until it was completely organized, that he wished if possible to obtain competent officers whose selection he was entirely willing to leave to Dennison, and that he was apprehensive of the regiment being left in its present incomplete condition; and requesting that Major [Charles C.] Walcutt be transferred from the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry which he had done nothing to form and whose discipline he had injured and delayed for objects of his own.
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October 21, 1861
Crafts J. Wright, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's General Order 903 came on October 19, that some papers containing statements to the same effect had previously reached the camp and been distributed among the men, that some Missouri men, and particularly his Lieutenant Colonel, had become dissatisfied and took pains to create disaffection with some success, that as he had no news himself and had not heard for several days, he could not act, that Governor [Hamilton Rowan] Gamble of Missouri, through the Lieutenant Colonel, offered to act on [Abraham] Lincoln's letter and commission all who desired to be as from Missouri with their commissions bearing dates as expressed to Buckingham, that Gamble also offered to commission any company officers or any regimental officers though all might not be commissioned by the same authority, that as the companies were in the 13th Missouri Regiment, this appeared to render unnecessary any other action thereby avoiding the difficulty as to Major General [John C.] Fremont's acts, that four companies of Missouri men determined to fill up the 13th Missouri Regiment and remain by their State, and urged the Ohio men to leave if they were going to be an Ohio regiment, that the loss of these four companies and three Ohio companies as a result of dissatisfaction made it impossible to get along, that they were receiving their arms and once armed, they were being ordered away, that he had temporarily to reach some decision, and he concluded to remain with the 13th Missouri Regiment until the entire matter could be arranged by general order and Buckingham could transfer the troops and provide other things, that he (as Colonel), the Major, Adjutant, Quartermaster, Assistant Surgeon, and company officers would take commissions from Ohio designating them as being in an Ohio regiment, although attached to the 13th Missouri Regiment temporarily, that the Lieutenant Colonel, Surgeon, and the Missouri companies took commissions from Missouri to be attached to the 13th Missouri Regiment, that it now appeared Lieutenant Colonel Wolcott of Worthington commanded four companies and a squad or so, that if Wolcott could be sent, he might bring five companies and thus make up the Ohio regiment, that if he received the place of Brigadier General over the Ohio troops at Benton Barracks and in the event Wolcott came, Wolcott would as next in command make a good and safe Colonel, that with Fay as Major and Anderson as Lieutenant Colonel, they would have a good regiment, that he had never experienced more difficulties, that much had arisen from the General Order in September which stopped companies on the way, and that he desired to do all he could for the credit of Ohio and the credit of Buckingham.
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October 22, 1861
James Barnett, Colonel Commanding, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, S[tephen] W. Dorsey, a member of Captain [Warren P.] Edgarton's company, wanted recruiting papers as 2nd Lieutenant for Captain [William L.] De Beck's company, and that he deemed Dorsey to be a competent man for the position and had no doubt of his success in obtaining the recruits desired.
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October 22, 1861
John Q. Black, Recruiting Officer, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had turned over the men he enlisted to the [military] committee; returning his commission; and requesting that it be cancelled.
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[October 22?, 1861]
R. Black, A. Cushing, James Harper, and A.T. Holcomb, Military Committee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the appointment of Henry F. Woods to the post of Lieutenant in the recruiting service; and stating that Woods was currently enrolled in the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that if Woods was given authority, he could procure a number of active young men for the service who would not enlist with any other person, and that if Woods received said appointment, they wanted him assigned to the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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October 22, 1861
S[amuel] S[ullivan] Cox, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his friend, Judge Burke of Massillon, who entered the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a Private and was elected Lieutenant, was a man of irreproachable integrity and business capacity, and that if Buckingham examined Burke's papers for Quartermaster, he would at once appoint Burke or aid him to an appointment.
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October 22, 1861
A. Cushing, et. al., Military Committee, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending John Leaper, Jr. of Gallipolis as a suitable person to receive an appointment as Lieutenant for the recruiting service; and stating that they thought Leaper could succeed in raising a large number, probably an entire company, of cavalry.
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October 22, 1861
Loomis De Beck, Captain, Company K, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he could most cheerfully recommend the bearer, Lieutenant S[tephen] W. Dorsey, for the position of 2nd Lieutenant in his battery, that Dorsey was a skillful artillerist and thoroughly understood the managing of a battery having had great practice in the artillery, that Dorsey had been recommended to him by Colonel James Barnett and Captain [Warren P.] Edgarton, and that a good artillerist was of great importance to the service.
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October 22, 1861
C[olumbus] Delano, et. al., Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the bearer, Josiah M. Cochran of Mount Vernon, who desired to engage in the military service of his country; and stating that they were well acquainted with Cochran and knew him to be a man of excellent abilities and of an irreproachable character, that Cochran had been serving as Deputy Sheriff for the last year and had given evidence of unusual executive ability, that they believed Cochran would make one of the best Adjutants or Majors among those selected for such positions who had not received a military education, and that since it seemed unavoidable that a large proportion of such offices must be filled by those who had not enjoyed a military education, they thought Cochran a very suitable person to select from that class.
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October 22, 1861
W.M. Dickson, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Lieutenant Latta had received a conditional appointment as 2nd Lieutenant, that Latta had not been able to raise 30 men and this was without any fault of his, that a variety of circumstances operated against Latta, but the main thing was that he was unable to give a bonus, that recruiters across the river were offering a bonus of $23.00 and this was interfering with Latta, that he desired the continuation of Latta's appointment, that Latta would make a good officer and was very enthusiastic in the cause, that at the very beginning of the struggle, Latta returned to his native place from a neighboring State for the single purpose of enlisting as a Private in the Guthrie Gray Regiment, that Latta was rejected because of the loss of a forefinger, although this did not in the least impair his capacity for service, that Latta then joined a Home Guard company and had given himself to drill in order to qualify as an officer, and had made progress in learning the military art, and that Latta was poor, but anxious to enter the service.
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October 22, 1861
J[ames] H. Dye, Lieutenant [Colonel], 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and John H. Young, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that they had recommended Captain Eugene Powell of Delaware, Ohio for appointment as Major of the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Captain Colin McDonald, the bearer, was also seeking the appointment, that McDonald's appointment would be a proper one, that McDonald's large personal acquaintance throughout the Congressional District would render him of valuable service in filling up the regiment, and that while they did not want to interfere with Powell's application or to recall anything they had said in his behalf, they desired to say that McDonald's appointment would be entirely acceptable.
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October 22, 1861
A. Garver, Postmaster, Navarre, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that some four or five weeks ago, Captain [Charles F.] Manderson of the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, now in camp at Alliance, Ohio, came to Navarre and engaged W[illiam] S.S. Erb, a Captain of a Home Guard company, to enlist with him and raise volunteers for his company, promising that if Erb did so he would have a fair chance for the Lieutenantship and undoubtedly get the position since there was no known opponent, that Erb then enlisted between twenty-five and thirty of Navarre's best young men for Manderson's company, that all of these men had enlisted under the impression that Erb would be their Lieutenant, that when the time came for electing officers, Manderson requested Erb not to be a candidate for the office at that time, but to use his influence for Judge Burke that Burke might be elected Lieutenant in order to get the Quartermastership, promising Erb that he would be Burke's successor, that instead of giving the office to Erb or giving the company their choice, Manderson brought in a young friend who was not yet a member of the company and insisted that he should be Lieutenant, that he believed, according to Buckingham's regulations, that a man raising thirty men and bringing satisfactory recommendations could be commissioned Lieutenant of a company, and that Erb had raised the men and could send the recommendations at any time; asking if Erb could get the appointment of 1st Lieutenant in the company, or if the position could be filled by promotion which would make Erb a 2nd Lieutenant since he was now Orderly Sergeant; and stating that if Buckingham gave the matter his consideration, he would oblige the citizens of Navarre as they now had men enough in the field to form a full company and yet had no commissioned officer.
2 pp. [Series 147-14: 88]
October 22, 1861
T.J. Godfrey, et. al., Military Committee for Mercer County, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that they cheerfully recommended the appointment of A.A. Knapp as 2nd Lieutenant with authority to recruit a company in Mercer County, that they certified Knapp was a man of good moral character and of such attainments as would fit him for the command of a company in the field, that they believed Knapp could recruit a company in Mercer County, and that they pledged to aid Knapp in so doing. Bears the endorsement of James H. Hart, et. al.
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October 22, 1861
George W. Gregg, President, County Military Committee, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that all members of their county military committee were at work and, from present indications, Buckingham could expect good things of Pickaway County, that they were well organized in each township and school district and from all reports, the people were fully awake to the importance of furnishing without delay all necessary articles, that the female portion of their Union School were engaged in knitting socks, that they had received several hundred pair of socks from town and country, that they were having over 100 shirts made, that they had received about 100 pair of drawers, that they had also received a large supply of blankets, and that they had only begun to gather articles; suggesting that Buckingham endorse the honesty and capacity of Quartermaster Wright; and stating that some of their people feared the goods donated might not reach the soldiers they were intended for, that the people were suggesting sending agents with the goods to Columbus and, if agreeable, sending them with the goods to their destination in Virginia or elsewhere, and that the complaints came generally from the country and from parties who were not very warm supporters of the present administration.
2 pp. [Series 147-14: 90]
October 22, 1861
L[eonard] A. Harris, Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp "Garret Davis" near McCormick's Pass. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that field officers of other regiments, whose commands were not as far advanced as his in point of numbers, had already received their commissions while the officers of his regiment were still without theirs, and that he presumed this was an oversight and not an intentional neglect; and requesting that the commissions be issued as soon as possible.
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October 22, 1861
W.F. Hunter, Chairman, and Jno. M. Kirkbride, Secretary, Monroe County Military Committee, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. Copy of an entry from the Military Journal of the Monroe County Military Committee. Entry states that it was resolved that the committee recommend to the Colonel of the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the appointment of W. Forrest Hunter as Adjutant of said regiment, that Hunter had labored faithfully for the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was fully competent to discharge the duties of said office, that the committee recommended Alston C. Archbold of Company B, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the Governor of Ohio for a Lieutenancy in Company C of said regiment, and that the committee recommended James Mitchell of Monroe County to the Governor of Ohio for appointment as Colonel of a regiment in the 17th Congressional District provided any such regiment was ordered to be formed in said district.
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[October 22?, 1861]
W.F. Hunter, Chairman, and Jno. M. Kirkbride, Secretary, [Monroe County Military Committee]. To ? Letter stating that the applications of Henry Lingo of Stafford, Franklin Township, and Peter Diehl of Woodsfield, Center Township for commissions as Lieutenants were taken up, that they considered Lingo and Diehl to be men of good moral character and of such attainments as would fit them for the command of a company in the field, that they believed Lingo and Diehl could recruit companies and pledged to aid them in doing so, and that the committee recommended that authority be given by the Governor to authorize a new regiment for the 17th Congressional District.
1 p. [Series 147-14: 127]
October 22, 1861
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the military committee had recommended one more recruiting officer for Muskingum County than should be commissioned for the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry if but ten commissions were to be issued for the regiment, that their military committee did not understand until October 21 that they were not to nominate recruiting officers, but were simply to act upon the nomination of persons authorized to organize regiments, that as a consequence, he had selected from the committee's recommendations and had not been permitted to nominate, that he might, and probably should, have made different selections in some cases, although all who had been recommended were good men, and that it was only a misunderstanding of the committee for they were good men and would do all in their power to aid recruiting according to directions from headquarters.
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October 22, 1861
D.W.C. Loudon, and Chambers Baird, District [Military] Committee, and John W. Henry, John T. Cox, and Orange Edwards, County Military Committee. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Algernon S. Leggett as a suitable person to be commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant to raise a company of volunteers; and stating that Leggett had experience in the army in western Virginia, and that they believed Leggett to be well qualified to raise a company.
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October 22, 1861
R[ichard] W. McClain, Lieutenant Colonel, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Meigs, Canal Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that Buckingham attend promptly to the appointments of Lieutenant Charles Mueller to the Captaincy of Company K, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and William S. Hodge as 1st Lieutenant and B[enjamin] F. Croxton as 2nd Lieutenant of said company, so that they might be mustered into the service immediately. Bears a note from McClain stating that they were awaiting the arrival of Captain [Henry] Belknap, Mustering Officer, to finish up the regiment, and that the regiment was full.
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