October 25, 1861
W.W. Stevenson, 1st Lieutenant and Recruiting Officer, 18th Regiment, U.S. Infantry, Recruiting Station No. 19, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To 1st Lieutenant Charles L. Kneass, Regimental Adjutant, 18th Regiment, U.S. Army, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Letter enclosing a copy of the re-enlistment of William Maloy, dated October 18; and stating that the case of 2nd Lieutenant Phillip A. Craw should be reported to the Adjutant General of Ohio as the course Craw had pursued in Licking County injured recruiting for both regular and volunteer service, that prominent local citizens said Craw's appointment was an "outrage", that Craw openly defied his authority and obtained the assistance of the civil authorities to carry off William Maloy, and that this happened when he was out of town on recruiting service after Craw agreed to abide by the decision of Colonel [Henry B.] Carrington, to whom the matter was referred.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 48]
October 25, 1861
William H. Trimble, Camp Mitchel, near Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Governor [William] Dennison required him to stop his recruiting in counties other than Highland County, Clinton County, and Fayette County, that he had made the attempt to start recruiting in Clinton County, but failed, that the recruiting officers from Camp Dennison had taken possession of Clinton County and the northern and western portions of Highland County, that the recruiting officers for Orlando Smith's regiment were ranging over the eastern and southeastern portions of Highland County, with their headquarters being at Greenfield, that one gentleman in Fayette County was disposed to raise a company for his regiment and would probably be in Columbus the first of next week to get authority, that he was thoroughly convinced that the gentlemen who had complained to the Governor were misjudging entirely the cause of the slow process of recruiting, that those anxious to go into service had so generally volunteered that it required electioneering now to get men, that the number of new regiments forming and the great number of recruiting officers in the field caused a strife and struggle for men, that the meritorious or the bold and persevering were successful and others failed, that this did not apply to his men, who failed because every man's hand was against them, that he felt he was taking daily and hard lessons in a "disagreeable warfare", that his feelings and reputation were both at issue in his success, that he had suggested to the Governor since his recruiting officers were to be stopped in certain counties in order to please other gentlemen and facilitate their operations, that the "swarm" of recruiting officers in Highland County, Clinton County, and Fayette County ought to be required to recruit elsewhere until his regiment was filled, that he would come to Columbus, but he had to stay at home and work, making a speech every day, and that he was told he had the finest looking and most intelligent set of men seen anywhere in service.
4 pp. [Series 147-15: 61]
October 25, 1861
William H. Trimble, Colonel, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), Camp Mitchel, near Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the gentlemen complaining to Dennison were under a misapprehension as to the cause of their failure in recruiting, that he had not as yet received a single recruit from any recruiting officer in any other county than his own, that gentlemen of high character and influence, who preferred recruiting for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), and who promised him 150 men in 10 days, had been overwhelmingly defeated by "denunciations" and "misrepresentations" of the three year recruiting officers, that such had been the case in Butler County and Adams County, that he had not learned from gentlemen recruiting in other counties that they had mustered in a single man, that officers recruiting in Highland County for other regiments, who had received their appointments since he received his, and numerous others from Camp Dennison and Chillicothe were waging "unmitigated war" upon him, that he had been on the stump all week to correct misrepresentations and arouse the people, and expected to continue the same laborious work, that the recruiters in question were guilty of the unfairness of following him to his meetings to reap the fruit of his labor, that in all fairness, he thought if his recruiting officers were to be driven from the counties to which they had been assigned, the "swarm" of recruiting officers infesting Highland County, Clinton County, and Fayette County should be required to recruit elsewhere until his regiment was filled, that the natural drainage of Clinton County and Fayette County was to Camp Dennison and Chillicothe, and Clinton County was pretty well drained already, that if he could have made the attempt to form his regiment beginning on September 1, as he had planned to do, he would have been out of the way of the numerous regiments now forming, that since September 1, four companies had been made up mostly of men from Highland County for other regiments, that he would order his recruiting officers in other counties to bring to Camp Mitchel any men recruited for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) and discontinue their recruiting, that this would deprive him of six recruiting officers and entitle him, he supposed, to some additional ones for Highland County, Clinton County, and Fayette County, that he expected to have a class of men and officers such as had rarely entered into the formation of any regiment, that he would have men whose intelligence appreciated the cause in which they were willing to peril their lives, that Dennison indicated that he did not even consider the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) to be in the public service, that he anticipated they would do their share of service in a worthy manner, that if the rebellion was not crushed in a year, 9/10ths of his men would prefer continuing until it was, and that when his regiment was ready for marching orders, he hoped to be assigned to General McCook's command.
4 pp. [Series 147-15: 105]
October 25, 1861
N. Tucker, Captain, Company I, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lima, Allen County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he succeeded in getting 900 overcoats, 900 pairs of pants, 900 jackets, and 88 tents for the 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that it was a hard job to get these articles, that he wished to recruit about 20 men for his company, that he wanted the power to subsist and board these men at $2.50 per week as received so that he could drill them and have them prepared for duty when they joined the regiment, and that it would pay for the expense to have these men drilled from the beginning.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 29]
October 25, 1861
E[rastus] B. Tyler, Colonel, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al., Charleston, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting that Joshua G. Willis be commissioned a 1st Lieutenant so that he might be appointed Quartermaster of the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Lieutenant John Morris had tendered his resignation. Bears a note dated October 26, 1861, from W[illiam] S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General Commanding, Headquarters, Department of Western Virginia, Tompkins, requesting that Willis be commissioned as requested by Tyler.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 184]
October 25, 1861
A.P. Wilson, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter presenting an application accompanied by a certificate to organize a company of sappers and miners to be assigned to the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or Colonel [John] Sherman's Brigade; and stating that he would prefer Sherman's Brigade.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 100]
October 25, 1861
Crafts J. Wright, Benton Barracks, [St. Louis, Missouri]. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was asked by the Governor whether he had a Surgeon in case they became the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he did not have a Surgeon unless Mrs. Wright had someone whom she with some of the officers had selected, that of course he wanted an experienced Surgeon, that they were under urgent marching orders, that preparatory to going, they would have to organize the regiment, that he was "much embarrassed" for want of information of Buckingham's wishes, that four companies and a squad of 50 men would probably complete the organization, and that they had need of Austrian muskets rifled by Greenwood.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 96]
October 26, 1861
A[lexander] S. Ballard, Major Commanding, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of H.M. Stephenson and William Reed of Clinton County as Lieutenants for the purpose of recruiting for the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 75]
October 26, 1861
J.H. Barnhill, et. al., Camp Meigs, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending various promotions and appointments in the 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Together with endorsements of Stanley Matthews, Colonel, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the Tuscarawas County Military Committee, and A.T. Ready.
3 pp. [Series 147-15: 83]
October 26, [1861]
Morris Barr, Camp Corwin, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was now offered the position of 1st Lieutenant in the same company as the one appointed who had his leg broken; and requesting that he be transferred to the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 33]
October 26, 1861
Lieutenant A. Bingham, Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that a Captain's commission be forwarded if he was entitled to it; and providing the results of a company election.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 138]
October 26, 1861
A.P. Blocksom, Secretary, and A.C. Ross, President, Military Committee [of Muskingum County], Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter certifying that the Military Committee of Muskingum County had investigated the qualifications of Greenberry Wiles in view of his qualifications for the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that the committee unanimously recommended Wiles as competent, of good moral character, and likely to raise a company for military service. Bears a note from M[ortimer] D. Leggett to Governor William Dennison, stating that he desired the appointment of Wiles as recruiting officer for the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 49]
October 26, 1861
Benjamin D. Chesney, Auditor, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that township officers in Lake County had returned a list of persons subject to military duty, and that the law made it his duty to furnish a copy of such enrollment to the Adjutant General's office on or before the first day of November; and requesting blank forms for the returns.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 105]
October 26, 1861
B.S. Cowen, St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that when W.S. Kennon of St. Clairsville made known his willingness to go into the army, he thought that Kennon could procure more volunteers than any other man they could get to engage in the business, that they had just come out of an exciting election contest in which Kennon, as a Union candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives, had been supported by his friends with marked enthusiasm and elected by a small majority, that Kennon was zealously opposed by Democrats as they called themselves, that he did not suppose Kennon's opponents had the bitterness towards him which had been manifested by their efforts to prevent his raising a company, that Kennon was of the opinion that he could not succeed, that Kennon had an understanding with Mr. Glover, a young resident of Belmont County, who was an applicant for a 2nd Lieutenancy, that Glover was a worthy young man who would be able to raise a good many volunteers and probably a company, that he was very anxious to have Belmont furnish her proportion of men and wanted a chance afforded to Glover to aid in securing that result, that over 700 men had gone from Belmont County including some who had gone with companies raised principally in Monroe County and Guernsey County, and over 100 men who went into Virginia regiments, that Kennon was a Democrat, and those who voted the party ticket locally manifested a personal bitterness towards him greater than they did towards Republicans, and that this was the main thing which prevented Kennon's success.
3 pp. [Series 147-15: 133]
October 26, 1861
W. Craig, Colonel, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter regarding Lieutenant Silas Thurlow and the twenty men he recruited for the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that in spite of all his efforts and those of Colonel [Jesse] Hildebrand, there was a feeling of opposition springing up between the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry which, if it did not prove fatal, surely would injure both, that his recruiting officers had been warned against any course which would tend to produce any ill feeling, that he had heard no complaints against his recruiting officers, but he was "abused" and "villified" in stump speeches constantly by the other party and its friends, that he was not yet relieved at Camp Putnam as Quartermaster, and in that capacity he was able to do a great deal for his regiment, that he was making every arrangement for the comfort of the men while in camp and for the efficiency of the regiment when it took the field, that this seemed to have engendered a spirit of jealousy, and vent was given to it in abusing him for "partiality" and "rascality", that he would answer none of these charges nor would he allow his officers to reply to them, that in leaving his position in the army to accept the command of a regiment, he never dreamed of having to enter the field as a "political trickster" nor would he if the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was never filled, that he did not believe under the circumstances that the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry could be filled and organized locally at the same time, and that he felt partial only to the good of the general service, and rather than be the cause of its embarrassment and at the same time have his name used as it had been, he would cheerfully fall back in his original position and leave "unprincipled" politicians to organize regiments.
4 pp. [Series 147-15: 115]
October 26, 1861
Peter Gebhart, Chairman, E.G. Dudley, Secretary, Military Committee of Noble County, Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that they had scheduled meetings in all the townships in Noble County for the purpose of receiving supplies and recruits, that they had also appointed sub-committees in the townships, that they had not received any supplies, but thought Noble County would do her fair proportion, that recruiting was going slowly in Noble County for several reasons, that one reason was the proclamation of the Governor of Ohio calling for contributions for the soldiers, that they had about two companies from Noble County in the 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that these Noble County soldiers were, according to their letters, in a "suffering" condition, and that this was generally known in Noble County and prevented many from volunteering who otherwise would volunteer; and asking if they were authorized to purchase socks and drawers or if they must be donated.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 125]
October 26, 1861
C.C. Gilbert, Captain, U.S. Army, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter making application for 1st Lieutenant John E. Jewett, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Adjutant of the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry currently being formed; and stating that Jewett was at present suffering from a wound in the foot which would not seriously interfere with the performance of his duties in the capacity named, that Jewett had been under fire and had good military spirit, and that these were important points under present circumstances.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 114]
October 26, 1861
Charles B. Goddard, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since writing Buckingham in reference to the appointment of Forrest Hunter to the Adjutancy of the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he had conversed with Lieutenant Colonel [Francis B.] Pond who spoke in high terms of Hunter's character and qualifications.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 60]
[October? 26?, 1861]
William Goodsell, Lieutenant, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wished to be transferred to the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that the bearer would hand Buckingham the consent of Colonel [James A.] Garfield.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 45]
October 26, 1861
George W. Gregg, Chairman, County Military Committee, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that by letter received from Captain Nelson L. Lutz, Company A, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, they learned that Lutz's men were without overcoats, tents, and sufficient clothing, that since Company A was recruited in Circleville, they naturally felt an interest in the company, and that Company A ("Buckingham Rifles") was named in honor of Buckingham; and asking if Buckingham could do anything for Company A.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 60]
October 26, 1861
A[lexander] L. Haskin, Major, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter certifying that Lieutenant J.W. Fouts brought the first company into Camp Putnam for the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, having reported 60 men on October 9 and 83 men on October 15.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 75]
October 26, 1861
D.A. Haynes, Chairman, and E.S. Young, Secretary, [County Military Committee], Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Mr. Barnett handed them a note from Buckingham in reference to a battery of artillery to be formed, that it was agreed that Louis Markgraf should be Captain and Charles H. Schmidt should be 1st Lieutenant and that when the company was finally organized, the other Lieutenants should be Joseph Barnett, Emil Schmidt, and George Lehman, that C.H. Schmidt and Markgraf insisted upon being at once commissioned as they were offered commissions in Kentucky, and that they would be greatly disappointed if the recommended officers failed to raise a complete and fine company.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 77]
October 26, 1861
W[illiam] B. Hazen, Colonel, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that William Goodsell of Windham, Portage County, recruiting for the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, be transferred with the men enrolled by him to the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he made this request at the urging of Goodsell and many of his men, and with a full understanding on the part of Colonel [James A.] Garfield.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 45]
October 26, 1861
P. Hitchcock, Burton, Geauga County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that in asking for the appointment of an additional 2nd Lieutenant for the purpose of recruiting in Geauga County, they did not think it to be any great extravagance, that it occurred to him that if, as Mason said, "Geauga County ought to furnish more than one company more", they certainly should be entitled to a recruiting officer to raise them without the very first application being rejected, that according to Mason, counties in southern Ohio were far ahead of Geauga County, that no doubt some counties had done better than Geauga County, that whether these counties were from the southern part of the State alone was uncertain, that if all counties had done as well as Geauga County, the estimated quota from Ohio would be more than full, that Geauga County's population was 16,100, and its quota was 402, that Geauga County had already sent about 450 men into the field and intended to send more, that notwithstanding the fact that Geauga County had furnished its full quota of men for the ranks, among the nearly 250 field officers provided for in the State, not one had been selected from Geauga County, that having spent almost his entire time for some three months in the recruiting business, without any other compensation than a knowledge of doing his duty, and being willing still longer to work in the same way while paying his own expenses, he confessed that it was not particularly gratifying to have the locality in which he resided taunted as in Mason's letter by those working for pay, and that he had been in the habit of holding responsible those who had taken up arms in rebellion, and regarded those who would attempt to fix the responsibility elsewhere as possessed of a disposition to furnish aid and comfort to the enemy when opportunity offered.
3 pp. [Series 147-15: 231]
October 26, 1861
Henry B. Hunter, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Lieutenant Colonel in the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 94]
October 26, 1861
A.M. Jackson, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted to raise a regiment of infantry if he could get authority, and that he desired an answer at Buckingham's earliest convenience as there were several companies in Crawford County and adjoining counties waiting to learn what he was going to do.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 97]
October 26, 1861
Isaac E. Knisely. To Governor William Dennison. Letter applying for a commission as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit a company for the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears endorsements of C.H. Mitchener and John English who were authorized to organize the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the Tuscarawas County Military Committee.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 73]
[October] 26, 1861
W[illiam] R. Lloyd, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in a few days, they hoped to have their camp permanently located, laid off, and organized, and that then they would only need blankets to enable them to order all recruiting officers to report with their commands.
1 p. [Series 147-15: 101]
October 26, 1861
H.C. Long, M.D., Bryan, Williams County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that if Lieutenant J.A. Long had not been transferred from the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Buckingham let the matter rest for the present; and stating that influences had been brought to bear to get Long's consent for a transfer by persons who were seeking positions in their regiment, that his brother (J.A. Long) was young and now thought it better to defer the transfer, and that Long, together with E.J. Evans, would have a full company in a few days.
2 pp. [Series 147-15: 78]