November 3, 1861
Carl A.G. Adae, Ordnance Sergeant, Company K, [4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry], Camp Gauley, Virginia. To ? Letter stating that at an election held on October 29 for officers of Company K, Franz Zimmermann was elected Captain, August Becherer was elected 1st Lieutenant, and Andreas Kessling was elected 2nd Lieutenant.
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November 3, 1861
Lewis D. Campbell, Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Hamilton. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on October 30, he sent applications of certain officers and detachments for transfers from the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had telegraphed Buckingham that Major [Charles L.] Gano also desired to be transferred, that he had heard nothing from Buckingham on the subject and as the officers and men had been in his camp and under his command since October 29, he needed to know what further proceedings were necessary in the premises, that he was enclosing Major Gano's application for transfer, and that Gano's services would be entirely acceptable to the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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November 3, 1861
Charles L. Gano, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that upon the return of Messrs. Beckett and McFarland from Columbus, they intimated that those persons who wanted to be transferred from the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry into some other regiment would receive Buckingham's sanction in the transfer, that upon receiving this information, three companies consisting of some 200 men passed over into the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that at the same time, Colonel [Lewis D.] Campbell telegraphed to Columbus the facts together with Gano's name asking a legal transfer, that since then, he had received no answer or information leading him to believe that he had been transferred to Major of the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that it was his desire to be transferred; and requesting to be informed as soon as possible.
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November 3, 1861
S. Irion, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had worked very hard and as yet had no men to report, but they hoped that the fruits of their labors would be gathered in due season; and requesting that Edward Dines be authorized to assist him in recruiting.
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November 3, 1861
L[ouis] V[on] Blessingh, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Honorable Sir. Letter stating that he had selected George W. Temme as recruiting officer for the tenth company of the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that Temme be immediately mustered in.
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November 4, 1861
James Barnett, Colonel Commanding, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the appointment of Alexander Marshall of Cleveland as a 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery in Cuyahoga County; and stating that Marshall was worthy of the position, and that Marshall was with him in western Virginia and proved to be in every way a soldier.
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November 4, 1861
Otto Burstenbinder, Colonel, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Oliver, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that Augustus Porter be given authority to recruit for the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as assistant to a Lieutenant, and that Joseph Seiter be given authority to recruit for the same regiment as assistant to Lieutenant John Faskins; and stating that the Chairman of the county [military] committee was absent and he was making the requests directly.
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November 4, 1861
J[oseph] Cable, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that they had Lieutenant Finefrock's company nearly full, but it had given the military committees much labor to overide pre-existing prejudices, that therefore, he beseeched the Adjutant General to make no more appointments for Van Wert County without a word from the military committees, that Lieutenant Barr of Delphos was laboring with much zeal and energy and had been sending off squads into the service frequently, that they had been "pestered" by many persons recruiting locally from parts unknown, that the hue and cry against General [John C.] Fremont had been seriously affecting the recruiting service in that section of the country, that Fremont stood head and shoulders above [Simon] Cameron and his "contemptable" [Lorenzo] Thomas in the estimation of the people locally, that the country had received a dangerous stab by Cameron and Thomas in the flimsy pretext of a visit to St. Louis, that the local ladies had organized themselves into an aid society for the soldiers and would do good service, and that he had spent much time and money as a member of the District [Military] Committee; and asking if the Adjutant General could furnish him with a pass on the railroad.
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November 4, 1861
Joseph Cable, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had spoken so much in favor of volunteering to others that he had become extremely anxious to be in the service himself, that he thought he could fill the position of Transportation Agent or recruiting Lieutenant with credit to himself and advantageously to his country, and that he could obtain the necessary recommendation.
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November 4, 1861
James Cantwell, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending L.B. Lippitt as a suitable person to raise a company in Knox County for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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November 4, 1861
James Cantwell, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending States G. Williams as a suitable person for a Lieutenancy in the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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November 4, 1861
Reuben Carroll, and F.S. Whitslar, [Military Committee], Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, J.C. Ritchart, wanted a Lieutenant's commission for the purpose of recruiting a company; recommending Ritchart; and stating that they believed Ritchart would succeed, was competent, and would make a good officer.
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November 4, 1861
A.L. Cass, Chairman, Military Committee of Coshocton County, Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of Milton B. Culter as recruiting officer for Lieutenant William Marshall's company from Coshocton County.
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November 4, 1861
William O. Collins, Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had located Camp Crittenden upon the Highland County Fair Grounds and would probably collect the companies from Ross County, Highland County, Brown County, and Clermont County, constituting the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, at Camp Crittenden the following week and commence instruction, that the grounds and buildings were well suited for winter quarters and the camp was a central point for the counties from which the companies were recruiting, so that they could complete their numbers from home, that a Quartermaster being needed for the battalion, he had that day appointed William H. Woodrow of Hillsborough to serve until the battalion was complete, with the understanding that Woodrow was then to be confirmed or superseded as may be proper, that he supposed his nomination of Woodrow would be confirmed by an appointment, that the 1st Battalion was going to Camp Dennison and one company was already there, that this was with the assent of General [Ormsby M.] Mitchel, and that the companies forming the 1st Battalion were from up the Miami and could complete their recruiting better from Camp Dennison than Camp Crittenden.
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November 4, 1861
E[phraim] C. Dawes, Adjutant, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Diamond, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that recruiting Lieutenant R.E. Phillips' time had expired, that Phillips had enlisted 15 men and these men were, at their unanimous request, transferred to Lieutenant E.H. Ball by Colonel [Jesse] Appler, bringing Ball's number up to over sixty, that it was the expressed wish of Lieutenant Ball's men that Samuel W. Baird should be Captain, E.H. Ball should be 1st Lieutenant, and R.E. Phillips should be 2nd Lieutenant, and that to make this arrangement and fill the company in as short a time as possible, it was requested that Samuel W. Baird and R.E. Phillips be appointed to assist Lieutenant Ball in recruiting. Written by order of J[esse] J. Appler, Colonel Commanding, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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November 4, 1861
A.K. Dunn, Chairman, and W. Smith Irwin, Secretary, [Military Committee of Morrow County], Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio. To ? Letter recommending the appointment of S.G. Byrd to recruit for the 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Sherman's Brigade) in place of the order to J.A. Beebe which had been cancelled; and stating that Byrd had been recruiting under an order from J[ohn] Sherman for the artillery service and had fourteen men sworn in, that if an order was issued to Byrd for the infantry service, those of the fourteen who desired it would be transferred from the artillery to the infantry service and those who preferred the artillery would be forwarded to Camp Buckingham in Mansfield, and that the committee felt satisfied that Byrd could recruit at least 30 men and that he was a proper person to receive an order.
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November 4, 1861
A[ddison] H. Edgar, 2nd Sergeant, Company G, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Keys, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the position of 2nd Lieutenant of Company G was now vacant and that the position of 1st Lieutenant would be vacant as their Captain was now commissioned as a Major, that their 1st Lieutenant would of course be commissioned as Captain, that their present Orderly would of course expect to be commissioned as 1st Lieutenant, and that if the vacancies were filled by promotion, he would ask to be commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant; and providing references.
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November 4, 1861
John Hutchins, Washington, [D.C.]. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he and [Benjamin F.] Wade had visited Washington with a view of making some arrangements in relation to arming, etc., of their regiments, that they had become acquainted with Captain Lemuel Z. Lyon, a cousin of the lamented General [Nathaniel] Lyon killed in Missouri, that Lemuel Z. Lyon had been in active service in the volunteer forces from Maryland in Virginia for six months, that Lyon had been an instructor in cavalry for 12 years in New York and was regarded as an excellent cavalry officer, that Lyon had resigned and gotten his discharge with a view to taking charge of a cavalry regiment in Maryland, that Lyon was a native of the State of New York, that Lyon was willing to accept the appointment of Major in the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, but did not wish to be Colonel, that Lyon had with him a man by the name of Henry Haugh who had been 15 years in the regular cavalry service and two years a drill Sergeant at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, that Haugh would accept the position of Lieutenant, that they wanted Lyon appointed Major and Haugh appointed Lieutenant of the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that they wanted Lyon and Haugh to proceed immediately to Cleveland to drill the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry until their arms arrived and then be in active service with the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that the Secretary of War would not consent to give Owens leave of absence and they had been unable yet to find a man they could recommend for Colonel, and that Lemuel Z. Lyon had the best references and preferred free state men to fight. Bears the endorsement of B[enjamin] F. Wade.
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November 4, 1861
A.E. Jones, Aid de Camp, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a proposition had been submitted to Brigadier General [Ormsby M.] Mitchel by some of the Militia of the Reserve to enter the service, that they proposed to enlist as volunteers in the U.S. service for the term of three years or during the war to be detailed to perform the special duty required in Cincinnati and vicinity for the present or so long as such service might be absolutely necessary, but to be ready and willing to go wherever the good of the country might require, that they would have their headquarters at Cincinnati to which they were to return whenever the duty for which they might at any time be detailed shall have been performed, that they were to be subsisted, clothed, and paid as other U.S. volunteers, that Mitchel said there was a necessity for several hundred troops to guard the forts, fortifications, railroads, etc., that by the proposed means, taking detachments from regiments now organized might be prevented, that Mitchel would accept the men in question, and that it would not interfere with recruiting for regiments in camp for the reason that these men would not go into camp, but desired to be placed on duty at once; and asking if Buckingham approved of the arrangement.
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November 4, 1861
T.K. Keckeler, Lieutenant Recruiting, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To J[ohn] W. Caldwell. Letter stating that Harry S. Holmes was associated with him as a recruiting officer under his commission; and requesting that Caldwell give Holmes such papers as might be necessary. Bears a note dated November 5, 1861, signed by John W. Caldwell, Chairman, and Joseph F. Wright, Secretary, 6th Subdistrict Military Committee, recommending Harry S. Holmes for appointment as assistant to T.K. Kekeler, Lieutenant recruiting for the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Also bears a note from T.K. Keckeler, Lieutenant, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham, requesting that the necessary papers be forwarded for Harry S. Holmes as an assistant recruiting officer.
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[November 4?, 1861]
J[ohn] M[ills] Kendrick, Adjutant, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wadsworth, Hazle Green, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter
regarding the resignation of Captain [William H.] Douglas, Company C, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and an election to fill the vacancy.
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November 4, 1861
J.W. Kilbreth, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if Buckingham had a record of a commissioned officer named Joseph A. Culbertson as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that he had knowledge to the effect that Culbertson had offered himself to the local mustering officer for the purpose of being sworn in, but for some reason was refused, and that doubtless Buckingham had many "troublesome" correspondents, but he would take it as a favor if Buckingham would give him some information concerning the matter; and asking whether an officer's pay began from the date of acceptance, commission, or swearing in.
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November 4, 1861
W[illiam] R. Lloyd, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Hutchins, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter recommending the bearer, James C. Richart, for the place of Lieutenant to recruit for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry at Youngstown, Mahoning County in place of D. Anderson whose resignation was enclosed.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 91]
November 4, 1861
William T. McClintock, Chairman, and James Rowe, Secretary, [Ross County Military Committee], Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To ? Letter recommending the appointment of William H. Skerritt, Jr. as assistant to Lieutenant Theo. M. Thompson who held a commission to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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November 4, 1861
James R. Morris, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that by the resignation of William P. Richner as 1st Lieutenant of Company C, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a vacancy occurred in that company, that application was continually being made to him for letters to Dennison asking the promotion of young men from Companies B and C, that it would afford him much gratification to have a nephew, Corporal James A. Driggs of Company B, promoted if consistent with the public service, that Driggs was a worthy and estimable young man, about 22 years of age, that according to his Captain, Driggs was one of the most reliable men in the company, and that he could also recommend Sergeant James Carrothers of the same company as being a worthy young man and one who would do credit to the service as a Lieutenant.
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November 4, 1861
John W. Okey, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter introducing George W. Murphy who desired the post of Lieutenant; and stating that Murphy had the recommendation of the Monroe County Military Committee, that Murphy had the promise of several persons who would join his company if he received an appointment, and that Murphy had the energy to raise a company at an early date and deserved the place.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 56]
November 4, 1861
A.M. Pratt, Bryan, Williams County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that James Burgess had come to Bryan with the avowed purpose of recruiting a company of rifle sharp shooters for some Michigan regiment, that they had been so affected by Michigan recruiters that if there was military authority lodged anywhere in the Commander in Chief of Ohio, they would willingly see it exerted, that Williams County had lost at least one hundred men by foreign recruiting, that Fulton County had lost even more men including one entire company, that the loss to Ohio in Lucas County, Fulton County, and Williams County was nearly four hundred men, that they were exerting themselves to sustain the honor of Ohio by filling her regiments with a success not exceeded in any part of the State, that foreign recruiters perpetrated an outrage by "abstracting" area men through false representations made of the superior benefits arising from entering their service, that these foreign recruiters lied outrageously and unhesitatingly and the mischief was effected before the lie could be exposed, and that if the power existed, they would willingly see an example made that would put an effectual stop to this "mean" business.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 99]
November 4, 1861
William R. Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that pursuant to Dennison's request of October 30, the members of the Military Committee [of Washington County] were called together at the earliest possible hour to consider the expediency of suspending recruiting for the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry temporarily in order that the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry might be more speedily filled up, thereby preventing the resignation of Colonel Craig, that after a full consultation, it was decided that the best interests of the service would not be promoted by such action, that Washington County was nearly equally divided between the Union and Democratic parties, that the influence of the latter had been to disparage enlisting so that the northeasterly portion of Washington County, which was the stronghold of democracy, had furnished very few recruits, that many had been waiting for an opportunity to go under Colonel [Jesse] Hildebrand either in Ohio or Virginia, that since Hildebrand's appointment to the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, many of the leaders of the Democratic Party had manifested a much more favorable feeling and were now doing what they could in favor of enlisting for the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that there seemed to be good reason to believe that the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry could be filled up with those who would not be secured to the service in any other regiment, that recruiting for the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had progressed very slowly owing in part to the prejudices which had pervaded the public mind, that there were indications that these prejudices were being removed, that if recruiting for the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was suspended, the prejudices would return and be increased by the cry of persecution so that the prospects of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be injured rather than improved, that the committee appreciated the importance of securing the services of Colonel Craig and would recommend that the recruiting Lieutenants of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be allowed more territory so that they might have a field in which to operate where prejudices did not exist, and that if there were parts of regiments or companies which were not likely to be filled up elsewhere, they should be merged in the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending that someone of business habits be appointed to the office of Major of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that a Mr. Hubbelsdel of Virginia was understood to be an applicant for the office of Major of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that from what they had heard, Hubbelsdel was not a suitable person for the position.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 164]
November 4, 1861
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting the resignations of various officers from the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and 28th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry effective on the dates specified.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 173]
November 4, 1861
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that William McDevitt and Alexander W. Hafford were now enlisted and stationed at Camp Dennison, that McDevitt and Hafford were attached to W.H.H. Bown who commanded fifty-seven recruits and held a commission to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that McDevitt and Hafford were suitable and competent persons to be appointed assistants to Bown; and requesting that McDevitt and Hafford be sent their appointments so that Bown, who was the senior officer in command of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Sargent's absence, could fill up his company.
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November 4, 1861
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that Lieutenant Charles A. Junghanns, who held a commission to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and had some sixty men enlisted and in Camp Dennison, wanted Andrew Froehly appointed as his assistant with a view to more rapidly recruiting a full company, that Froehly was a suitable and competent person to receive the appointment, and that Froehly wanted to recruit in Allen County, Van Wert County, and Putnam County, and already had some twenty men enlisted from those counties.
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November 4, 1861
John Sherman, Colonel Commanding, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Buckingham, near Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a statement of the present recruitment of his force; and stating that 8 companies of each regiment numbered over 60 men each, that 8 companies of the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were in camp, that 2 companies of the 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were in camp owing to the failure of Captain [John H.] Dickerson to send their tents, etc., that several recruiting officers had not yet reached their minimum, but were still at work, that he had been disappointed so often that he relied but little upon hopes and prospects, and therefore thought it best to provide for 2 more companies, that he had arranged for those companies with Messrs. Jackson and Locke of Crawford County, that he now urged the appointment of David R. Locke and William H. Pratt as recruiting Lieutenants, and Peter Blystone and Paul J. Sweeny as assistants, that Locke, Pratt, Blystone, and Sweeny were from Bucyrus, Crawford County, and he wanted their time to be for 15 days, that Abner M. Jackson of Bucyrus wanted to go into the service and would devote his time and energies to raising the 2 companies from Crawford County, that if Jackson raised said companies, he would recommend him for appointment as Major of the 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or of another regiment, that he had hoped before now to have reported full regiments, that when he commenced recruiting, it was with the understanding that 1 recruiting officer would be allowed for every 30 men to be raised, that he therefore recommended too freely at first, that in every county, his officers met with competition from officers recruiting for other regiments, that some who he recommended were not appointed, that others who he did not recommend were appointed and those had generally failed, that he had 2 applications from regiments forming, but not completed, either to combine at Camp Buckingham or be transferred to Camp Buckingham, that he had not felt at liberty to confer about this matter, except in the case of Colonel Worthington, to whose offer he replied by letter, and that not having heard from Buckingham in reply to his request for the names of 2 field officers, he inferred that Buckingham did not desire to recommend them.
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