November 6, 1861
W.F. Bartlett, Member of County [Military] Committee, Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the prospect was quite good to fill up Lieutenant R.B. Kinsell's company, but it was going a little slow because they had several things to contend with, that it took a good deal of labor to get men to enlist, that Captain Henry Rigby, who claimed to have an order from the department, was interfering very much with enlisting, that Rigby had persuaded two men, sworn into R.B. Kinsell's company, to join his company and had them re-sworn, that Rigby was talking with men already enlisted and making offers to persuade them to join his company, that if Rigby had an order, it was not by the recommendation of the County [Military] Committee since he had applied for such a recommendation and was refused for the present because it would interfere with companies now filling up, that the Captain of Company A, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was writing to men in the area and asking them to delay enlisting until he arrived to recruit in a few days, holding out inducements if they would enlist with him, that he did not lay these facts before Buckingham from any ill will, but for the good of the cause, that he was doing everything he could to fill up R.B. Kinsell's company as it first commenced, and that Calep Ayers ought to be appointed assistant to Lieutenant R.B. Kinsell since he was doing most of the work and it would give him more influence in recruiting.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 180]

November 6, 1861
William K. Bosley, Colonel, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending the promotion of Edward F. Gettier to 2nd Lieutenant in Company K, and the promotion of W[illiam] J. Sheridan in place of Lieutenant [Solomon] Bidwell, deceased, in Company H; and stating that Gettier and Sheridan were competent to discharge the duties of the office and had been under his command for the last 5 years.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 158]

[November 6?, 1861]
M.C. Canfield, Probate Judge, et. al. To Whom It May Concern. Letter signed by six citizens of Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio; and stating that they had been well acquainted for several years with James K. Downing, a resident of Geauga County, that Downing was a gentleman of good character and successful business habits, that Downing was thorough, energetic, and persevering in whatever he undertook, that they believed Downing was eminently qualified for military pursuits and would do credit to most any position in the service, and that Downing would, with his influence, be an efficient person in obtaining the enlistment of volunteers from the Geauga County area. Bears a note from John Hutchins and C.R. Hunt recommending Downing as a suitable person to recruit for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 135]

November 6, 1861
James Cantwell, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Preston Faught, wanted a commission to recruit in Hardin County for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Faught had the recommendation of the County Military Committee; and requesting that Faught be given a commission.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 105]

November 6, 1861
James Cantwell, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of three individuals as recruiting officers for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 120]

[November 6?, 1861]
James Cantwell, Colonel, 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and H.G. Harris, Chairman, and E. Stillings, Secretary, Military Committee of H[ardin] County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending the appointment of James Ewing to recruit a company for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to be assisted by E.C. McVitty.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 120]

November 6, 1861
R[obert] Clements, Camp Hamilton, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that his authority to recruit for the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be extended until December 1. Together with a note from William Larzalere requesting authority to assist Clements in recruiting for the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears the endorsements of Lewis D. Campbell, Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the Military Committee for Butler County.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 130]

November 6, 1861
W.H. Clements, Little Miami & Columbus & Xenia R.R. Co., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he understood that Charles Fisher, 1st Lieutenant, Company A, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had resigned, that since this would promote 2nd Lieutenant Robert H. Shoemaker, he would ask that Albert Ludlum, Orderly Sergeant of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, be promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, and that Ludlum was in every way worthy and would do credit to the service; and requesting that Dennison not let this matter escape his notice in the multitude of matters occupying his attention.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 154]

November 6, 1861
J.M. Coffinberry, Chairman Pro. tem., and F. Nicola, Secretary, Miliary Committee, Cuyahoga County, West Side, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee unanimously recommended Isaac R. Henry of Olmsted in Cuyahoga County for the office of 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Henry 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 Henry could recruit a company in their district, and that the committee pledged to aid him in so doing. Bears the endorsement of A.C. Voris, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, stating that Henry had been Captain of a militia company whose members would go if Henry was appointed but would not go if he did not.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 113]

November 6, 1861
J.M. Coffinberry, President Pro. tem, and F. Nicola, Secretary, Military Committee, Cuyahoga County, West Side, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee unanimously recommended S.W. Potter and Charles Fairchild for appointment as assistant recruiting officers to aid in the organization of the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears a note from A.C. Voris, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, stating that Isaac R. Henry requested the appointments of Potter and Fairchild to assist him in recruiting his company, and that he concurred in Henry's request. Also bears a note from Voris, requesting the appointment of S.W. Potter to assist Lieutenant Heckman of the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 113]

November 6, 1861
William O. Collins, Colonel, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Burnet House, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Dr. John O'Ferrall, who he had recommended for Major of the 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, was collecting his battalion at Camp Dennison, that O'Ferrall needed the appointment in order to take charge of his men, that O'Ferrall had been at Camp Dennison since November 1, on which day he brought a company from Piqua, and that he would be pleased to have O'Ferrall's appointment made at once; regarding the case of A.H. Yeazel of Kenton, Hardin County, who wanted authority to raise a company of cavalry in Hardin County, Marion County, and Union County; and stating that if it was the decision of the Adjutant General's Department to leave the whole recruiting business with the [military] committees, he must acquiesce, that he had been careful to scatter his recruiting appointments and to give directions never to interfere with other plans or organizations, but on the contrary to aid them if deserving to seek those who preferred cavalry service, that if this spirit was carried out by all hands, every worthy project could be aided instead of injured, and that it appeared no cavalry had gone from the Hardin County area and would be forbidden to do so, and that those who preferred the cavalry service must either stay at home or go in a service they disliked.
3 pp. [Series 147-16: 100]

November 6, 1861
A[rchibald] G.A. Constable, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter listing the names of officers on the muster roll of Constable's Ohio Battery; and stating that his address was at the Planters House, St. Louis.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 172]

November 6, 1861
John G. Gregg, Camp Nevin. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter seeking a position in the army; and stating that he was an Irishman by birth, that his father was a farmer, that he was his father's favorite and was sent to school for the purpose of studying for the Ministry, that he persevered in his studies until he was about 18 years of age, at which time the war broke out between Russia and Turkey and involving England, that he cast his books aside, buckled on his armour, and served during the campaign in 4 engagements, that after the war ended, he returned to Ireland for a few months, that he then sailed for the U.S. and volunteered as a member of the Utah Expedition, that once the difficulties there were settled, he went to Indiana where he resumed his studies, that after attending school for one year, he commenced to read law, that he taught school during the Winter and read during the Summer, that by these means, he made his way through and was admitted to the bar, that he did not have the means to open an office and concluded to teach school for the purpose of raising funds, that after the war began, he gave up teaching and volunteered as a Private in the service of his country, that owing to the number of men who were waking to arms, his company was not accepted and had to disband, that he left Indiana and came to Ohio, that when the call came for the 3 years' men, he volunteered under Captain H. Miller in the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was now in the field as 2nd Sergeant, and that his only object was to be where he could do the most possible good for his country and do the most harm to its enemies.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 170]

November 6, 1861
Joel Haines, Camp Calvert, Laurel County, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been something of a military man all his life, that he served as 1st Lieutenant in a cavalry company in the years 1837 and 1838, that he was then elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Squadron, 1st Brigade, 12th Division, [Ohio Militia], and served in that capacity for 7 years, that in April 1861, he was elected Captain of the Home Guards at West Middleburg, Logan County, Ohio, that in June, he was elected Captain of the Ohio Reserve Militia at West Middleburg, that he received a commission in July, that on September 2, he was elected Captain of a volunteer company which was now in service in the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry commanded by Colonel John M. Connell, that he wanted a station as a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, or Major so that he could be released from hard marching on foot as it was too hard on him, that he had left three good farms at a great sacrifice to enter the service, that he wished to continue on, but under the circumstances it would be very doubtful if he had to go on foot, that he was only 48 years of age and could stand all duty very well except the foot marching, and that he professed to know about military matters and tactics equally as well and better than one half of those in command; citing references; and stating that they had the good fortune to give "Old Zollicoffer" [Felix Kirk Zollicoffer] a fight at Wild Cat, Kentucky and made him retreat back to Cumberland Gap with a good number less than he came with.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 182]

November 6, 1861
Benjamin F. Hawkes, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of Harpers Ferry and Cumberland, Camp Keys, Romney, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter enclosing a copy of a letter from 2nd Lieutenant William S. Sergeson, Company G, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry tendering his resignation; and informing Dennison that the resignation had been accepted to take effect November 1. Written by order of Brigadier General Kelley.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 169]

November 6, 1861
D.A. Haynes, Chairman, and E.L. Young, Secretary, [Montgomery] County Military Committee, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that having been informed that Colonel [Valentine] Bausenwein of the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry desired the appointment of Dr. William Egry as recruiting Lieutenant for his regiment, the committee unhesitatingly recommended Egry for said position; and recommending that permits be issued to Adam Kinits and Valentine Freez to recruit for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 233]

November 6, 1861
A.W. Jackson, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, William H. Pratt, was the individual referred to in Colonel [John] Sherman's letter of November 4, that Paul J. Sweeney was the assistant recommended, and that Buckingham would do Pratt a great favor by issuing his papers immediately.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 92]

November 6, 1861
John McDonald, and Marcus Fee, members of Military Board, New Richmond, Clermont County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that at a meeting of the Military Committee of Clermont County on October 25, Dexter B. Gray and George Kleckler were recommended as proper persons to hold Lieutenant's commissions for the purpose of recruiting, that the Secretary of the committee was instructed to forward the action of the meeting to the Adjutant General's office immediately, but a day or two later, he went to western Virginia, that hearing nothing from the Adjutant General, the committee concluded that the Secretary had neglected to make the proper returns, and that Gray and Kleckler had been waiting patiently and were losing men every day in consequence of not having their commissions; and requesting that the commissions be forwarded as soon as possible.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 136]

November 6, 1861
William McDonald, Chairman, and F.M. Wright, Secretary, [Military Committee of Champaign County], Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the number of recruits from Champaign County mustered into camp that day was 404, that the committee recommended the names of Charles E. Fulton, William McAdams, J.G. Palmer, James Q. Baird, and V. How as suitable persons to be Captains and such as the committee was willing to assist, that on November 9, all the Lieutenants recruiting in Champaign County (except Lieutenant S. McMorrin, whom they desired to give a little longer time to prove himself), together with the men they had recruited, would be attached to some of the above named individuals recommended as Captains, and that recruiting had progressed slowly for the past few days, but they felt confident that all five companies could be filled within the next ten days.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 133]

[November 6?, 1861]
John S. Mason, Colonel, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by eleven field and company officers of the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending Isaac F. Bacon, Corporal of Company K in said regiment, as a proper person to recruit a company of volunteers in Morrow County and adjoining counties; stating that Bacon was honest, honorable, high minded, and well drilled; and requesting that Bacon be assigned to the regiment about to be organized by Colonel James Cantwell.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 134]

November 6, 1861
M. Moran, Chairman, and John Berry, Secretary, [Military Committee of Wyandot County], Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee acknowledged receipt of the resolution they adopted on November 2 advising the continuance of Robert A. McKelly as a recruiting officer; and recommending the appointment of James Moran as a 2nd Lieutenant to recruit in the same territory to which McKelly had been assigned.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 131]

November 6, 1861
Laz Noble, Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Indiana Volunteer Militia, Indianapolis, Indiana. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if Buckingham ever had any litigation under his General Order to prevent recruiting officers of other States raising companies or recruiting in Ohio and, if so, with what result; and stating that they had some trouble of that sort in Indiana, and that he would be glad to avail himself of any experience Buckingham may have had in that respect.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 160]

November 6, 1861
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting the resignations of Captain Henry Broderson, 9th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 2nd Lieutenant William C. Heddleson, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Captain John N. Dyer, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was killed at the Battle of Cross Lanes, Virginia, and that Lieutenant Horace A. Egbert, 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was drowned in western Virginia.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 166]

[November 6?, 1861]
Lewis Schmidt, 2nd Lieutenant, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he loved his country and desired to serve it, but would have to give up his appointment unless Buckingham could transfer him to the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that if he did not go with his men, they threatened his life, and that if he did not go with the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, those who were not sworn would not take the oath.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 160]

November 6, 1861
Peter J. Sullivan, Colonel Commanding, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting the appointment of R. T. Wilson of Delaware, Ohio as a 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the regiment; and stating that Wilson had been favorably recommended by those well capable of judging his fitness for the position, that he trusted Wilson was one of the "do somethings", that many of those heretofore appointed to recruit for the regiment had done it more injury than good, that some of them now roving around the camp had procured renewals of their appointments for no other purpose than to save themselves for their urgent creditors, and that they had been unable to screen themselves from being detected.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 186]

November 6, 1861
A.C. Voris, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Joseph Pool, had the recommendation of the Cuyahoga County Military Committee (Eastern Subdivision) for appointment as a recruiting Lieutenant, that Sidney J. Brock and Alfred Girty were selected by Pool as his assistants, that Brock and Girty had recommendations from the same committee, that he concurred in the recommendations of Pool, Brock, and Girty, and that Pool was a man of the right stamp and would do credit to the service.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 112]

[November 6?, 1861]
Henry West, et. al., Military Committee for the Northern Division of Belmont County. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Captain James F. Charlesworth of Company A, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had called the committee's attention to the subject of a recent vacancy in the 2nd Lieutenancy of his company, protesting in his own name and that of his men against the assignment proposed to be made to fill the vacancy, that the objection urged was not understood to be personal to Sergeant [Alston C.] Archbold of Company B, who was a stranger to the committee and who was proposed to be assigned to fill the vacancy, but grew out of the situation of Company A and the superior claims of its non-commissioned officers, that these officers had claims superior to those of Archbold and in addition belonged to the company wherein the vacancy occurred and to the county where it was raised, that these officers were well educated, moral, and of the best standing in the county, and one of them was a graduate of Athens College, and that the committee united in the protest with Captain Charlesworth; and requesting that the vacancy be filled from the non-commissioned officers of Company A.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 159]

November 7, 1861
John Beatty, President, et. al., Military Committee [of Carroll County], Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee recommended Samuel M. Craine of Carrollton as a suitable person for a 2nd Lieutenancy to recruit a company in Carroll County and able to command in the field, that Craine was a gentleman of about 30 years of age, six feet in height, of masculine mould and iron frame, with a resolute spirit and unflinching firmness, that Mr. Ulman had gone into Camp Meigs and the committee thought another company could be recruited in 40 days, that the committee also recommended the appointment of Calvin Ferrall of Carroll County as a recruiting officer to assist S.M. Craine in raising a company for the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Craine was a lawyer by profession and of undoubted ability.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 225]

November 7, 1861
Jabez Belford, President Pro tem, and E.G. Dudley, Secretary, Military Committee of Noble County, [Caldwell], Noble County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that the committee recommended Peter Gebhart of Noble County for a commission as a Lieutenant to enlist a company of volunteers, that Gebhart was a man of good moral character and of such attainments as would fit him for the command of a company in the field, and that the committee believed a company could be recruited in Noble County and pledged to aid in so doing.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 228]

November 7, 1861
John Campbell, Chairman, and C.G. Hawley, Secretary, Military Committee of Lawrence County, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant Joseph L. Barber, recruiting officer raising an independent cavalry company, had mustered in 38 men in the 2 weeks that he had been at work, that Barber's prospects for filling his company were decidedly good, that Barber had been subpoenaed to attend Federal Court at Cleveland as a witness in an important criminal case and had to be there on November 19, that Barber's time (30 days) in which to recruit at least 30 men expired on November 15, that they wanted Barber's time extended 30 days from November 15 and James B.C. Harris appointed as Barber's assistant, that they recommended Harris as worthy, that Barber was tendered the position of Major in the 2nd Virginia Cavalry by Governor [Francis Harrison] Pierpont, but declined because he preferred the Ohio service and knew he could fill his company, and that Barber's company promised to be a fine one.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 204]

November 7, 1861
T.K. Cock, Sergeant, Camp Keys, Romney, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting the commission empowering him to raise a company for the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he would report as soon as he could be relieved from duty at Camp Keys.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 192]

November 7, 1861
Peter Gebhart, Chairman, and E.G. Dudley, Secretary, [Military Committee of Noble County], Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that the committee recommended the transfer of Lieutenant Henry S. Williams and the volunteers recruited for the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that this recommendation was made because there were parts of two companies in Noble County for the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and one partial company was operating against the other, that volunteers could more readily be obtained for the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry than the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that there was no doubt in the minds of the committee members that the volunteer cause would be greatly aided by the transfer.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 205]