November 7, 1861
George W. Gregg, Chairman, Military Committee of Pickaway County, Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that at the request of Lieutenant J.G. McSchooler, he was enclosing a blank and requesting the apppointment of Archibald Lybrand as assistant 2nd Lieutenant in the recruiting service, and that Lybrand was very active and well worthy of a commission.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 132]

November 7, 1861
A.B. Leaman, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter applying for a commission as 1st Lieutenant in the Ohio volunteer service; and stating that accompanying his application was a note from the Honorable Peter Odlin of Dayton, that other references could be obtained if deemed necessary, that he would apply for the commission tendered him as 2nd Lieutenant, under the present recruiting system, were it not that he had already recruited by his personal efforts some sixty men and sent them into the field in the various companies from Dayton, that he was now anxious to serve himself, that should he be deemed worthy, he would endeavor not to tarnish the honor of Ohio, that he believed he was competent to fill the post of Adjutant, Lieutenant of a company, or Quartermaster, and that his writing was constrained owing to a lame hand which was nearly well.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 163]

November 7, 1861
William R. Putnam, Chairman, and Jasper S. Sprague, Secretary pro tem, Military Committee of Washington County, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of G.J. Walters as assistant recruiting officer in the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now forming at Marietta; and stating that Walters wanted to serve as an assistant to R.K. Shaw, 2nd Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 141]

November 7, 1861
William R. Putnam, Chairman, and Jasper S. Sprague, Secretary pro tem, Military Committee of Washington County, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Samuel H. Tidd as an assistant recruiting officer in the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now forming at Marietta, to assist R.K. Shaw, 2nd Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 141]

November 7, 1861
A[ndrew] J. Roosa, late Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that John Wise of Lebanon was an applicant for the office of Quartermaster of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he knew Wise to be thoroughly qualified and perfectly competent to fill the office, and that he was satisfied Wise's appointment would be acceptable to the officers of the regiment; and recommending Wise's application for favorable consideration.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 177]

November 7, 1861
George R. Sage, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that his friend, John Wise, sought the appointment of Quartermaster of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Wise was honest, competent, faithful, and loyal, that he thought Wise was "peculiarly" qualified for the place, that many persons in Lebanon and elsewhere in Warren County had friends and relatives in the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and their expression was without exception in favor of Wise, and that all the officers of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry with whom he had conversed on the subject, including the Lieutenant Colonel and the Adjutant, were in favor of Wise's appointment.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 177]

November 7, 1861
Wager Swayne, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had been informed that the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was about to be re-organized, that if this was true, they would be glad to have the Lieutenant Colonel transferred to their regiment along with four or five companies, that he would also be glad to have the Adjutant of the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry with them as a Lieutenant, that since they came to Mt. Vernon, commissions had issued from Buckingham's office, or been extended, in "unusual" numbers to recruit in Knox County for other regiments, that he simply desired to call this matter to Buckingham's attention, having no desire to interfere with anything Buckingham might intentionally do, and that he would be glad to have authority to recruit in some capacity issued to Doctor David Phillips of Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, with Richland County, Holmes County, and Wayne County for his districts.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 138]

November 7, 1861
William H. Trimble, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the previous week, during his absence in Fayette County and Clinton County, Lieutenant Ellis brought into Camp Mitchel 14 men and claimed to have recruited some 20 others who were not ready to leave when he came, that Ellis promised the 20 men that he would return or send for them, and their friends now in camp were anxious to have them come, that Ellis was advised that since his authority had expired, he had no power to pass the men to Camp Mitchel, that he possessed no authority to do so, that he was therefore submitting the matter to Buckingham to authorize the passage of the men if thought proper, that having pledged to Governor William Dennison to stop recruiting for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) in counties other than those assigned him, he wanted nothing done by Ellis which would conflict in the slightest degree with his pledge, that he did not doubt Buckingham's suggestion that some of the cause of complaint made to Dennison originated in the ill advised measures of some of his recruiting officers, that he had no advance knowledge of these measures, and was prevented by distance from knowing of them until the mischief was done, that in all his letters to recruiting officers, he took pains to advise them against making any public proclamation as would cause Dennison to be annoyed, that he regretted very much that notwithstanding all his efforts, he had been the cause of so much annoyance and trouble to Dennison and Buckingham, that Buckingham assigned him Adams County and Clermont County, and Dennison assigned him Brown County and Clermont County, that as Colonel Lowdan [DeWitt Clinton Louden] did not object to his recruiting in Brown County, he preferred that it should be Brown County, that he must visit both counties in person and put things in motion, that he found Fayette County so "torpid and lifeless" that he felt compelled to agree to spend a week "stumping" that county, that Mrs. Beecher had written proposing to present him with a handsome regimental flag for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), and that Mr. Calvert intended to go and bring the men spoken of, and would be under obligation to Buckingham for any advice and assistance.
4 pp. [Series 147-16: 23]

November 7, 1861
Lewis Zahm, Colonel, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Worcester, Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio. To Daniel Gotshall. Letter stating that he had been disappointed in a company on which he had waited for 5 weeks, which finally entered another regiment and left him in the lurch, that he had some men out recruiting for a replacement company and could give Gotshall the position of Lieutenant and perhaps Captain, given his considerable experience, that the appointment was conditional upon Gotshall raising at least 40 men and bringing them into camp at Monroeville as soon as possible, say within 10 days, that he could send passes to get Gotshall's men into camp, and that his regiment was full with 3 battalions of 4 companies each, except for the one company.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 213]

November 8, 1861
Charles S. Abell, Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad Company, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he desired the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant in Company A, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, made vacant by the resignation of Captain S[eth] A. Bushnell and the promotion of the other commissioned officers of the company.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 168]

November 8, 1861
P. Ambos, President, et. al., Franklin County [Military] Committee, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that on the personal application of Colonel [Valentine] Bausenwein of the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the committee recommended Erhard Goehl for appointment to the recruiting service, and that Goehl was known by the committee as a good citizen, a "substantial" German of good character and habits, and possessing the element of the soldier.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 140]

November 8, 1861
Joseph M. Anderson. To Governor William Dennison. Letter applying for a commission as Lieutenant to recruit a company for the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Meigs. Bears a note from C.H. Mitchener and John English endorsing the application and recommending that a commission be issued.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 229]

November 8, 1861
[Valentine] Bausenwein, Colonel, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General [Rodney] Mason. Letter requesting that Mason give the bearer, Erhard Goehl, a commission as recruiting officer for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 140]

November 8, 1861
John F. DeCourcy, Colonel, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Tiffin, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant P.L. Smith rejoined those headquarters on November 8 from leave, that Smith still claimed to hold a place in the line of the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he could only repeat, after what passed in conversation on the subject between Buckingham and Major [Philip] Kershner, that unfortunately he had no vacancy in any company in which he could place Smith without detriment to future enlistments.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 145]

November 8, 1861
John F. DeCourcy, Colonel Commanding, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Tiffin, Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio. To Sir. Letter stating that Private John Mills of Captain Milton Mills' company, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who was enlisted on September 22 and left Camp Tiffin on a furlough of ten days, dated on or about September 30, had not returned and was said to have enlisted in the 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he claimed John Mills as a deserter and awaited commands in the matter.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 165]

November 8, 1861
John H. Dickerson, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been on duty and in the actual service of the State up to the time he surrendered the unpaid accounts to the State authorities, that he would so regard himself and draw pay accordingly, that he could hardly think Buckingham's letter was written by order of the Governor, that if it was, it would be a matter for the State courts to decide whether he was on duty or not, and that it was too late now for Buckingham to decide the question.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 179]

November 8, 1861
Barton S. Kyle, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dave Tod, near Troy, Miami County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a man had been received at that post who had been sworn into the service by Lt. Jacobs, a recruiter for the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, prior to the time of his being enlisted by Lt. Kramer, that it was expressly agreed between the recruit (Richard Warner) and the recruiting officer (Lt. Jacobs) that he would not be held to the service unless two friends would join with him, that these friends subsequently refused to enlist in the cavalry, but enlisted in the infantry with Lt. Kramer, that Warner, supposing he was at perfect liberty to leave Jacobs' company, presented himself for enlistment and was accepted by Kramer, and that he thought it his duty to report the facts and request instructions in the matter.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 209]

November 8, 1861
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Headquarters, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, No. 132 Main Street, (over Potwin's Store), Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Mr. Carnahan and himself were in daily receipt of letters from those acquainted with them in different parts of the State, who desired to enlist in the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and who probably would not enlist in any other regiment, that many of these individuals were from places where the regiment had no recruiting officers and they wanted he and Carnahan to assign them to companies, and that in some instances these individuals could come in small squads; asking if there were any means by which they could secure transportation to camp for these men; and stating that if they were allowed to furnish transportation, such restrictions could be thrown around the operation so as to protect against frauds.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 139]

November 8, 1861
W[illiam] R. Lloyd, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Hutchins, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the Central Military Committee of Columbiana County had recommended E.G. Waite to be a 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that as there were a few officers now recruiting who would probably not fill their companies or entitle themselves to commissions in the regiment, he was very desirous that one or two warrants might be issued when there was a reasonable possibility that a full company could be recruited, and that he therefore concurred with the committee in recommending Waite for the place with authority to recruit in Columbiana County and Carroll County.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 226]

November 8, 1861
S.J. McGroarty, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting the appointment of Franklin P. Keifer, the son of one of their most respectable and influential citizens, as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for recruiting purposes. Bears the endorsement of the Montgomery County Military Committee.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 227]

November 8, 1861
James Marvin, Superintendent, Union School, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been acquainted with Charles S. Abell for seven years, that Abell was a worthy citizen of correct habits, gentlemanly deportment, good business capabilities, and fair attainments as a scholar, that Abell was a graduate from the English Department of their high school, and that he believed Abell was well worthy of the position of 2nd Lieutenant. Also signed by Samuel Quinby.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 167]

November 8, 1861
H.W. Owen, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a position as Secretary or Clerk in the Adjutant General's Department or some other situation in the Commissary Department or Quartermaster's Department; and stating that he could not make it pay in teaching a select school locally.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 168]

November 8, 1861
Stilla Powell, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that under his former order, he did not think he could fill a company, that now, since everybody in Hardin County was enlisting, he was confident he could fill a company, and that Major [James S.] Robinson and Colonel [James] Cantwell wanted him reappointed.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 136]

November 8, 1861
T.W. Powell, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Eugene Powell did not receive the notice of his appointment as Major of the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry until after November 1, that the mails to Romney, Virginia were very irregular, that General [Benjamin Franklin] Kelly hesitated to give Eugene Powell a furlough to go to his new regiment, and that Colonel [James H.] Dye was very anxious that Eugene Powell should be at Delaware to assist in organizing the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; requesting that Buckingham write Kelly or Colonel [John S.] Mason so as to enable Eugene Powell to obtain his furlough; and stating that he had been aiding [T.J.] Buxton and [Joseph H.] Van Deman all he could in their enlistments, that Buxton had between 70 and 80 men and Van Deman had 40 or 50 men, that Buxton and Van Deman would be able to fill up their companies, that Buxton and Van Deman had requested him to ask Buckingham to extend their time by 10 days each, that it would be very desirable if no more recruiting officers were assigned to Delaware County until those who were currently operating in the county were disposed of or the County [Military] Committee was consulted, and that there were so many recruiting officers now in Delaware County that recruiting was attended with a great deal of "cross firing" and some ill feeling.
2 pp. [Series 147-16: 137]

November 8, 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 stating that Buckingham's note of November 6, enclosing certificates of transportation, was received, that Lieutenant [Horatio N.] Whitbeck of Berea wished to use one of those certificates and the conductor of the C[leveland], C[olumbus] and C[incinnati] Railroad refused to take it, that the recruit was compelled to pay his fare which he would refund to the recruit, and that Sergeant Stephen Craig, Company A, 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had shown him a dispatch from [Sylvester A.] Larason, recruiting Lieutenant at Mt. Vernon, ordering Craig to report there immediately to recruit for the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and asking if this was Buckingham's order.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 194]

November 8, 1861
Orland Smith, Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that D.P. Rennie of Chillicothe wanted to aid in recruiting for the 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Rennie would prefer a 2nd Lieutenancy, but inasmuch as it was impracticable to give him that position, he had concluded to ask for Rennie an appointment as recruiting officer to assist Lieutenant Richard H. Long.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 144]

November 8, 1861
Leander Stem, Chairman, and P.J. Steiner, Secretary, Seneca County Military Committee, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Adam Kaufman of Seneca County, an applicant for a commission to recruit in said county, 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 Kaufman could recruit a company in Seneca County, and that the committee pledged itself to aid Kaufman in so doing.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 183]

November 8, 1861
A.C. Voris, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that J.J. Carran had the recommendation of the Cuyahoga County Military Committee (eastern subdivision) for assistant recruiting Lieutenant, that he concurred in the recommendation of the committee and requested Carran's appointment to assist Lieutenant Childs of the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Carran was now at Lancaster, Fairfield County, and had the command of a Home Guard organization, that quite a number of Carran's men were willing to enlist in the service with him, and that Carran did not think these men would go unless he went; requesting that an appointment be sent for George Herriman as assistant to a recruiting Lieutenant; and stating that Herriman had the recommendation of the Cuyahoga County Military Committee (eastern subdivision).
1 p. [Series 147-16: 143]

November 8, 1861
M[orrison] R. Waite, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he understood efforts were being made to have the Colonel of the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry removed, and that he had been away for several days assisting recruiting officers and had just learned of said efforts; and requesting that no change be made until he was advised in time to see Dennison.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 167]

November 9, 1861
John D. Caldwell, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that William Henry Harrison, who had for some time been foreman in the Daily Press office and who had training as a military man sufficient to command a company, expressed a desire to be of service to his country and take a place of trust in the field, that Harrison was a gentleman in manners and character and was skilled in the conduct of men, that he believed Harrison would faithfully fulfill any engagement undertaken, and that he hoped Harrison might secure a commission as a Lieutenant. Bears the endorsement of H. Reed & Company.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 200]

November 9, 1861
John Conwell, Lieutenant, Company I, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received a letter from the boys of Company I, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry requesting him to come back and stay with them, that he had resigned his commission or offered it, that Major McDowell said that a Brigadier General had no right to accept the resignation, that if the resignation was not yet accepted and no one had been appointed in his place, he would go back, and that he had left Virginia on October 25.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 185]

November 9, 1861
James N. Edwards, Chairman Pro tem, and H.B. Maynard, Secretary, [Fayette County Military Committee], Washington, Fayette County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee certified that George B. Gardner 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 Gardner could recruit a company in Fayette County, that the committee pledged to aid Gardner in so doing, and that the committee recommended Gardner for the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant to recruit a company for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now forming at Camp Mitchel, Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 191]

November 9, 1861
John C. Harmon, Lieutenant and recruiting officer, 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the Captaincy of Company B, 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 197]

November 9, 1861
W[illiam] B. Hazen, Colonel, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the officers listed had no dates opposite their names in the order organizing the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and giving their dates of appointment and being mustered into the service.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 185]

November 9, 1861
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel Commanding, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Tupper. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that E.W. Blasdel, whose authority as recruiting officer in the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had just been revoked, had been very active and spent a considerable amount of time and money, that Blasdel had thirteen men sworn into the service and twenty men who were enrolled but not yet sworn, that Blasdel was a gentleman who with practice would make a good Captain, and that Blasdel's application for an extension of time was approved by the Military Committee [of Washington County] and himself; requesting that Blasdel's case be reconsidered and that his time for recruiting be extended; and stating that Blasdel had made reports promptly until the last ten days, during which time he had been absent on pressing business for the Quartermaster of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears the endorsement of the Military Committee of Washington County.
1 p. [Series 147-16: 188]