November 9, 1861
R.A. Constable, Colonel, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had commissioned David Caldwell to assist Lieutenant H.B. Lacy of the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the recruiting station would be at McArthur, Vinton County, and that Caldwell was to report on November 30.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 24]

November 9, 1861
Charles B. Ellis, Lawrence Furnace, [Lawrence County, Ohio]. To N[athaniel] C. McLean, Colonel Commanding, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Letter stating that the military committee had signed a recommendation addressed to the Governor to transfer Mr. Hosford with his squad to the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that much, if not all, of their success locally depended upon this movement, and that if the connection was made with Hosford, he had little doubt that they could raise a full company for the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
3 pp. [Series 147-17: 63]

November 9, 1861
Lyman J. Jackson, Captain, Company G, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dick Robinson, Bryantsville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had a full company enrolled on September 4, and was appointed Captain on that date, that he was mustered in on September 24, and his commission bore that date, that he wished his commission changed to reflect the earlier date, that he had served in western Virginia as Captain of Company E, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that he was now outranked by Captains who never saw soldiers in the ranks until after his second appointment, and that he had the natural wish to rank as high as possible among his peers.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 21]

November 9, 1861
Jno. D. Martin, Exchange Bank of Martin & Co., Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that if the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was to be removed in order to be furnished good quarters, he would suggest that it be sent to Lancaster, that in the grounds and buildings now occupied by the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, there was ample room for both regiments with the greatest abundance of pure water and the command of fuel and subsistence at rates a great deal cheaper than at either Camp Chase or Camp Dennison, and that he thought it could be arranged so that the Government would not need to pay a dollar for the mere quarters over the rent now being paid for the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 14]

November 9, 1861
J[ames] S. Robinson, Major, 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Goodale House, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, J[ohn] P. Drennan of Mansfield, was one of the gentlemen they wanted commissioned as a Lieutenant for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; requesting that James Marshall and Nelson Osher be appointed as Drennan's assistants; and stating that Drennan, Marshall, and Osher wanted to recruit in Richland County, Huron County, Knox County, and Ashland County.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 26]

November 9, 1861
George S. Rose, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Cheat Mountain Division, Huttonsville, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter listing officers who had tendered their resignations to headquarters.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 19]

November 9, 1861
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, et. al., 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that Lieutenant William Shay held a commission to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that William J. Richards was a suitable person to receive an appointment as assistant to Shay.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 90]

November 9, 1861
E[benezer] J. Sibley, Colonel, U.S. Army, Quartermaster General's Office, Washington, D.C. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that each regiment, as soon as mustered into service, would be supplied with regimental and company books upon proper requisition.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 10]

November 10, 1861
J[ohn] M. Connell, Colonel Commanding, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Calvert, London, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that if Adjutant General [Lorenzo] Thomas' General Order Number 66 was enforced, the pride and self respect which should govern an officer would require all commissioned officers of the volunteer organizations to withdraw from the service, that he knew of but few volunteer commissioned officers in service in Kentucky whose receipts and requisitions for arms, clothing, etc., were worth the paper they were written on, that Buckingham did not know of the difficulty every commander of a regiment had in procuring the services of mustering officers and blanks, that at Camp Dennison such was the conduct of mustering officers that it was only by begging and entreaty and holding men in ranks for hours that occasionally they could procure the mustering in of a company and even then the mustering officers always departed without signing the rolls, that when ordered into the enemy's country to face a foe, many men in his regiment and officers were still not mustered in, that he knew of one regiment which had done good and hard service, but had not been mustered in, and that it now appeared the officers in said regiment had no right to be obeyed and respected as such because they were not mustered in; asking if a government could thus treat its brave soldiers, and if the rank, pay, privilege, and perogative of a volunteer officer depended upon the whim, caprice, or indolence of some "small potatoes" of an individual designated as mustering officer when Congress had declared that the volunteer officer should be upon the same footing in all respects with officers of the regular army; stating that if his officers were not commissioned officers they were not entitled to be obeyed and respected as such and he commanded not a regiment but an organized mob; appending a list of his regiment's companies by letter; stating that Buckingham did not appreciate the demoralizing influence of the order in question, that he loved his regiment and gave his whole time, thought, and care to its interests, that he would have the regiment receive its "just deserts" or would resign, and with him would go his officers, that his regiment had already attained such a proficiency in drill and discipline as to give it reputation beyond any in the service for the same length of time, and that it was his sincere desire to keep up that reputation if the orders of the War Department would permit him to do so.
11 pp. [Series 147-17: 9]

November 10, 1861
I[saac] N. Himes, Assistant Surgeon, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Charleston, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that orders be sent to Colonel E[rastus] B. Tyler, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Charleston so that he might be regularly mustered into the service of the United States; stating that he had come to Charleston on orders received at Chillicothe, his regiment not being mustered into service, and that he had his appointment, but no commission and had not been sworn in; and requesting the necessary blanks and papers.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 68]

November 10, 1861
A[ugustus] Moor, Colonel, 28th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Anderson. To Adjutant General C. P. Buckingham. Letter acknowledging receipt of commissions for the officers of his regiment; enclosing one in error; and naming Leopold Markbreit for Adjutant and Hermann Koenigsberger for Quartermaster.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 36]

November 11, 1861
John W. Caldwell, No. 379 Main Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he thought he could raise a regiment of cavalry without delay if authorized as Colonel, and that it was the opinion of friends who desired to cooperate with him that the effort would be immediately successful; requesting a commission as Colonel to raise a regiment of cavalry; and stating that he was advised by a client and friend in Kentucky, who was an unconditional Union man, that hog-growers had bought additions to their stocks in Kentucky and said boldy that the pork was for the Southern Confederacy, that 1050 men, armed with Kentucky state arms, had gone with said arms within a month through Prestonsburg to oppose Union forces under Harris, that during the winter, a guerilla war would be waged within 20 miles of Cincinnati, that bands of Kentuckians, organized and armed with Kentucky state arms, might be formed now within 20 or 30 miles of Cincinnati, that there was no safety short of immediate preparation for active offensive operations, and that "madness" ruled the hour.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 17]

November 11/14, 1861
Isaac S. Gardner, President, and J. Walker, Secretary Pro Tem, Military Committee of Logan County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending the appointment of William F. Scott of Logan County as a suitable and proper person to be appointed 2nd Lieutenant for recruiting for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 106]

November 11, 1861
J.S. Hawk, Chairman, H.P. Ambrose, S.C. Case, and A. Conder, Military Committee [of Vinton County, Ohio]. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter recommending the bearer, Aaron Will, as a suitable person to receive an appointment as recruiting Lieutenant for the 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 33]

November 11, 1861
P[eter] Kinney, Colonel, and H.E. Jones, Adjutant, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Morrow, Scioto County, Ohio. To Gentlemen. Letter recommending John Cook of Portsmouth, Ohio as a suitable person to be commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant for the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that with the consolidation of Lieutenants Lodwich and Veach and the withdrawal of one or two commissioned, there were not enough individuals recruiting for the regiment. Bears the endorsement of the Scioto County Military Committee sent to Governor William Dennison.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 12]

November 11, 1861
Reuben C. Lemmon, Chairman, and Guido Marx, Secretary, Military Committee of Lucas County, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that it was resolved by the committee that Henry S. Commager, having recruited 86 men for the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and being a proper person to command a company, be commissioned Captain of the first company organized for the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and recommending various persons for the proper extension of time to fill their companies, and that Reuben C. Lemmon be appointed to fill the vacancy on the District Military Committee caused by the death of Edward Bissel.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 4]

November 11, 1861
A.C. Ross, et. al., Military Committee of Muskingum County, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter presenting the case of Robert Price who had been appointed 2nd Lieutenant and recruited 16 soldiers under drill at Camp Goddard; stating that by authority of the Military Committee, Price had turned his men over to another company in camp but could make no terms for either a 1st or 2nd Lieutenancy owing to prior arrangements made by the Captain with others of the original company, and that Price was therefore out of place and out his expenses and time; requesting that Price be reimbursed his expenses which amounted to $15.80, and paid a reasonable compensation for his time which amounted to 32 working days; and stating that under the circumstances, with recruiting being so difficult locally, the committee thought Price's success was remarkable.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 66]

November 12, 1861
[Valentine] Bausenwein, Colonel, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General [Rodney] Mason. Letter requesting that the bearer, Jo. Brown, be given an extension of his commission; and stating that Brown was a good recruiting officer and had already raised 26 men.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 49]

November 12, 1861
John W. Caldwell, et. al., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Captain J.B. Armstrong. Letter signed by eight individuals; and stating that Lieutenant John Carr reported to them that he had recruited and had in camp 60 men sworn in for the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had 10 men sworn in on furlough, and had 10 other men who he thought had gone to Kentucky, that Carr was entitled to his commission as Captain, and that since Carr was in Armstrong's special subdistrict military committee limits, they wanted Armstrong to see that Carr got his commission immediately.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 7]

November 12, 1861
John Coon, Paymaster, U.S. Army, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he found mustered into service in the four Ohio light artillery batteries now in Kentucky, several non-commissioned officers not authorized by General Order Number 16 from the War Department; asking if the Ohio artillery regiment was raised under a special order prescribing a special organization; requesting a copy of said order; and stating that he was anxious to pay the officers and men just as they showed on their rolls, but could not do so without further authority than he now had.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 18]

November 12, 1861
J.N. Lake, Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that as teachers in Preble County, they wished to make arrangements to enter the service of their country in the spring should their services be needed, that their engagements were such that they could not do so before then unless under very urgent circumstances, and that many of them had families to provide for; requesting a 2nd Lieutenant's commission to extend until April 1; stating that they wanted to be ready to enter any regiment which might be ready to organize as soon as their engagements for the year had expired, that they were engaged in their schools five days a week and found it difficult to consult together, that a goodly number of those who had no families had already entered the service, and that he had an engagement as Principal of the Eaton Union Schools until April, after which he expected to enter the school of the soldier until their country was avenged of her enemies; and thanking Dennison for his noble efforts on behalf of their state and country.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 77]

November 12, 1861
William T. McClintock, President, and James Rowe, Secretary, Ross County Military Committee, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that they had been requested by Colonel William E. Gilmore of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to recommend Levi Jones of Ross County for appointment as 2nd Lieutenant for recruiting service in the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Jones was a man of good moral character and fair education, and that they thought Jones would make a good recruiting officer and would be quite competent to command a company.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 11]

November 12, 1861
J.H. Marrow, Colonel, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Elk Water, [western Virginia]. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had several times endeavored to procure competent officers for Company C of his regiment, but was foiled on account of their resigning for unknown causes and then returning after having had their stay at home and claiming their positions, and that as Lieutenant Eral A. Cranston had tendered his resignation and it had been accepted, he recommended Silas Pruden, 2nd Lieutenant of Company C, as 1st Lieutenant in Cranston's stead; and recommending Robert S. Ewing of Company E as 2nd Lieutenant of Company C.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 60]

November 12, 1861
Benjamin T. Wright, Captain, Company C, 13th Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Benton Barracks, [St. Louis, Missouri]. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter tendering his resignation of the commission as a Captain in the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry dating from August 20, 1861.
1 p. [Series 147-l7: 35]

November 13, 1861
A. Bailey, and L.W. Bailey, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting information regarding the force to be stationed on Bay Island near Sandusky; asking if the force was to be raised or detailed from some regiment now in the field; and stating that if the force was to be raised, they wanted to enlist in that branch of the service as 1st Lieutenant and 2nd Lieutenant, that they could bring ample recommendations, and that they thought their influence was such that they could raise a company in a short time.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 27]

November 13, 1861
James H. Boggis, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that about a month before, he had received a telegram from Colonel J.W. Fuller of the 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry asking him to accept an appointment as 1st Lieutenant in his regiment, that he had accepted and ten days afterwards received a letter from Fuller stating that application had been made to Buckingham for the appointment, and that he had heard nothing regarding the appointment; and asking what steps should be taken to procure the appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 20]

November 13, 1861
R[alph] P. Buckland, Colonel, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Croghan, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received propositions from several parties to raise a battery of artillery in connection with the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and asking if authority would be granted for that purpose if proper parties were found to undertake it.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 39]

November 13, 1861
E.A. Guthrie, Lieutenant Colonel, 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that E.P. Allen wanted a commission to recruit for the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Allen was a resident of Meigs County and had visited that neighborhood during the past week, that he was of the opinion that Allen would be successful in recruiting a company if authorized to do so, and that the officers of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would give Allen all the aid in their power and would feel highly gratified if Allen's application was successful.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 5]

November 13, 1861
H[enry] F. Hyman, Captain, 7th Battery, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had enlisted 126 men and had 111 men with him plus a small detachment in Cincinnati recruiting, that Buckingham would do him a great favor by sending a battery to drill his men, that there were three other batteries at Camp Dennison and not one of them was full, and that his men were very dissatisfied not being able to drill; and asking if an election for officers could be held with the men he had.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 38]

November 13, 1861
Barton S. Kyle, 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dave Tod, near Troy, Miami County, Ohio. To Colonel Rodney Mason. Letter stating that upon his return from Cincinnati, Major [George W.] Andrews handed him Mason's letter declining to transfer Lieutenant Knapp's company, that Knapp had recruited almost all his men under the promise that they were to be transferred to the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and under this promise from Knapp they enlisted with him, that there would be a large number of men from Mercer County in the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Knapp's men believed there was no doubt about the transfer and therefore consented to enlist with him, that Knapp's men now thought it would be an imposition not to allow them to come to the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he hoped Mason could find some company to put into the 40th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and let the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry have Knapp's men, that almost all of Knapp's men would have selected some other recruiting officers with whom to enlist if they had been fully informed, and that with Knapp's company, the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would have a fine prospect to fill up very shortly.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 13]

November 13, 1861
John McDonald, and Marcus Fee, Military Committee [of Clermont County, Ohio], New Richmond, Clermont County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that they had written 8 or 10 days before and recommended J.H. Gray of New Richmond and George Kleckler of Felicity as suitable persons to hold Lieutenant's commissions for the purpose of recruiting and that the papers were left with John M. Kellem, secretary of said committee, to be forwarded to the Adjutant General's office, that Kellem went to western Virginia, and that the probabilities were that Kellem did not send the papers according to instructions, that they had heard nothing from the Adjutant General, that Gray and Kleckler had quite a number of men engaged to join their companies as soon as they got the necessary papers, and that the delay was causing a good many to go elsewhere; and requesting that the commissions be sent at the earliest possible convenience.
3 pp. [Series 147-17: 31]

November 13, 1861
Charles H. Mitchener, Chairman, and C.H. Robinson, Secretary, Military Committee [of Tuscarawas County], Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that at a meeting of the committee it was ordered that Michael West be recommended as a person prepared and qualified to assist a Lieutenant in recruiting a company of infantry for the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that West be recommended to be commissioned for that purpose.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 34]

November 13, 1861
Thomas Morton, Colonel Commanding, 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Herman, Missouri. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he thought he would be able to obtain all the equipments for the regiment at St. Louis, that they had about eight hundred muskets which were issued to them temporarily, that the muskets were of little account, being the Harpers Ferry flint lock muskets altered to percussion, that he had been unable until that day to obtain blank muster rolls, that as soon as the rolls could be made out by the respective Captains and signed by the mustering officer, he would forward them to the Adjutant General of Ohio, that the men were progressing rapidly in drill, and that the regiment was in good condition with the exception of arms.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 44]

November 13, 1861
G.H. Purdy, Recruiting Officer in Delaware County for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the bearer, L.M. Carpenter, had enlisted and been sworn into service in his company; and requesting that Carpenter be given orders to help him with recruiting the company.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 39]

November 13, 1861
William R. Putnam, Chairman, [Military Committee], Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the military committee thought that the appointment of B[enjamin] D. Fearing as Major of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be a good one, that reports from Guyandotte and Cerodo had put them on the alert, that they were preparing to defend themselves, and that they had requested Colonel Craig to take the command and he had consented.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 35]