November 17, 1861
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that Lieutenant Lewis C. Simmons held a commission to recruit for the regiment and wanted Alexander Campbell of Cincinnati appointed as his assistant, and that Campbell had seen action and engaged in recruiting, and was a suitable and competent person. Together with a note dated November 16, 1861, from Robert Hedger, President, Joseph J. Dobmeyer, Secretary, and B.P. Baker, Committee of the 3rd Subdivision of Hamilton County Military District, joining in Sargent's recommendation.
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November 18, 1861
Moses T. Brown, and W.W. Howe, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that H.P. Platt of Toledo was visiting Columbus on business connected with the interests of the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry being raised in Toledo, and that they had conversed with Platt and believed his views to be fully in accordance with their own in matters connected with the organization of said regiment.
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November 18, 1861
James Cantwell, and B.R. Durfee, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the bearer, Charles Deibold, wanted a commission to assist Lieutenant James Walker in recruiting for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that Deibold be given a commission.
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November 18, 1861
J.H. Clark, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been informed by authentic sources that the Regimental Quartermaster of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry gave very general dissatisfaction to the regiment owing to his incompetency, and that should any change be made, he wanted to be considered as an applicant for the vacancy.
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November 18, 1861
H.S. Commager, Camp Oliver, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter introducing his friend, O.F. Hall of Waterville, Lucas County; and stating that Hall was a 3rd Lieutenant in Company I of the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that Hall went to Columbus endeavoring to obtain his pay, that he had once presented the matter to Buckingham, and that it was then Buckingham's opinion that Hall was entitled to pay as a 3rd Lieutenant.
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November 18, 1861
James W. Crooks, Secretary, and A. White, President, Military Committee, Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that at a meeting of the committee it was agreed to recommend Wilford Stiers and Grafton Eckhart as recruiting officers to assist Lieutenant Joshua Blaze in raising his company for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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November 18, 1861
James W. Crooks, Secretary, and A. White, President, Military Committee of Hocking County, Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. To ? Letter recommending Samuel H. Baker as a suitable person to receive the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant to recruit a company in Hocking County for the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham issue the necessary papers to Baker.
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November 18, 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 it was his imperative duty to call Buckingham's attention to the danger attendant on allowing the regiment to remain much longer at its present station, that the sickness persisted and the prevailing continued fever cases might at any moment take a typhoid type, that all having the slightest appearance of a typhoid type fever had been granted furloughs to return home for treatment, that a large number of the men had been recruited in the town of Wooster and the surrounding area, and that great temptations were placed in their way to leave camp without the usual permission and remain absent at such times as drill and discipline required they should be present; requesting that he might be ordered to move the regiment as soon as possible; and stating that it would be of some aid to the discipline of the regiment if he alone (and confidentially) was made acquainted with the order to march, that he was informed that the barracks at Camp Dennison were not likely to prove so beneficial to the health of the corps as the barracks in Cincinnati, that the final rifle drill and organization would be sooner taught and more thoroughly completed in the Orphan Asylum than at Camp Dennison, and that he wanted to take the regiment into the field as strong, numerically, physically, and morally, as he could make it.
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November 18, 1861
William Deford, C. Ferrall, Joseph Cellars, and John H. Tripp, County Military Committee, Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that with much surprise they found that a Carroll County resident, David Skeels, had been commissioned to raise a company for the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry with authority to recruit in Tuscarawas County, and that Skeels maintained he would establish his company headquarters in Carrollton, directly in opposition to S.M. Craine who was commissioned for Carroll County alone and with the committee's recommendation; and demanding as citizens without authority that Buckingham respect the action of the committee, and that Buckingham require Skeels to remove his headquarters to Tuscarawas County or withdraw his commission.
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November 18, 1861
Frederick H. Dibble, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham would find his name on file as one recommended for a Lieutenant's commission by the Military Committee of Lorain County, and that his recommendation was for artillery and he had just succeeded in finding a place to use it.
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November 18, 1861
Calvin Ferrall, Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been handed a paper which appointed him a recruiting officer for the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he was unable to accept on account of the dying condition of his father.
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November 18, 1861
H[enry] H. Fickel, 2nd Lieutenant, Company E, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al., Cheat Mountain Summit Camp, [western Virginia]. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by fifty-seven members of Company E, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, recommending 2nd Sergeant Andrew F. Wedenbacker as a competent person for a Lieutenancy to fill the vacancy about to occur by the resignation of David N. Stambaugh, 1st Lieutenant of said company, who was off on sick furlough and not likely to return.
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November 18, 1861
John Groesbeck, Colonel, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Hudson City, Missouri. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting on the organization of the regiment.
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November 18, 1861
John Groesbeck, Colonel, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Hudson City, Missouri. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had written to Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham regarding the promotions in the 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; requesting that Dennison discuss the matter with Buckingham; and stating that they were going along fairly, hoping one day to have their opportunity of signally serving their country.
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November 18, 1861
Peter Hack. To Governor William Dennison. Letter applying for an appointment as assistant to Lieutenant Marshall in recruiting a company for the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears a note dated November 19, 1861, from C.H. Mitchener and John English, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, endorsing and approving Hack's application, and recommending that a commission be issued to Hack. Also bears a note from C.H. Mitchener, Chairman, and J.H. Barnhill, Secretary Pro Tem, Military Committee [of Tuscarawas County], stating that at a meeting of the committee it was ordered that Hack be recommended as prepared and qualified to receive a commission to assist Lieutenant Marshall in recruiting a company for the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and recommending that a commission be issued to Hack for that purpose.
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November 18, 1861
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Tupper, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he understood from the Military Committee of Washington County that an effort was about to be made for the formation of a brigade at Marietta, that the brigade was to consist of the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Colonel W. Craig of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was to be recommended as the Brigade General and Commandant of said brigade, and that he gave his consent; and recommending the establishment of the brigade as specified.
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November 18, 1861
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel Commanding, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Tupper, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending that the time of Lieutenant James H. Lutgen of Stockport, Morgan County be extended.
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November 18, 1861
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel Commanding, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Tupper, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Arthur W. Barker as a young man well qualified for appointment as a 2nd Lieutenant and recruiting officer for the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that he considered Barker one of the most promising young men in Washington County, that Barker had much less experience than many others in command, that he believed Barker would make a good commandant of a company, that Barker was now in the 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry under General [William S.] Rosecrans' command, that Barker was the son of Major George W. Barker and one of four brothers in the service of the country, and that he wanted Barker appointed in place of John Henricle, provided that the companies of Lieutenants [Enoch W.] Blasdel and Henricle were consolidated; and recommending that Dr. Thomas Ross of Washington County be appointed to assist Barker to raise and recruit a company for the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears the endorsement of the Washington County Military Committee.
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November 18, 1861
P[eter] Hitchcock, Burton, Geauga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that in Company B of the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, were some of the very best young men from Geauga County, that these men felt they had been wronged in the organization of the regiment and the assignment of companies in the regiment as to letter of company, that some half dozen of these young men of talent, education, and influence, without waiting for or attempting to secure appointments to office, took their positions in the ranks and were ready with their muskets to do battle for the right, that the State was more indebted to these men for the fact that the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was filled up and in the field of active service than to any other man or set of men, that by the efforts of these men and through their instrumentality, two full companies were placed in the regiment and many recruits secured for the filling up of other companies, that as a result of movements set in motion by these individuals, some four hundred men had been enlisted in Geauga County in addition to those previously enrolled, that army regulations required that all regimental staff officers, except Adjutant and Quartermaster, should be taken from the commissioned officers of the regiment, and that in the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, not one of the regimental staff officers was so taken, but all were persons from outside the regiment, not previously mustered in, and with no intention of entering the service except in connection with some appointment; asking, provided the time of recruiting in of companies and not of the officers determined the rank of the officers and thus the position of companies, if justice would permit a company, which acted strictly in accordance with orders issued and directions of superior officers, to be superseded; and stating that if so, the feeling which would be created in the minds of the men thus acting under such directions, that an officer connected with the regiment had properly taken a course to thwart their rights while others had unintentionally lent their aid, would remain and exact its influence to render the regiment inefficient to the extent which always resulted from a lack of confidence between subordinates and superior officers.
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November 18, 1861
W.F. Hunter, Chairman, and Jno. M. Kirkbride, Secretary, Monroe County Military Committee, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that Joseph B. Williams of Franklin Township, Summerfield Post Office, Noble County, Ohio, made application to be recommended as assistant to Lieutenant George W. Murphy of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Williams was recommended as such.
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November 18, 1861
William F. Hunter, Chairman, and Jno. M. Kirkbride, Secretary, Monroe County Military Committee, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that the committee took up the application of Henry H. Lingo for a Lieutenant's commission, that Lingo 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 Lingo could recruit a company in Monroe County, and that the committee pledged to aid him in so doing; and recommending that Lingo receive a commission.
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November 18, 1861
Edward Kimball, Monroe, Butler County, Ohio. To "Most Respected Sir". Letter stating that a Captain Constable, an Englishman who was said to have been an officer in the service in India for many years, recruited a company of artillery for General [John C.] Fremont's wing of the army in August and September in Cincinnati, that he was informed this company had lately been recognized and adopted as an Ohio battery bearing Constable's name, that he had one son in this company, and their village and the immediate area had thirty-five of her best and most noble and promising young men in it, that the company left St. Louis on October 29, and after five days travel by river and railroad they reached Tipton, Missouri, a distance of 160 miles, that Constable did not go with them, telling the men that he had some business to attend to and that he would be with them in two days, that up to November 14, Constable had not been seen or heard from by the men, that the officers were all new hands, and he had seen a letter from one of the boys (not his son for he had learned to submit to his superiors) who complained of their Quartermaster most bitterly, that if the complaint was true it would disqualify the Quartermaster for any civil trust, let alone the one he now held, that the complaint charged the Quartermaster with intoxication and wronging the company in various ways, that if their boys had been thrown into the country of an inveterate and hellish enemy without a competent commander and with all the other officers new and green in the service and a necessary one to their daily comforts dissipated, they were truly in a most hopeless condition, that he hoped in God's mercy, for the sake of humanity, and for the credit of Ohio troops that the addressee would see to it that the boys were not long left in such a lamentable condition, that the company and battery had been highly praised, and that if all the men were of such stuff as they sent, and they had a good commander and a chance, he knew they would do good service for their country; and providing references.
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November 18, 1861
John Lash, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Whom It May Concern. Letter stating that with a view and the distinct understanding of being detailed and duly assigned as a bugler in the service, he volunteered on October 26 to join the "City Battery" of Cincinnati, that the designation of the organization later changed to the 7th Battery, that at the time of volunteering, it was represented to him that the service of the organization was for a local city purpose and consequently not of so laborious a character as the present service, that he was 48 years of age, had seen active service for a period of 10 years, and was most willing and anxious to continue in the service in such capacity as his health and ability would permit, and that he felt himself not physically able to endure the fatigues and labor of a mounted recruit in the artillery; requesting to be transferred from his present enrollment to that of an enlisted recruit in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a musician; and stating that he had never been qualified or sworn in other than by the recruiting officer, and had not as yet been mustered by any officer of the U.S. Army. Bears a note from C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham, asking that Lash's request be granted.
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November 18, 1861
H.B. Maynard, Secretary, Military Committee of Fayette County, Washington, Fayette County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that the committee certified that Nathaniel Morris was a person of good moral character, a resident of Fayette County, and of sufficient ability to command a company in the field, that they believed Morris could recruit a company in Fayette County, and that they would assist him in so doing; and recommending Morris for the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant.
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November 18, 1861
C.H. Mitchener, and John English, Camp Meigs, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter reporting on the number of recruits enlisted for the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that a portion of the recruits reported in Companies C, D, E, F, G, and H were not in camp nor would they be until covering could be obtained for them, that they had procured subscriptions of comforts, blankets, and quilts numbering about 175 and delivered same to the Quartermaster at Camp Meigs for temporary use, and that they respectfully solicited as a matter of the most urgent necessity the procurement and shipment to Camp Meigs of a sufficiency of blankets for not less than 600 men; and requesting that the time granted for organizing the regiment be extended by 30 days.
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November 18, 1861
M. Morath, Chairman, and J. Buckingham, Secretary, [Military Committee for Licking County], Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of the State of Ohio. Letter stating that the committee unanimously resolved that William S. Wright of Licking County be recommended as a proper person to be appointed a 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that the committee would give Wright its aid in recruiting his company. Bears a note from W[illiam] B. Woods, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Sherman, [Newark, Licking County, Ohio], recommending that a commission as 2nd Lieutenant be conferred on Wright to recruit for the regiment.
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November 18, 1861
M. Morath, Chairman, and J. Buckingham, Secretary, [Military Committee for Licking County], Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of the State of Ohio. Letter stating that the committee unanimously resolved that Ebenezer B. Pratt of Licking County be recommended as a suitable person to be appointed a 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that the committee would give Pratt its aid to fill up his company. Bears a note from W[illiam] B. Woods, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Sherman, [Newark, Licking County, Ohio], recommending that a commission as 2nd Lieutenant be conferred on Pratt to recruit for the regiment.
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November 18, 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 P.R. Galloway held a commission to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and now had sixty enlisted men in camp, that Galloway wanted to have William S. Hamilton of Jefferson County and Edward C. Staight of Darke County appointed as his assistants to recruit, and that Hamilton and Staight were suitable individuals to receive the appointments. Together with a note from Sargent; stating that he had sent proper application from Lieutenant Charles A. Junghanns to have Abner J. Sennett appointed as his assistant, that Sennett's appointment had not been received, and that Junghanns was now in camp with sixty-one men and thought that Sennett would at once fill up the company; and requesting that Sennett's appointment be sent.
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November 18, 1861
F.C. Searl, Chairman, A.W. Buskirk, Secretary, Jno. J. Terry, M.B. Gilbert, and W.A. Hutchins, Scioto County Military Committee, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter certifying that Milton Hutton was a man of good moral character and of such attainments as would fit him for the command of a company in the field; stating that they believed Hutton to be a suitable person to recruit a company in Scioto County; pledging their assistance to Hutton in so doing; and recommending that Hutton be appointed 2nd Lieutenant for that purpose.
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November 18, 1861
John Sherman, Colonel Commanding, Sherman's Brigade, Headquarters, Camp Buckingham, near Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Joseph Failor of Bucyrus enlisted with E.B. Finley of the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry with the assurance that he would be appointed 1st Lieutenant and with the confident expectation that the company would be filled, that this had not, however, been done, and that under the circumstances, he thought Failor should be granted an honorable discharge; and asking if Buckingham would grant it or if he had the power to do so.
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November 18, 1861
J.L. Kirby Smith, Colonel, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there were a large number of men who had reported for duty, but who had not been mustered, and a number who were ascertained, since mustered, to be unfit for service on account of various disabilities, and that the services of the mustering officer and examining surgeon were greatly needed; requesting that they might have them for part of a day at least; asking if there was any way to get rid of men who had been passed by the mustering surgeon, but should not have been, without a regular discharge; and stating that there were about six men on the muster-in roll who were so "unsound" as to be entirely unserviceable and, if not informally sent home and taken off the roll, they would have to be discharged on a certificate of disability.
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November 18, 1861
J.L. Kirby Smith, Colonel, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he learned that Lieutenant Timmons, who had a recruiting commission for the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had made, or was about to make, application for a transfer of himself and his men to the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that if this was so or if such application had been made for any other regiment, he asked that the application be denied.
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