November 18, 1861
Orland Smith, Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in case Buckingham appointed Joseph Foster to a Lieutenancy in the 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as he sincerely hoped and trusted Buckingham would, he would recommend the appointment of Samuel D. Foster to assist him, and that Samuel D. Foster was a resident of Ross County, otherwise his name would have been proposed by the Pike County [Military] Committee. Bears the endorsement of the Ross County Military Committee.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 94]

November 18, 1861
E.C. Stanley, Secretary, and George B. Senter, Chairman, [Military Committee of East Cuyahoga County], Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee unanimously recommended Patrick K. Walsh and L.O. Simmonds as proper persons for the position of 2nd Lieutenant, and James Walsh and Michael Walsh as assistants to Patrick K. Walsh. Bears a note from A[lvin] C. Voris, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, requesting the appointments, and that they be for his regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 85]

[November 18?, 1861]
R.M. Steigner, Albert Parsons, and William P. Kessinger, Athens County Military Committee. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the committee recommended James Tibbles as a person eminently possessing all the qualifications for a recruiting Lieutenant and recommended him for that position, and that Tibbles would probably control some recruits no other person could obtain in Athens County. Bears the endorsement of W.H. Young, Lieutenant Colonel, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 169]

November 18, 1861
Jonathan D. Tilton, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting authority to act as an assistant to William Patton in recruiting a company for the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Montgomery County, Miami County, and Mercer County. Bears a note from the Military Committee for Montgomery County, recommending Tilton.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 92]

November 18, 1861
A[lvin] C. Voris, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant George Emerson had recruited for the full time specified by his appointment and wanted an extension, that Emerson had 25 men with a prospect of doing well, that he thought it would be advisable to extend Emerson's time by 15 days or to December 1, that Emerson desired the appointment of Edward Hance to assist him, and that he thought Hance had been recommended by the Cuyahoga County Military Committee (West Side).
1 p. [Series 147-17: 69]

[November 18?, 1861]
Henry West, Chairman, and D.D.S. Cowen, Secretary, Military Committee, Northern Division of Belmont County. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Belmont County had furnished over 1,000 volunteers for the three years' service, mustered in Ohio and Virginia regiments, that Belmont County could fill up one or two more companies if the proper person was secured to engage in the matter and the right method adopted to secure the confidence and interest of those who might desire to go into the service, that they believed that C.L. Poorman, the present Auditor of Belmont County, could raise a company and was well qualified to command one, that Poorman had agreed to make the effort on condition that he be furnished with the entire equipments of a minimum company to be delivered to him in Belmont County, that for the value of which, Poorman would give an obligation to the State or Government that he would return them in good order, or furnish a company within 40 days, and that from their knowledge of Poorman's energy, extensive acquaintance, and personal popularity, they believed he would be able to recruit a full company in 40 days, or less time.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 99]

[November 18?, 1861]
A. White, President, and J.W. Crooks, Secretary, County Military Committee of Hocking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Frederick Gimble of Hocking County had applied to the committee to endorse his request to assist in raising a company for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Gimble had obtained the approval of Colonel [Valentine] Bausenwein; recommending that Gimble be appointed a recruiting officer to assist Lieutenant John Bunz in raising a company for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that the committee believed such an appointment would be beneficial to the service.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 81]

[November 18?, 1861]
A. White, President, and J.W. Crooks, Secretary, [County Military Committee of Hocking County, Ohio]. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that John Bunz of Hocking County wanted to raise a company for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Bunz had obtained the approval of the commanding officer of said regiment, that Bunz had applied to the committee to endorse such approval, that the committee endorsed the approval of Colonel [Valentine] Bausenwein and recommended the appointment of Bunz as a Lieutenant to recruit a company for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the committee believed such an appointment would be beneficial to the service and that Bunz could raise a company in Hocking County, and that the committee pledged to aid him in so doing.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 82]

November 18, 1861
William S. Williams, Captain, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he thought it would be advisable for Buckingham to appoint Lieutenant Lenker of their old company as a 2nd Lieutenant to recruit a section for the present battery [3rd Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery] that they were now forming as it would facilitate them in several ways.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 171]

November 18, 1861
William S. Williams, Captain, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of A.V.P. Day as a 2nd Lieutenant to recruit a section for the present battery [3rd Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery] they were forming, and that Day have Cuyahoga County and the adjoining area for his recruiting field; stating that Day was a good man; and providing a reference.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 171]

November 19, 1861
C.R. Auten, M.D., Spring Hills, Champaign County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that he had been called to see Mr. Holden professionally, that Holden had been quite unwell for several days, and that Holden probably would not be able to endure the fatigues of recruiting for six or eight days.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 139]

November 19, 1861
C.B. Bernard, Akron, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter relating the facts regarding Augustus N. Bernard and a commission for him as 2nd Lieutenant of Company K, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; stating that Augustus N. Bernard enlisted as a Private in Company A, and was promoted to Sergeant Major, that while Bernard was serving in that capacity, Captain [John H.] Clapp of Company K died, that Adjutant [Thomas W.] Sanderson was appointed to fill Clapp's place, that the 1st Lieutenant of Company K resigned and the 2nd Lieutenant was promoted to fill his place, leaving the position of 2nd Lieutenant vacant, that Colonel [Charles] Doubleday appointed Bernard to the vacancy, that Bernard had expended several hundred dollars to equip himself, that Bernard's friends were anxious for him to be commissioned, and that Bernard had earned the appointment "meritoriously"; and requesting that Buckingham examine the matter and issue the commission.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 130]

November 19, 1861
William H. Bucke, and Stephen Hayes, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that their time expired on November 20, that they desired a renewal for thirty days as recruiting had been slow on account of Captain [Michael P.] Nolan not being appointed Lieutenant Colonel, that they were assured by Mr. Beckett of Hamilton that as soon as the Governor returned from Washington, Captain Nolan would get his appointment, and that if this happened, they could assure the Adjutant General that they would have a full company in thirty days.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 143]

November 19, 1861
Jno. J. Buckingham, Office of the United States Express Company, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if there would be any prospect of getting a situation as a clerk of some kind in the Adjutant General's office at the present time; stating that he was engaged in the express office at Newark and did not like the business, and that he would be glad to get other employment and was not particular what it was so long as it paid and was steady employment; and providing a reference.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 77]

November 19, 1861
R[alph] P. Buckland, Colonel Commanding, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Croghan, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the first morning field report of the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; requesting to be advised if anything was omitted or wrong in the report; asking if it was necessary for the recruiting officers to continue their reports to the Adjutant General's Department or if the field reports would be sufficient; stating that a contract was made for furnishing men in camp with cooked rations at 30 cents per day until December 1, when they hoped to be so organized as to enable the men to cook for themselves; asking if he should transmit daily morning field reports to Buckingham; and stating that he found it necessary to allow a large number of the recruits time to arrange their matters at home before keeping them permanently in camp, that he thought they would have approximately 500 men in camp by November 25, and that they had no guns for guard duty and no overcoats for the men.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 132]

November 19, 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 wanted the appointment of William W. James of St. Paris, Champaign County, Ohio as assistant recruiting officer to 2nd Lieutenant Brundage or 2nd Lieutenant Egbert, both of Seneca County, that he understood that Brundage considered giving up his appointment, and that if this was so, James had better be appointed assistant to Egbert.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 137]

November 19, 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 wanted the appointment of Thomas Burnside of Tiffin as assistant recruiting officer to 2nd Lieutenant Brundage or 2nd Lieutenant Egbert, both of Seneca County, that he understood that Brundage considered giving up his appointment, and that if this was so, Burnside had better be appointed as assistant to Egbert.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 139]

November 19, 1861
Lewis D. Campbell, Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Hamilton. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that R.P. Lamb, who wrote the enclosed letter, was a highly reputable physician in the area, that Martin Sater, the recruit named, was in camp, that Sater was 19 years old and a robust farmer boy, that Sater's father was a very respectable farmer with nine children, that Sater's mother was in feeble health, that the facts made known by the enclosed letter as well as by the father's representations were such as addressed themselves strongly to his sympathies, and that as he had no power to give the relief sought, he was referring the matter to Buckingham.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 123]

November 19, 1861
Henry B. Carrington, Colonel, 18th Regiment, U.S. Infantry, Headquarters, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding Henry S. Wetmore, a West Point cadet who patriotically offered to leave the Academy to serve in the Ohio Militia; and stating that he took pleasure in presenting Wetmore to Buckingham, and that Wetmore's rank in his class and Ohio education would recommend him.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 95]

November 19, 1861
A.L. Cass, Chairman, [Military Committee of Coshocton County], Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was directed by the committee to apply for a commission for Peter Hack to recruit for Lieutenant William Marshall's company, and that Marshall was doing all in his power to fill his company, but needed all the aid he could get to finish the work by November 25.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 105]

November 19, 1861
George H. Christian, Louisville, Kentucky. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter asking if there were any cavalry regiments forming in Ohio, or where any were organizing.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 127]

November 19, 1861
W. Craig, Colonel Commanding, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Lieutenant Colonel [Clemens F.] Steele, 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Pond, Ohio. Letter ordering Steele to leave the next morning and to proceed by the Zanesville Packet to Zanesville, and then to Columbus without delay, and to report in person to Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham for further orders.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 188]

November 19, 1861
W. Craig, Colonel Commanding, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Putnam, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had ordered Lieutenant Colonel [Clemens F.] Steele of the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to go to Columbus and report to Buckingham for further orders, that he had done this for reasons which were enough to have justified Steele's close arrest, but he had seen fit to pursue another course, that Steele arrived the night before, since which time he had occupied himself in denouncing everything and everybody connected with the movement of the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Camp Putnam, that Steele had done this in a public hotel, on the street, and in the most bitter terms in the presence of his men, and that he hoped Buckingham might find something better for Steele to do than occupying his time in breeding discontent among raw and undisciplined troops.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 189]

November 19, 1861
G.A. Doherty, et. al., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by five individuals; recommending John W. Caldwell as a suitable person to be appointed a Colonel in the Ohio Volunteers; and stating that Caldwell was partially educated at West Point and had been for many years a Colonel in the Ohio Militia.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 96]

November 19, 1861
B.R. Durfee, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was reliably informed that 2 companies being recruited in Crawford County for [John] Sherman's Brigade would not be wanted by Sherman, and that Crawford County was in their recruiting territory for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; asking if the 2 companies could be transferred to them; and stating that they were extremely anxious to be in the field within the next 20 days.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 112]

[November 19?, 1861]
Abner Kellogg, J.D. Ensign, and E.B. Woodbury, Ashtabula County Military Committee. To ? Letter stating that they were acquainted with L.M. Miller, that Miller sustained a good moral character, and that they thought Miller well qualified to command men. Bears a note from A[lvin] C. Voris, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, requesting the appointment of Miller as assistant recruiting officer to the regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 105]

November 19, 1861
John Lahm, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's circular to military committees instructed them that no commissions to recruit would be issued to any persons unless they presented with their applications the certificate of the county military committee that they were men of good moral character, etc., that on November 9, Daniel Gotshal of Canton applied to the Military Committee for the Eastern Subdivision of Stark County for such certificate, having the approval of Colonel [Louis] Zahm to recruit for his regiment of cavalry, that for good and valid reasons, the committee promptly refused and rejected Gotshal's application, that the members of the committee supposed this would be the end of the matter as far as Gotshal was concerned and congratulated themselves on having the opportunity to defeat the promotion of Gotshal, who, from the commencement of the present difficulties, had been unstinted in his sympathies for the rebels, that three or four days thereafter, to their chagrin and mortification, Gotshal produced a commission to recruit for Colonel Zahm's regiment, that while the community had not yet forgotten that Governor Dennison, in defiance of the remonstrances of the best citizens of Stark County, commissioned W.H. Burke as Quartermaster of the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, it had insult added to injury in being confronted with a commission to Gotshal to recruit a cavalry company, that when the combined efforts of committees and patriotic citizens were invoked and those efforts were thus treated, Buckingham must not be surprised if they should be discontinued on the part of some and grow sluggish on the part of others, and that he was returning Buckingham's circulars along with his resignation as a member of the Military Committee for the Eastern Subdivision of Stark County.
3 pp. [Series 147-17: 152]

November 19, 1861
R.P. Lamb, Venice, Erie County, Ohio. To L.D. Campbell, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Letter stating that Campbell had in his regiment [69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry] a young man named Martin Sater, that since Sater joined the regiment, his mother, who was always in feeble health, had been going down hill, that he feared if Sater continued with the regiment and entered active service, it would be the death of her, that he had been the family physician for the past eight years, and that no man in the area desired seeing Campbell's regiment filled and on duty more heartily than himself, but he thought it his duty as her physician to state the case just as it was; and asking if Sater could be discharged for his mother's sake.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 123]

November 19, 1861
J.E. Morehouse, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was recruiting a company of thirty men for the Fremont Light Guard encamped at St. Louis, Missouri; and requesting permission to register them as Ohio troops and to transfer them to the Fremont Light Guard. Together with a note from Samuel T. Worcester, stating that Morehouse was a very worthy citizen of Norwalk, that according to Morehouse, a large portion of the men he expected would enlist were already residents of Missouri, that he was not conversant with the practice which had been adopted in such cases, and that he would be obliged if Buckingham could give Morehouse the necessary information.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 142]

November 19, 1861
G.M. Ogden, Lieutenant, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Republic, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had six names on his enlistment roll, that he had not attempted to do anything until a few days before fearing it might interfere with a Republic native who was attempting to fill a company, that he wanted Paul Bolinger of Republic appointed as his assistant, and that he had proposed giving his place as Major in the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Leroy Crocket if agreeable to Colonel [Ralph P.] Buckland; and requesting that his commission and D. Metzger's be extended for 20 days.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 140]

November 19, 1861
James Partington, Reesville, Clinton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that owing to Lieutenant Reed being absent at the time he received a commission to recruit, he did not succeed as anticipated, that since Reed's return, which occurred only a few days before, their prospects had been brightening and they thought they could make a company if Mason would extend the time, and that as the time given in his commission had about expired, he was enclosing it; and asking that Mason renew the commission and return it forthwith.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 114]

November 19, 1861
A.M. Pratt, Bryan, Williams County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that one of the principal musicians of the band mustered in with the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry wanted him to inquire if there were any orders to pay only one principal musician in each band and if any steps were being taken to disband bands already mustered in.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 103]

November 19, 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 M.T. Williamson held a commission to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Williamson wanted the time extended permitting him to enlist, that Williamson had been very active and energetic in his efforts, and that Williamson had a good prospect of accomplishing his object to recruit a company; and requesting that Williamson's application for the extension of his time be granted. Signed by members of the Military Committee for the 4th [Congressional] District.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 111]

November 19, 1861
Orland Smith, Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Lieutenant Thomas Lucas, had secured and enlisted 83 men and wanted to be appointed Captain, that the company had chosen George M. Dougherty as 1st Lieutenant and John Mitchell as 2nd Lieutenant, and that the selections, being unanimous, had his approbation.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 141]

November 19, 1861
William Smith, Lieutenant, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the men were not mustered in the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and wished to go in the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 133]

November 19, 1861
W[illiam] D. Starr, 2nd Lieutenant, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter enclosing his 2nd Lieutenant's commission; requesting that the commission be renewed and returned at Mason's earliest convenience; and stating that he did not report to Mason's office as he was in camp with his men and did not suppose it necessary, and that Colonel [Thomas Kilby] Smith informed him of the renewal of his commission.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 173]

November 19, 1861
William H. Trimble, Burnet House, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he saw by Buckingham's general order that the Ohio regiments were to be filled by a certain day; asking what was to be done with his regiment [60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service)] if not filled; and stating that he thought Buckingham's order was a wise one and did not object to it, that he was so situated that he could not comply strictly with the order and could not well be combined, that as Judge Sherman acknowledged, he had bagged more birds than any man in Ohio and was generous enough to let others take men after they were bagged, that he would not like to have the men he had currently taken from him, but would rather work on even through storm and tempest to the end, that he disliked exceedingly the rule that regiments should be furnished with overcoats according to the number in a regiment instead of according to the date of requisition, that he had a conversation on the subject with Colonel Whittlesey the previous evening, and Whittlesey agreed with him, that Whittlesey said he only had 30 men when he received overcoats and his being able to tell every man that he could make them comfortable was his chief power in recruiting, that at the present season of the year, either the rule should be enforced or the overcoats should be distributed according to the number of men reported, that his sick list was increasing for want of overcoats and as a just and conscientious man, he felt very unhappy about the matter, that he had a conversation with Captain D[ickerson] about the matter and nothing but an order from the Governor would give him any relief from the dilemma, and that he left it to Governor Dennison and Buckingham to discuss the matter and do him whatever justice was possible.
4 pp. [Series 147-17: 175]