November 25, 1861
Osborn Monnett, Milan, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that when Reverend E.Y. Warner was elected to the Chaplaincy of the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, it left Milan without a pastor, that he had been appointed as a supply pastor and was therefore, indirectly, in the service of his country, that his health was very poor, being afflicted with disease of the heart, that the duties of the circuit and the cares of the farm would prove too much for him as his son, Isaac B. Monnett, who was his only help, had enlisted in the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that what he wanted was to be allowed to hire a man to go in his son's place, that the substitute would volunteer, but could not without some money in hand to cover living expenses, and that his son would be willing to stay and take care of the farm, etc.
3 pp. [Series 147-17: 219]
November 25, 1861
J.E. Morehouse, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, now in Missouri, was formerly the Benton Guard not the Fremont Light Guard, that the Fremont Light Guard was now forming at St. Louis, Missouri under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Shaw, Major E.C. Catherwood, and Adjutant Gillette, and that he had raised a squad of men for the Fremont Light Guard; and asking if he could obtain permission to register his men as Ohio troops and to transfer them to St. Louis.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 219]
November 25, 1861
B. Nesbitt, Chairman, and A.M. Stark, Secretary, [Greene County Military Committee], Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee recommended the appointment of Charles S. Rice as assistant to 2nd Lieutenant Bardwell to recruit for the 10th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery. Bears the endorsement of A.S. Ballard, Major Commanding, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 184]
November 25, 1861
M.P. Nolan, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter recommending the bearers, Dennis Holen and Alonzo Miller, as men fully competent to recruit for the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Lieutenants, and as officers who could command the men when recruited. Together with a note from D.A. Haynes, Chairman, and E.S. Young, [Montgomery County Military Committee], Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; stating that Holen and Miller were men of good character, active and energetic, and that they believed Holen and Miller qualified to fill any company offices; and recommending the appointment of Holen and Miller in accordance with Nolan's request.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 201]
November 25, 1861
W.R. Smith, and C.B. Miller, Secretary, [Highland County Military Committee], Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee recommended the bearer, J.B. Juen, as a proper person to recruit a company for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service).
1 p. [Series 147-17: 204]
November 25, 1861
William H. Trimble, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the authority for Goodsale Buckingham and the 4 blanks had not been received, that he wanted J.B. Juen authorized as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit a company for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), that Juen was a French gentleman of character and would get men from the French settlements in Highland County, Brown County, and Clermont County, that Juen's post office address would be Marathon, Clermont County, Ohio, that Juen wanted authorities in blank for the two assistant recruiting officers so that he could fill the positions as judiciously as possible after he had consulted with his friends in the different French settlements and also in German settlements, that Juen would be the tenth appointment as 2nd Lieutenant for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), that the appointment of Guthrie, recommended by Dr. Smith or the county military committee, did not amount to anything, and that he hoped Juen would receive an appointment because he had more faith in Juen's chances of success than anyone recommended recently.
2 pp. [Series 147-17: 205]
November 25, 1861
E. Morgan Wood, Captain, 15th U.S. Infantry, Newport Barracks, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since the consolidation of the department with others and the appointment of General [Don Carlos] Buell to its command, he had little or nothing to do in the way of mustering troops, that the new system inaugurated in Kentucky of appointing 2nd Lieutenants with power to muster men as enlisted had taken away most of the business of a mustering officer, that the first battalion of his regiment was about ready to leave for the field and his services were needed by its commanding officer, and that with this condition of affairs, he respectfully requested that he might be relieved from duty as mustering officer and allowed to rejoin his regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 225]
November 26, 1861
Jno. Kennett, Colonel Commanding, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the daily report for November 25; and stating that the previous reports since they reached Camp Dennison were mailed to Buckingham on November 25, that he had heard that Buckingham was about to consolidate the various regiments after November 27, and it occurred to him that Buckingham might find a few men who would prefer the cavalry service to the infantry, that as his regiment was nearly full, it would take only a few more to make up 950 men, rank and file, that they lacked 30 teamsters, that most of the regiment was tolerably well drilled, but the raw recruits kept them back, that they were informed through a very unreliable source (a newspaper) that Buckingham was in receipt of arms for the regiment, that if this was so, he wanted them forwarded at once, that it was high time their men were taught to handle arms and that the horses became accustomed to them, that they required 100 men in all, including teamsters, and that their teamsters were all enlisted and detailed to drill.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 193]
November 26, 1861
Wager Swayne, Major, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the bearer, Lieutenant W.H. Webb, wanted to make a new attempt at recruiting, that Webb had been unusually faithful in his endeavors so far and the men recruited by him had been of a high order, and that he was anxious that Webb should have a commission.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 213]
November 26, 1861
J[oseph] H. Van Deman, Lieutenant, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his company was filling up slowly, and that Recruiting Officer W.W. Willis, who had been recruiting for the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had some 8 or 9 men and was desirous of uniting with him; asking if Willis could be attached to his company in the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that by so doing, Buckingham would facilitate the recruiting service and make the hearts of the men enlisted by Willis feel glad.
1 p. [Series 147-17: 215]