November 27, 1861
Clemens F. Steele, Camp Goddard, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter answering statements made by Colonel [W.] Craig of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had been in Marietta but a short time, having arrived on the morning of November 19 and receiving orders to report at Columbus on the evening of the same day, that not understanding the precise position in which a portion of the regiment to which he was attached then stood, he may have made some remarks which Craig found reprehensible, that inasmuch as Craig had so found them, he trusted that Dennison would not construe it as an act of insubordination, that it was his conviction that the good of the regiment was best attained by remaining as a body until formed, that the order to repair to Camp Putnam, although executed with alacrity, was sufficient matter for reflection and may have caused remarks, though innocent of malice, indecorous and unbecoming in the eyes of Craig, that he, however, disclaimed any such intention on his part as furnishing the least ground for dissatisfaction among the troops of the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or any other regiment, that it was a general subject of conversation throughout the place that Craig was to receive the appointment as Brigadier General and that the troops of the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were to be attached to Craig's regiment (63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry) for the purpose of forming his brigade, thereby destroying the embodiment of the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and perhaps being the cause of their wintering in Ohio, that he acknowledged that he should not be influenced by the dictum of the people at large, but the idea with him was, to say the least, disagreeable and may have provoked the very few remarks which had produced the dissatisfaction of Craig, that the status of a volunteer officer should be an extenuating circumstance in this case, and that if those who had been reared to military duty expected to find at this juncture that decided discipline which should characterize the regular service, they could not but be mistaken.
2 pp. [Series 147-18: 148]
November 27, 1861
Webster Thomas, 1st Lieutenant, Company A, 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Oxford, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that having received leave of absence to recruit for Company A of the 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was dropping Buckingham a line for instructions relating to the recruiting service; and asking how he should obtain the recruiting fund and blanks necessary to the service, and if the Governor had obtained permission to pay recruits one month's wages in advance.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 92]
November 28, 1861
J[acob] Ammen, Colonel, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Louisville, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the resignations of Lieutenant Colonel Lucian Buttles and Major Shelton Sturges of the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been accepted that day by Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell in command of the Department, that as the regiment would probably be in the presence of the enemy soon, it was important that these vacancies should be filled, and that the rule of seniority in this case would not give the regiment the best officers.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 180]
November 28, 1861
D.Z. Carter, 2nd Lieutenant Commanding, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the appointment of George J. Leininger as assistant recruiting officer.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 94]
November 28, 1861
R.A. Constable, Colonel, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had appointed Oscar Deshler and Jasper N. Watkins to assist Lieutenant H.W. Deshler of Athens, Ohio, and that he had ordered them to make a final report to Mason's office by December 10, 1861.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 156]
November 28, 1861
Charles Doubleday, Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Wade, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if a Lieutenant Holmes of the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry had been to the Adjutant General's Department during the last twenty-four hours; and stating that Holmes had been sent in another direction upon regimental business, that Holmes' notoriously inefficient character induced him to ask, and that if Holmes had been to the Adjutant General's Department, it would constitute a grave case of willful disobedience.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 93]
November 28, 1861
James Ewart, Captain, Company E, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Union, western Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending the appointment of John E. Barrett as 1st Lieutenant, Company E to fill the vacancy caused by a resignation.
3 pp. [Series 147-18: 202]
November 28, 1861
W[illiam] H. Gibson, Colonel, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Nevin, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that their total strength was 920 men, after deaths and 23 discharges were deducted; reporting on the status of the officers; and stating that they wanted no clothing, arms, or equipage, that they were supplied with ammunition and medical stores, that they had but two ambulances and wanted more, that they had but 16 teams and required 24, that the health of the regiment was rapidly improving, that they were in good condition for active duty, and that they were all impatient to move south.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 155]
November 28, 1861
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Louisville, Kentucky. To ? Extract from Special Order No. 13, stating that the resignations of Lieutenant Colonel Lucian Buttles and Major Shelton Sturges of the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were accepted to take effect from November 28, 1861. Issued by command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 153]
November 28, 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 George W. Funk of Dilles Bottom, Belmont County, Ohio, as a good and efficient man for appointment as a Lieutenant and recruiting officer for the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that Funk would make a good Captain, that Funk had 75 men ready to enlist as soon as he received an appointment as Lieutenant, that Funk had given assurance that he could come into camp with 90 men within ten days, that he wished Funk appointed in place of Arthur Barker, and that Funk would forward a recommendation from the Military Committee of Belmont County; recommending Levi Rush as a man well qualified to aid Funk in recruiting and raising said company; and stating that should Funk raise 83 men for camp, the regiment could be mustered in at once.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 94]
November 28, 1861
P[eter] M. Hitchcock, Quartermaster, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp King, Kentucky. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that John Manning of Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, was anxious to recruit for the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that it would confer a great favor upon the regiment by giving Manning an order to recruit in the counties along the line of the Miami Canal, of which he had been a prominent employee.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 108]
November 28, 1861
F[rederick] W. Lister, Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on November 13, he had sent a letter to Buckingham regarding his pay account, that he found himself in a most painful and humiliating situation, that Major [Samuel L.] Leffingwell, formerly of the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had been to Camp Dick Robinson and presented himself to Colonel [Moses B.] Walker with his commission claiming to be recognized as the Major of the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on the grounds that his transfer to the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was illegal, that Leffingwell was in possession of a document from the Secretary of War setting forth that the transfer, not having been made in compliance with the army regulations, was null and void, that as Leffingwell was not in possession of an order to report himself for duty, Walker refused to recognize him, that Leffingwell remained in and about camp for some days and left on November 19 for Louisville with the avowed intention of procuring an order from the Paymaster in his favor, that as the incumbent, he was naturally anxious to know if he was or was not entitled to the emoluments, as well as the cares, duties, and responsibilities attendant upon the office for which he held a commission, that the uncertainty of the affair could not but have a prejudicial effect upon the general discipline of the regiment and perhaps induce a collision as he was entirely unaccustomed to the least disobedience of orders, that the expenses of an outfit, etc., for a field officer were not trifling and up to the present time he had received nothing for his somewhat arduous services in the army of the United States, and that the only circumstance which alleviated the painfulness of his position was the expression of good will it had elicited from the men and a large majority of the officers of the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-18: 174]
November 28, 1861
W[illiam] R. Lloyd, Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Hutchins, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of G.H. Christian as an assistant for M.H. Haskill, a Lieutenant recruiting for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; and stating that Haskill's station was Ashtabula in Ashtabula County. Bears a note from Lloyd requesting that Christian's station be Madison, Lake County, with power to recruit in Lake County, Ashtabula County, and Geauga County.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 125]
November 28, 1861
Louis Markgraf, 1st Lieutenant, 8th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had 29 men to date, and that upon arriving at Camp Dennison, they found their unit designation unrecognized; asking what they should do; stating that they could rent a room locally and subsist the men as cheaply as they could be subsisted in camp, that if Buckingham could furnish them with one gun and carriage, he could thoroughly drill the men locally, that they were getting their recruiting matters arranged so that they could soon fill the battery, that they made a requisition some time since on Quartermaster Wright for clothing, that some of the men needed their clothing very badly, that a good uniform on a recruit assisted and was a great incentive to outsiders to enlist, and that they hoped Buckingham would attend to their case as soon as possible; and requesting blanks for transportation and enlistment blanks.
2 pp. [Series 147-18: 211]
November 28, 1861
J.K. Rukenbrod, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the date of the commission authorizing John H. Cryer of Salem to recruit for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 90]
November 28, 1861
John L. Smith, Lieutenant, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Buckingham, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he wished to induce Mason to give a little attention to his case so that justice might be done, that he received an appointment to recruit as a 2nd Lieutenant, that at an expense of a hundred dollars over what he could collect back, he recruited 38 men and took them into camp, that he was attached to a squad whose leader was trying to have him removed so that his position could be filled with a friend, that if he was incompetent or unworthy for the post he now held, Mason should remove him, that if he had earned his position, he should be treated fairly, and that he had a clean record behind him and could have one again if Mason would see to it that men who had done nothing for the cause failed in treating an honest man unfairly.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 117]
November 28, 1861
Orland Smith, Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Logan, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had enjoyed the benefit of some two weeks intimate acquaintance with Baron Alex Von Schrader, that he was convinced that Von Schrader's accession to the regiment would add to its efficiency and prosperity, and that although there were several gentlemen who would be acceptable for the position of Major, he recommended Von Schrader.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 122]
November 29, 1861
James Barnett, Colonel, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he deemed Henry S. Camp of Cleveland as a suitable person to receive papers to assist in recruiting for the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; and requesting that Camp be appointed.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 78]
November 29, 1861
Joseph H. Barrett, Pension Office. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he understood there was a vacancy in the office of 2nd Lieutenant of Captain Garrard's company of unattached cavalry now in service; recommending the appointment of George F. Dern, now Orderly Sergeant of that company, in place of the former incumbent; and stating that this would not only be promoting Dern according to usual order, but would also be conferring the place upon a very competent and suitable person who had the interests of the service at heart.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 170]
November 29, 1861
C.L. Bartlett, Lieutenant, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Hutchins, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if his accounts as recruiting officer for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry could be properly adjusted without his coming to Columbus; stating that Lieutenant Colonel [William R.] Lloyd had recommended an extension of time in which to recruit his company, and that a recommendation from the Mahoning County Military Committee would be forthcoming; and asking if he should submit his bill of expenses now or when he was through recruiting.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 115]
November 29, 1861
Lewis P. Buckley, Colonel, 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Giddings, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would leave Camp Giddings on December 4 at 10 A.M., and arrive at the Ashtabula railroad station about 4 P.M., that the regiment would number about 900 men by December 5, that he thought they would require 28 cars, 19 cars for the troops, 8 cars for baggage, and 1 car for horses, that he could have reported a day or two earlier, but they were expecting their overcoats, and that the men had only the light blouses and he thought it advisable to wait.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 154]
November 29, 1861
Otto Burstenbinder, Colonel, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Oliver. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that the bearer, Major Henry L. Wood of Wood County, had been recommended by [Morrison R.] Waite and others as a suitable person for the office of Quartermaster for the regiment, and that he therefore nominated Wood for appointment to that office.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 128]
November 29, 1861
S. Craighead, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter stating that he sent the Governor a request from Colonel Fyffe that Mr. Este be appointed to any of the vacant Lieutenancies in his regiment and a like request from General [Robert C.] Schenck as to his brigade, and that as these requests removed the only objections offered by the Governor to Este's appointment, he hoped to hear soon that it had been ordered.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 91]
November 29, 1861
William E. Gilmore, Colonel, 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Worthington. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter stating that Lieutenant Morris, who had a recruiting permit for the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was Captain of a Home Guard company in August, that at that time, Morris and Cyrus Elwood of Clinton County went to work without authority to recruit a company for active service, that some names were enrolled, but no one sworn or mustered into service, that afterwards, Elwood went into the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that since Morris began recruiting, Elwood had sent squads of men up to Clinton County and Fayette County and by force and threats taken men, whose names had been simply enrolled in August, to Camp Dennison for the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and threatened to take Morris himself, that the result was a great excitement in that region and a fear to enlist with Morris or anyone else, and that Morris wanted to know if Elwood had authority to recruit in August and September for any regiment, and whether men who had given their names as Morris had, but had not been sworn or mustered in, could be taken by force to Camp Dennison.
2 pp. [Series 147-18: 111]
November 29, 1861
Jno. H. Gordon, Secretary to Colonel Commanding, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter returning the commission of Lieutenant John Knicker.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 91]
November 29, 1861
Dennis Haban, Recruiting Officer, Oxford, Butler County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter recommending James Dackroy of Oxford as one of his assistants in recruiting for the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that his prospect for recruiting was very good.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 90]
November 29, 1861
George R. Hibben, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the muster rolls and other documents, the return of which would probably be required; and stating that it was impossible for him to raise the number of men to secure his position as a Lieutenant, that he would like very much to do so after having spent so much time and money, but as some things were impossible, he would most respectfully ask to be released and no longer considered as 2nd Lieutenant and recruiting officer of the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that should a favorable opportunity offer, he would enter the service, that the men recruited, besides subsistence, had cost him $102.50, and that subsistence came to $74.10, with advertising at $2.50.
2 pp. [Series 147-18: 129]
November 29, 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 stating that he would have 850 men sworn into service by December 7, and that he would forward the roll Buckingham desired as soon as his forces were collected together which would be done prior to December 15; asking Buckingham's protection, and that Buckingham not allow him or his command to be interrupted or interfered with anymore; and stating that if he was let alone and could have men of his choice for Major and Adjutant, he was sure of success.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 175]
November 29, 1861
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that, if in accordance with regulations, he wanted either the Surgeon or Assistant Surgeon ordered there for duty in the regiment [78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], that it was a season of the year when men needed medical attentions, that some of the men needed a physician's care now, and that the Assistant Surgeon would be sufficient and his pay would be less than that of the Surgeon; and requesting an answer by telegraph at his expense if necessary.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 103]
November 29, 1861
W[illiam] R. Lloyd, [6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry], Camp Hutchins, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending that the men recruited by Lieutenant, now Major [William] Steadman and Lieutenant [William H.] Bettes be consolidated with the recruits of Lieutenant [Chauncey L.] Bartlett; and stating that this arrangement was agreeable to the officers and men of both fractions of companies, and that Bartlett would become Captain of the company and would continue to recruit to fill his company.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 120]
November 29, 1861
William Blair Lord, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter resigning as Adjutant of the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to take effect on December 2, 1861.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 159]
November 29, 1861
R.W.P. Muse, Captain, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking who was the senior Captain in the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he claimed to be by five days.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 92]
November 29, 1861
G.H. Purdy, Recruiting Officer, 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that C.B. Lindsley and Patrick Johnson were both good men who were enlisted in his company, and that with the aid of Lindsley and Johnson, he could fill his company in a few days; requesting that Lindsley and Johnson be given orders to help him recruit; and stating that with the necessary orders, he would set Lindsley and Johnson to work immediately.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 106]
November 29, 1861
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting the resignations of Chaplain John Woods, 35th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Lieutenant William Cook, Company K, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to take effect on the dates specified.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 144]
November 29, 1861
James Saffin, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that it appeared his son received certain papers after arriving at Covington, Kentucky, but he was not allowed to leave; and requesting that Dennison send a document or order as would secure his son a leave of absence.
2 pp. [Series 147-18: 70]
November 29, 1861
George B. Senter, Chairman, and W.H. Hayward, Secretary Pro Tem, [Cuyahoga County Military Committee], Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee recommended Phillip Hugo as a proper man to recruit for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 129]
November 29, 1861
G.A. Shane, Minerva, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wanted to recruit for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; sending a recommendation for his appointment as recruiting officer of the regiment given by Colonel W[illiam] R. Lloyd; and stating that the section of country where he resided as yet had no one recruiting in it for cavalry, and that he felt confident of pretty good success.
1 p. [Series 147-18: 111]