December 5, 1861
William Stoms, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Wilberforce Knott for appointment as a 1st Lieutenant or 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that Knott was in every respect worthy and capable, that Knott was a young man of energy and most excellent moral character, and that Knott had seen six months active service in the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and received universal approbation from the officers in command.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 37]
December 5, 1861
L.R. Taylor, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had no experience in artillery, but did not expect nor wish to take charge of the battery, that he had secured the services of Colonel W.F. Mosgrove, a gentleman of long experience in artillery tactics, who would take charge of the battery assisted by Major J.P. Kline of Dayton, and that it would require four or five weeks to fill up the company and perhaps longer.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 34]
December 5, 1861
W[illiam] L. Utley, Adjutant General of Wisconsin, Adjutant General's Office, Madison, Wisconsin. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that while making up the annual report of his department, he discovered that the muster rolls of the first twelve regiments raised in Wisconsin contained the names of a number of volunteers whose residence was in Ohio; enclosing the names of each such volunteer with age, residence, marital status, the regiment and company in which they respectively enlisted, and the names of the Colonel of the regiment and Captain of the company; and stating that every loyal State should have in the proper department the names of all her citizens who were serving their Country as volunteers in whatever State enlisted, that such official records might become of great interest and import to the families and friends of said volunteers, and that he would deem it a favor if the Adjutant General of Ohio furnished his office with similar rolls of Wisconsin men (if any) who may have enlisted in Ohio.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 40]
December 5, 1861
Albert H. Winslow, Major, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Keys, Romney, Virginia. To W.T. Bascom, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Letter accepting the position of Major of the 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that he would not have applied for the Lieutenant Colonelcy had he known of his appointment as Major, and that neither he or Lieutenant Colonel [Franklin] Sawyer had received any official notice of their appointments other than that contained in Bascom's letter of November 30; and requesting Bascom to see that their commissions were forwarded at once.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 25]
December 6, 1861
P.C. Boslaw, Lieutenant, Recruiting Officer for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Patterson (Sylvia Post Office), Hardin County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter enclosing duplicate certificates of transportation; asking if they were right, and at what time it would be necessary for him to make out his own bill of expenses and send it in; and stating that this part of the business he did not understand as well as hunting up good recruits, that he had as good a company of men as could be found, and that he organized his company on November 28, but had not heard from Mason concerning it.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 70]
December 6, 1861
S[amuel] R. Buckmaster, Captain, Company B, McLaughlin's Squadron, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Buckingham, near Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his company was now full, having 95 men rank and file, and that he would be at Columbus with his muster roll on December 9.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 8]
December 6, 1861
John Campbell, Chairman, and C.G. Hawley, Secretary, Military Committee of Lawrence County, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the independent cavalry company of Captain J.L. Barbour was now about full, that Barbour requested and the committee recommended that when full, the company be placed in camp at Ironton for drill and instruction, that with little preparation, their fairgrounds would make an excellent and healthy camp, that Barbour wanted some arrangement by which his horses could be obtained from the hilly region thereabouts, and that Barbour expected thereby to get hardier horses and at a cheaper cost to the Government.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 131]
December 6, 1861
James W. Forsyth, Captain, 18th U.S. Infantry, Commanding 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Buckingham, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a statement filed by Captain [Turenne] Meyer concerning two men enlisted by him some time since (see [Series 147-19: 14]); stating that said men were now with Lieutenant James Jay at Canton, that although Jay was cognizant of the fact that said men belonged to the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he held them as belonging to his company and refused to deliver them over to Meyer, and that he wrote to Jay enclosing a copy of the 22nd Article of War and no reply had been received; and requesting that the subject be investigated and Jay's appointment cancelled.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 15]
December 6, 1861
C.G. Harker, Captain, 15th U.S. Infantry, Commanding 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Sherman's Brigade, Camp Buckingham, near Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter enclosing a copy of a communication addressed to Colonel [John] Sherman, late Commanding 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in regard to certain men who enlisted in the regiment and who had been detained by Colonel [William] Mungen, Commanding 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Captain Preble's statement with reference to said men; and respectfully submitting that Mungen stood charged with a violation of the 22nd Article of War.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 3]
December 6, 1861
W. McKendree Heath, Quartermaster Sergeant, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in the organization of their regiment into battalions, there had been a non-commissioned staff appointed to each battalion but none to the regiment; and asking if there was a regimental Adjutant and a regimental Quartermaster, ought there not to be a regimental Sergeant Major and Quartermaster Sergeant.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 8]
December 6, 1861
Turenne Meyer, Captain, Company I, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Buckingham, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that on October 14 in Stark County near Canton, Albert Faulke and William H. Mottice were duly enlisted in his company, that they failed to report themselves for duty and Colonel John Sherman issued an order to Sergeant [Henry] Weary to take two men of the company, arrest Faulke and Mottice, and bring them to Camp Buckingham, that on November 28, Weary arrested Faulke and Mottice and conveyed them to Canton, that while there, Faulke and Mottice were allowed their liberty to attend to some business and met Lieutenant James Jay who induced and enticed them to re-enlist with him, that Jay then disrobed Faulke of his uniform and placed him and Mottice under a strong guard, that Weary showed Jay the order of arrest which Jay refused to recognize, that Jay resisted with force every effort made by Weary to re-arrest and bring Faulke and Mottice to camp, and that Jay now had Faulke and Mottice in his custody and still refused to deliver them.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 14]
December 6, 1861
H[orace] H. Millard, Captain, Company F, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Statement of facts regarding Lieutenant L[ewis] D. Booth's enlistment of men for Company F, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Millard notes that he hoped Booth might obtain a transfer to another regiment, that Booth deserved a position, and that he was sorry his men were not satisfied to have Booth retained there.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 182]
December 6, 1861
C.W. Potwin, on behalf of the District Military Committee, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Sergeant Horace Abbot had 10 or 12 men together who were enlisted for Company E, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that several members of Captain [John C.] Hazlett's command had been rendered unfit for duty and were discharged, and that Abbot's men were recruited for Hazlett's command; requesting that Buckingham forward Abbot transportation for 12 men; and stating that their county local committee would act in the matter by representing the facts to Buckingham, but had no authority.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 142]
December 6, 1861
W.W. Scarborough, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was indebted to Buckingham for his letter dated November 22 regarding Major [Frederick W.] Lister; asking if the Government had come to conclusions respecting Lister's or such cases; and stating that another case which interested him was the relative of General [Ormsby M.] Mitchel, Lieutenant DeWitt Whiting, appointed originally to the [45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry] and transferred to the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Whiting was detailed at once to Mitchel for ordnance duty and had been hard at work ever since, that Whiting's name was not recorded on the roll of either regiment, and that Whiting was a fine young man and would do credit to the appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 130]
December 6, 1861
M.J. Spitler, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that P.J. Schmitz offered his service as a Lieutenant in a German regiment, that Schmitz was a Prussian by birth, that Schmitz spent 8 years in the army, with 4 in infantry and 4 in cavalry, that Schmitz was willing to undergo an examination at any time when requested, that Schmitz seemed to be very anxious to go into the army, but said he would not go unless he could get a command in the German language, and that Schmitz was about 60 years old, but very active and as ferocious as a lion.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 61]
December 6, 1861
R[ichard] W. Taneyhill, Captain, [16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing an election roll for his company; and stating that the election was held on October 3, and that the roll was mislaid and just recovered.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 47]
December 6, 1861
J[oseph] H. Van Deman, Lieutenant, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Quartermaster's Office. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had three men at Camp Buckingham, Mansfield, Ohio, and one man at Camp Lyons, Worthington, Ohio, who had enlisted and were sworn into service upon his roll, and that R. Burr, Assistant Quartermaster, advised him to make the above statement so that he might have an order from Mason to go for the men and have his expenses refunded as it regarded the transportation of himself and his men.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 5]
December 6, 1861
Thomas H. Yeatman, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding the appointment of Henry Y. Graham as a Lieutenant in the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 34]
December 7, 1861
George C. Benham, Lieutenant, Camp Nevin, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a list of articles which the Adjutant of the 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry said had never been supplied; and stating that if Buckingham was furnishing the Ohio regiments with said books and blanks, he would see to it that the Adjutant's requisition was filled if Buckingham sent the items to his address at Louisville, that he had delivered all the commissions Mr. Hume sent, save those of the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry which he expected to see shortly, that he had given out the lot of General Order No. 62 in quantities of thirteen to the regiment, one to each of the field officers, and one to each Captain, that the order had been given to the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the officers seemed very glad to get hold of the order, and that he thought more copies could be circulated to advantage.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 122]
December 7, 1861
Lewis D. Campbell, Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Hamilton. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing returns of Lieutenant [George F.] Elliott's detachment and expressions of preference for officers; and stating that the wishes of the men were fairly expressed, and that he was satisfied that Elliott, [George C.] Hubbard, and [Ross J.] Hazeltine were good men for the places and quite as competent as any in the company.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 44]
December 7, 1861
Thomas T. Cowen, Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on October 4, he received the conditional appointment of 2nd Lieutenant in the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the men he enlisted were, per Buckingham's order, turned over to Lieutenant John C. Harmon who was then recruiting for the same regiment, that he had failed to recruit the required number of men within the time specified in his appointment, that the men he enlisted, together with the men enlisted by Harmon, comprised the company in the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry which was commanded by Captain S[idney] S. Sprague and of which Harmon was 1st Lieutenant, that the men he enlisted formed the only fragment of a company which was added to Sprague's company, that he would very much like to receive the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant in said company, and that he had arranged his business for the purpose of going into the service. Bears a note from S[amuel] H. Steedman, Colonel, 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, recommending the appointment of Thomas T. Cowen as 2nd Lieutenant of said company.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 46]
December 7, 1861
C[olumbus] Delano, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a large number of subsistence accounts ready for payment were taken from his office and were said to be in the hands of Colonel [Thomas H.] Ford of the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that these accounts were all for subsistence furnished to members of the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the bearer desired to obtain the accounts and if he could it would subserve the public interest as well as the interest of many individuals, and that if said bills were not presented and paid by the U.S. while a disbursing officer was there, they might possibly give the State authorities trouble thereafter.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 41]
December 7, 1861
W.J. Ford, Lieutenant Recruiting, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on November 27, he accepted an appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the recruiting service for the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that at the time, he had fears that any effort he might make would be of but little avail to the regiment, that he had been able to do nothing for the service, that what his duty now was he did not, from the orders received, understand, and that unless otherwise instructed, he would consider the appointment forfeited and that he was no longer accountable in the service.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 10]
December 7, 1861
James P. Fyffe, Colonel, 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Columbia, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter enclosing a field report of the 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that their position was 18 miles from the Cumberland River and 32 miles from the Tennessee line, that the refugees from Tennessee, coming in to escape persecution and the draft, said there was a force 18 miles from there on the river, that [Felix K.] Zollicoffer was reported about 35 miles away with 10,000 men, that there was no reliable information as to the forces nearby, except that they were ravaging the country south of the regiment's position, that the 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was the first Ohio regiment which had appeared in the area and they had been very warmly received, that he had been highly gratified by the general good order of the men, that Colonel [Samuel] Beatty and the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were to be there on December 8, that the 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, together with the 1st Kentucky and the 9th Kentucky, constituted the 11th Brigade, that they had been hurried along rapidly since leaving Camp Kenton on October 20, having traversed the State of Kentucky three times, that he had scarcely had one moment's leisure, having the regiment to drill and discipline, that he saw from the journals that Dennison was to consolidate the forces in Ohio on December 18, that if Dennison could send them a couple of companies, it would be very gratifying, that they had done hard service which had thinned their ranks some by sickness, that according to the Adjutant General, they reported more men for duty than the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the day before they left Louisville, the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had less than four hundred men fit for duty, that men could reach Columbia from Louisville in four days, that he had 500 men fit for duty, leaving 133 men sick and absent, that General [Jeremiah T.] Boyle had received reliable information that General Zollicoffer with 11,000 men had crossed the Cumberland River at Mill Springs and was now thirty-five miles away, that there was some excitement, and that General Heath had fallen back with his batteries still in Somerset and his infantry three miles back. Bears a note from Dennison.
4 pp. [Series 147-19: 183]
December 7, 1861
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Order No. 25, stating that the resignation of 1st Lieutenant J.R.D. Clendening, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was hereby accepted to take effect from December 7, 1861. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 57]
December 7, 1861
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To Colonel L[eonard] A. Harris, Commanding, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Extract from Special Order No. 25, stating that the resignation of 1st Lieutenant J.R.D. Clendening, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was hereby accepted to take effect from December 7, 1861. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell. Bears a note from Harris to Governor William Dennison, stating that he wanted Sergeant Major George H. Hollister appointed and commissioned 1st Lieutenant of Company K to fill the vacancy.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 208]
December 7, 1861
R[utherford] B. Hayes, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Union, Fayetteville, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that by some oversight, the enclosed commission was forwarded to Lieutenant [Charles E.] Richenbach without Dennison's signature, that Richenbach wished to have the commission signed before Dennison's term of office expired, that they were comfortably quartered in the deserted houses of Fayetteville, that the men were generally healthy and contented, and that Colonel [E. Parker] Scammon was in command of the Brigade and was in unusually good health.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 233]
December 7, 1861
William F. Hunter, Chairman, and Jno. M. Kirkbride, Secretary, [Monroe County Military Committee], Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that Lieutenant H.H. Lingo, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from Stafford, Monroe County, Ohio, requested a recommendation that his time be extended for thirty days, and that his request was granted.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 65]
December 7, 1861
F[rancis] F. Kibler, 2nd Lieutenant, Recruiting, 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had no recruits to report since December 4, that he had 23 men then, that he had furnished board for 20 men since December 2, that according to their latest instructions, they were to report to Colonel [James P.] Fyffe of the 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Ripley on December 12, but Fyffe was now at Louisville, Kentucky and the camp at Ripley was broken up, that it was their desire to move on December 12, and that if so ordered, they would need transportation for their men to Louisville if they were to join their regiment; and asking if they ought not to have their men uniformed before leaving.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 4]
December 7, 1861
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Headquarters, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, No. 132 Main Street (over Potwin's Store), Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of J.B. Thompson as a recruiting officer for the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Thompson had been Mayor of Zanesville for two terms and had an extensive acquaintance, and that Thompson felt confident he could recruit at least 25 or 30 men.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 51]
December 7, 1861
F[rederick] W. Lister, Major, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that three times he had the honor of addressing Buckingham regarding the peculiar and painful position in which he found himself in the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that not having received an answer to any of those communications, he must again trouble Buckingham with a statement of facts as they currently existed, that he had been acting as Major of the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was now under orders for immediate service with the regiment, that he would probably be in action within two days time, that nothing impaired the efficiency of a regiment more than a lack of sufficient authority over it by the superior officers, that he wanted to know the exact position he occupied, that Major [Samuel L.] Leffingwell was in camp, encouraged by one or two turbulent officers, and was going around among the men breeding "sedition", that he had a delicacy in acting in this matter, but must suggest that such a course of conduct would induce a collision of a serious nature, that although he was quite aware that the press of business upon the Governor and Buckingham must be great, he yet hoped that some action might be taken upon this matter as it affected Buckingham nearly as much as it did him, that the commission he held was either waste paper or it entitled him to the rank and position of Major of the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was aware this was a troubling question and had given rise to much discussion, but the time which had elapsed since the commencement of the agitation was now so great as to cause him more anxiety than should fall to the share of a man who did his duty to the best of his ability, that he had delayed addressing the War Department as he heard Buckingham had gone to Washington for a settlement of the question, that in addition to this trouble, the refusal to pay his account for duty at Camp Chase had proven to be a serious inconvenience, that he did not suppose that either the Governor or Buckingham gave him an appointment to do the work of six men without remuneration for two months, that if he had been a hotel or barroom lounging officer, he would have had but little to complain about, and that he would appeal to General [Charles W.] Hill, and all the field and staff at Camp [Chase] during his stay there, to attest that he did his duty and much more than his duty; and requesting Buckingham's immediate attention to his case.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 129]
December 7, 1861
R.M. McDowell, Recruiting Lieutenant, Medina, Medina County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that over one month before, he received an appointment to assist Lieutenant Goodrich in recruiting a company, that a few days subsequent to the receipt of his papers, Goodrich resigned his commission, that he therefore considered himself as no longer having power to act, and that he had reluctantly remained idle.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 86]
December 7, 1861
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting the resignations of certain officers in the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to take effect on the dates specified.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 21]
December 7, 1861
J[oshua] W. Sill, Colonel, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Buell, near Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter inquiring as to the status of the commissions of field officers of the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 131/2]
December 7, 1861
J.L. Kirby Smith, Colonel, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Andrews, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Company A was now full, and that he wanted to muster the company and its officers into service; requesting that the company officers be commissioned; stating that he could not recommend Thomas Turner for the Captaincy of the company; recommending John H. Rhodes for the commission of Captain; and stating that Rhodes was beyond all question the best man in the company for the post and appeared to be the choice of the men.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 18]
[December 7?, 1861]
N.M. Smith. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that on November 14, he was mustered into U.S. service as Chief Musician of the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting to be transferred to the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 4]
December 7, 1861
Wager Swayne, Major, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Alliance, Stark County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter requesting Mason to send Dr. Isaac Young an order to recruit for ten days in Columbiana County to fill Lieutenant Shalters' company now at Camp Andrews.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 9]
December 7, 1861
David Tod, Brier Hill, Mahoning County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Charles R. Hickox of Akron, now a 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th Artillery (Ayres Battery), U.S. Army, asked his aid in securing promotion, that he had known Hickox from infancy to be a brave, gallant, worthy boy and man, that at the outbreak of the rebellion, Hickox was a clerk in New York City and was one of the very first troops from that city, and that Hickox's conduct was such as to win for him the commission he now held and richly to merit the promotion he now sought which was the command of one of the batteries now forming. Bears a note from Dennison dated December 12, 1861.
3 pp. [Series 147-19: 212]
December 7, 1861
John A. Turley, Lieutenant Colonel, 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Hermann, [Missouri]. To Colonel J.C. Kelton, Assistant Adjutant General, Department of the Missouri. Letter stating that to aid in filling up the 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, it was necessary that a field officer should vacate his place, that he was so situated that he could do so more readily than either of the others, that he therefore tendered his resignation as Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, and that he had a regular appointment as Lieutenant Colonel and had also been regularly mustered with the battalion. Bears a note dated December 10, 1861, from Kelton, accepting Turley's resignation, and forwarding Turley's commission to the Governor of Ohio.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 134]
December 7, 1861
John A. Turley, Lieutenant Colonel, 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Herman, Missouri. To Colonel Thomas Morton. Letter stating that having received a request from Morton and the officers of the 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to resign his position as Lieutenant Colonel of the 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he most cheerfully complied for the reasons contained therein, and that he tendered his resignation without prejudice to himself.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 197]
December 7, 1861
W[illiam] B. Woods, Lieutenant Colonel, 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Sherman, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that it appeared from the papers enclosed that 2nd Lieutenant J.M. Jay of the 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, recruiting at Canton, had gotten into an unpleasant controversy with Captain [Turenne] Meyer, recruiting at the same place for Sherman's Brigade; and requesting Buckingham's early attention to the matter.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 19]
December 7, 1861
Isaac Young, Alliance, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that when Lieutenant Shalters received his commission to raise a company of recruits for the army, they agreed to raise a company between them and thereby secure the two best commissions, and that he had enlisted the majority of the men reported by Shalters with the express understanding that he should be one of the company officers; requesting a commission to enlist men in Columbiana County and authority to swear men into the service as soon as they signed the roll; and stating that they had 56 names on the roll, 30 of whom were by his influence, and that if he was not permitted to accompany the men, there would be trouble with some of them as he had promised faithfully to go with them.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 33]
December 8, 1861
George Baugher, Corporal, et. al., Company A, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Romney, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by sixty-nine members of Company A, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and recommending the appointment of B[enjamin] F. Ogle as Captain, Charles W. Barnes as 1st Lieutenant, and John M. Henry as 2nd Lieutenant. Bears the certification of Charles Kipka, 2nd Sergeant.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 207]
December 8, 1861
Otto Burstenbinder, Colonel Commanding, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Oliver, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that T.N. Hathaway had asked him to write Dennison requesting that Hathaway be kept in his position as Lieutenant Colonel of the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that without such a letter, Hathaway would be compelled to resign since Dennison had advised him to be transferred to some other regiment, that he declined to write a letter being persuaded that Hathaway's remaining in the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would not be for the benefit of said regiment, that Hathaway then requested a leave of absence for 14 days which was granted, that he thought Hathaway would decide what to do within two days on leave, but had not heard from him, and that there were many conflicting reports regarding Hathaway's position in the regiment which materially retarded the progress of recruiting; and requesting instructions on how to report Hathaway in his morning field reports.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 123]
December 8, 1861
H.P. Canon, Captain, Twinsburgh, Summit County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter asking if the Adjutant General wanted any of the Militia of the Reserve to do duty at Sandusky; and stating that he thought he could fill up his company and report very soon.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 65]
December 8, 1861
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Order No. 26, stating that the resignation of Lieutenant D. Clingman, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was hereby accepted to take effect from December 8, 1861. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 59]
[December 8?, 1861]
James R. Hume, Acting Adjutant, Headquarters, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there were now three companies without Captains, that they were sorely pressed for want of officers, being forced by the small number reported for duty to use one as both officer of the day and guard, that if these vacancies could speedily be filled, it would be to the advantage of the regiment and all concerned, and that the field officers of the regiment wanted good, competent, and energetic officers, men who would keep their commands under rigid discipline. By order of C.M. Degenfeld, Major Commanding.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 121]
December 8, 1861
Charles Loomis, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter asking if he could further his interests in the matter of obtaining a commission by visiting Columbus; and stating that he was anxious to secure a Captaincy.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 77]
December 8, 1861
E. Loring, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had received a letter from Lieutenant Colonel W[illiam] B. Cassilly saying that General [Henry] Halleck had issued an order not permitting any officers to leave their commands, and that it was a matter of great importance for Cassilly to see Dennison and present the rolls of the regiment [69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry]. Bears a note from Dennison.
2 pp. [Series 147-19: 193]
December 8, 1861
N[athaniel] C. McLean, Colonel, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp John McLean, near Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that Captain [Charles W.] Friend had lost his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant which was dated October 3, 1861, and that upon this appointment was Friend's certificate of muster; requesting that Mason send Friend a duplicate so that he might have a certificate of muster made upon that; stating that he had a prospect of getting some three companies almost complete from Kentucky; and requesting some three blank appointments for 2nd Lieutenants which he could use for the Captains of these companies in mustering in their men most conveniently.
1 p. [Series 147-19: 45]