December 11, 1861
Lewis Moore, 1st Lieutenant, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since injustice might be done to their company in consequence of having it remustered by Captain Belknap at Camp Tiffin, he was enclosing the muster in rolls for the company as first mustered by Lieutenant Fetterman and himself.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 97]
December 11, 1861
R.W.P. Muse, Captain, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Captain Albert B. Dod, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Letter regarding the seniority of officers in the regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 40]
December 11, 1861
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. To the Governor of Ohio. Form letter reporting that 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant William Blair Lord of the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Lieutenant Alpheus B. Parmenton of the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had resigned with their resignations to take effect on the dates noted.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 135]
December 11, 1861
Nicholas R. Tidball, Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter returning his commission as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and regarding his recruiting efforts for the 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 142]
December 11, 1861
E. Tiffany, Representative of Meigs County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that from all the acquaintance he had with E.P. Allen, he considered him competent to fill an honorable position in the army with fidelity. Bears a note from E.P. Allen, Downington Station, Meigs County, Ohio, stating that having been authorized to recruit in Meigs County and adjoining counties and having failed to enlist a company, he felt anxious to do all he could for the common good of his country and solicited an appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 126]
December 11, 1861
Octavius Waters, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on April 14 or 15, in obedience to the call of the President and at the request of Colonel [James B.] Steedman, he commenced to recruit a company for the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that Steedman filled his regiment and left them out, that they continued to drill at home until April 30, supported by the kindness and generosity of their citizens, that he received an order from Adjutant General [Henry B.] Carrington to subsist his command not exceeding 100 men at 30 cents per day, that he entered into a contract and kept his men together drilling steadily until May 17, that his company would not consent to go for three years, that he forwarded his contract for subsistence and promptly received the amount, that the company was disbanded on May 17, having been in the service of the Government for over one month, that he desired to know whether his men were entitled to pay for this time, that they gladly answered the call for three months, were subsisted by the Government, and only disbanded when compelled to, that he believed they ought to be paid, that they had 95 men, that he thought their rolls were on file in Buckingham's office although there were some changes after being returned, that Fulton County had furnished between 700 and 800 men for the three years' service which was well for a population of 14,000, that they raised about $1,000 worth of donations for the soldiers, and sent it to the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now in camp at Napoleon, the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now at Camp Oliver, and Captain Hayes' company from Fulton County which went with Colonel Knoblestorf to Missouri, that they sent a special messenger to the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and said messenger brought home about $4,000 for the families of volunteers, that a great many of the articles they collected were donated to the families destitute at home, and that they had done well. Waters was Captain of a company of three months' volunteers, a member of the District Military Committee, and Chairman of the Fulton County Military Committee.
4 pp. [Series 147-20: 51]
December 12, 1861
A.L. Brewer, New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter acknowledging receipt of Mason's letter dated December 10, stating that only one certificate of pay had been sent by Weber and that it must be in duplicate; and stating that in looking over Weber's papers, he found the duplicate and was enclosing same.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 18]
December 12, 1861
William O. Collins, Colonel Commanding, Headquarters, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Crittenden, Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Lieutenant Charles Murphy, duly reported himself immediately after his appointment as Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and had since, at all times when called upon, been ready to do his duty, that the consolidation of the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry rendered Murphy's place vacant, and that Murphy was reporting accordingly to Buckingham.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 197]
December 12, 1861
Joseph M. Farr, Secretary, Military Committee of Huron County, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To ? Letter regarding the appointment of officers in two companies in the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that the committee recommended the appointment of Frederick A. Wildman as Captain, Charles P. Wickham as 1st Lieutenant, and Frederick H. Boalt as 2nd Lieutenant in one company and Ira C. Terry as Captain, Hartwell Osborn as 1st Lieutenant, and Richard F. Patrick as 2nd Lieutenant in the other.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 174]
December 12, 1861
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract of Special Order No. 30, stating that the resignations of Captain E. Seip, 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st Lieutenant Conrad Frederick, 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 2nd Lieutenant E.R. McNeal, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry were hereby accepted to take effect from December 12, 1861. By Command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 90]
December 12, 1861
William Hamilton, Lieutenant, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp McArthur, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter protesting against an election held that day; and stating that he was assured that no man would be appointed over him who reported fewer recruits than he did.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 39]
December 12, 1861
L[eonard] A. Harris, Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Harris, near Elizabethtown, [Kentucky]. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the resignation of Lieutenant [David] Clingman of Company F having been accepted, he very much desired that immediate steps be taken to fill the vacancy, that Company F only had about fifty men, that the company was sent into service before it had time to fill up, that if Dennison could send a Lieutenant with thirty or thirty-five men, it would be a great favor and give a decided advantage to the company and regiment, and that Captain [George D.] McKinney was a fine officer and capable of commanding.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 44]
December 12, 1861
B. Morgan, Captain, Company B, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp John McLean, Lockland, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that having received a permit in September to raise a company of volunteers for the three years' service, he enlisted and swore in before a magistrate a man named Cyrus Wylie, that in the latter part of September, Wylie proceeded with him and the balance of the men to Kentucky to join the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and drew rations for one week, that not being able to fill his company in time to proceed with the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he withdrew his men, returned to Ohio, and joined the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that while in Kentucky, Wylie left the company without permission, went to Hillsborough, Ohio, and joined the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), that on December 9, encountering Wylie and considering him as one belonging to his company, he brought Wylie to Camp John McLean, and that Captain Hill of the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) came to reclaim Wylie on December 12, and after discussing the claims on Wylie, resolved to abide by Buckingham's decision.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 9]
December 12, 1861
James P.W. Neill, 1st Lieutenant, 18th U.S. Infantry, Mustering Officer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the muster in rolls of the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 86]
December 12, 1861
B. Nesbitt, Chairman, and William 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 R. Presley Findly as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 17]
December 12, 1861
Charles W. Reeves, Fowler, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if it would be necessary for him to visit Columbus to secure an appointment to recruit or would recommendations from proper persons be sufficient, what steps would be necessary to secure an appointment to recruit in four or five counties at the same time, and if a recommendation from the Colonel of a regiment would be sufficient to obtain a commission to recruit for that regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 34]
December 12, 1861
G[eorge] H. Safford, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, and D[aniel] F. DeWolf, Major, 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp McClellan, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending that Ira C. Terry be appointed Captain in the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Hartwell Osborn be appointed 1st Lieutenant, and that Richard F. Patrick be appointed 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that said persons were proper and competent to fill said offices, that Terry, Osborn, and Patrick now had 83 or more members of the company to which they were attached and had been instrumental in raising said men, that Terry had the order to raise said company, and that Terry, Osborn, and Patrick were all men whose intelligence, habits, and physical health qualified them to fill the respective offices for which they were recommended.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 173]
December 12, 1861
G[eorge] H. Safford, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, and D[aniel] F. DeWolf, Major, 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp McClellan, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending that Frederick A. Wildman be appointed Captain, that Charles P. Wickham be appointed 1st Lieutenant, and that Frederick H. Boalt be appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; certifying that said persons had raised a full company of 83 men, that they were persons of intelligence, good habits, and physical health, and that they were in every way qualified to fill the offices to which they were recommended; and stating that Wildman had the original order to raise said company.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 175]
December 12, 1861
John M. Stewart, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that soon after he was commissioned as a Lieutenant to recruit for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, he discovered that there were so many recruiting for the regiment in Trumbull County that they interfered very much with each other and he thought it best to abandon the matter, that he induced all the men he could to enter other companies, and that he would have reported immediately, but was told that it was not necessary to do so under the circumstances.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 32]
December 12, 1861
Marmaduke Welply, 1st Lieutenant, Company B, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Hamilton, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the required name in full of the 2nd Lieutenant of Company B was Alexander Lemmons; and accepting the position of 1st Lieutenant in the same company.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 37]
[December 13?, 1861]
C.D. Adams, et. al., Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by fourteen individuals; recommending Henry C. Benson as a suitable individual to receive the appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the Guard Service under Captain F.M. Follett; and stating that Benson would do no discredit to the service.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 27]
December 13, 1861
J[esse] J. Appler, Colonel Commanding, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Diamond, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that upon the recommendation of the commissioned officers of the regiment, he had appointed Thomas McIntyre as Chaplain of the regiment; and requesting that the appointment be confirmed.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 101]
December 13, 1861
F.T. Backus, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that E.S. Libbey, a young man of about twenty-one years of age, had enlisted in the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Libbey's father was a farmer in Bedford, Cuyahoga County, and was quite old, lame, and of limited means, that the father had one son already in the army, and his sole dependence was upon E.S. Libbey to take care of the farm and the family, that what influences were brought to bear upon E.S. Libbey to induce him to enlist, he did not know, that the father represented that his son would willingly return home if he could be released from service, and that the father had applied to him as an old friend to assist in procuring the son's release.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 67]
December 13, 1861
Alex Bierce, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding the appointment of William F. Reynolds as Battalion Adjutant to the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; stating that it appeared that the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry had been organized by a consolidation with the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; asking if this would annul Reynolds' appointment; stating that if so, he would urge Reynolds' re-appointment; calling Dennison's attention to the recommendations of Reynolds given by the officers of the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry of which he had been a member; and stating that Reynolds had a good training for a soldier, and that Reynolds' appointment would be acceptable to all who knew him.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 12]
December 13, 1861
N. Bostwick, Lieutenant, Camp King, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he wanted Buckingham to fix it so that he could get his pay from the time that he was mustered into the service.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 87]
December 13, 1861
John N. Cassell, Captain, Camp King, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if his commission as Captain could be dated September 28 instead of November 19; and stating that he had 53 men in Camp Chase on September 28, held his election and was chosen as Captain, and was mustered in as such, that he was held responsible for the clothing then as much as now and thought he should be paid for the responsibility since he would be required to account for all stores placed in his care, and that his company was complete and ready for service.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 88]
December 13, 1861
James R. Challen, Lieutenant Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Hamilton. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been actively engaged in obtaining and preparing recruits for the army ever since the President's first call to the neglect of business, family, and everything else, and at a heavy personal expense and great sacrifice, without any pecuniary remuneration to date, that since the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry went into camp, he had been commander of the post most of the time while Colonel [Lewis D.] Campbell was out recruiting, that all the Lieutenants were Campbell's appointments and friends, that he too had labored in the field, that their success had not been as rapid as anticipated, but had been steady and still continued, that the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with its Major, was transferred to the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry got the posts of honor, but the Major wanted to be Lieutenant Colonel and still coveted the position "contrary to the divine commandment", that the Captains who came with the Major, along with others, had been inspired with the same ambition, that such scheming against a brother officer ought in justice to be condemned and frustrated by the Commander in Chief, that Colonel Campbell's brother-in-law, Major [Robert] Reilly of the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was talked of as likely to be transferred with the regiment to the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry without the encumbrances of its Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel, that it would be an easy and profitable undertaking for any man to raise a regiment if, with a Major, the fragment of a regiment was given him, and, after using one Lieutenant Colonel for two or three months, another was given him with a regiment raised by the joint labors of three men, that this would be giving the toils, hopes and money of eight or nine men to three, without any consideration whatever for the other six or seven, that Colonel Campbell's brother was Sutler of the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that these things could not escape public notice, that all he asked was that Dennison not permit ambitious, selfish, or designing men to rob him of all his labors and hopes, nor shock the sense of his friends and the community, and that he was willing to stand comparison or examination with his competition.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 14]
December 13, [1861]
R.A. Constable, Colonel Commanding, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had appointed J.D. Foster (No. 178) to assist Lieutenant J.M. Goodspeed, with his recruiting station at Albany, Athens County, Ohio, and to report on December 16, 1861.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 26]
December 13, 1861
R.T. Coverdale, 2nd Lieutenant, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had enlisted 23 men since his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant and sent them to camp in the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that there were only some 18 men there at that time and they had already been sworn in and duly mustered into service, that he was told these men were already reported to headquarters in company rolls, that the companies had elected their officers with his men participating in the election, that he had spent a good deal of money and had let others have money for recruiting purposes, that from what he could learn, it seemed he had accomplished nothing worthy of any position in the army, that should the time for recruiting be extended or any other arrangement made for recruiting, he would be pleased to try again, that he knew he had done good service to the cause in time, money, and furnishing recruits for the regiment, and that he deeply regretted that due to circumstances which he did not apprehend, he had not yet received any position after working so hard.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 49]
December 13, 1861
Jno. C. Dunlevy, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that under Dennison's rule, all companies or parts of companies recruited in that congressional district and currently connected with regiments to be broken up, could with justice and propriety be transferred to the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that due to unavoidable causes, the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was unable to get regimental officers and therefore was unable to compete with officered regiments in recruiting, that in justice to the men of the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Adjutant [Henry M.] Cist should be detailed to some other duty as his nearsightedness rendered him unable to distinguish a Rebel from a Federal at forty yards, and that Howard was unanimously recommended by the committee and approved by Colonel [Granville] Moody; recommending Howard; and requesting that Howard be appointed soon so that he might grow up with the regiment.
3 pp. [Series 147-20: 16]
December 13, 1861
John C. Fry, Captain, Company B, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp King, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the appointment of the commissioned officers of his company.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 93]
December 13, 1861
L.A. Hendrick, Jr., P.O. Box 2480, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General [Rodney] Mason. Letter stating that presuming upon what little encouragement Mason gave him when at Columbus in regard to their regiment of sharpshooters, they had been at work, that although they could not make quite as good a showing at the present time, they could put between 500 and 600 men in camp within fifteen days, that of this number, three full companies and one part of a company were at present under the command of Colonel S.B. Shaw, that of the men he represented, he could depend upon two companies for certain, that if they obtained their grant and some of their men in camp, they had assurances that the men would all come back as they were in for a rifle regiment and nothing else, that Shaw would be starting for Washington the first of the coming week to make arrangements about their arms as Mason suggested, that Shaw would probably pass through Columbus on his route and would give the Governor a call upon this business, that Shaw took strong letters with him which, together with the influence of Secretary [William H.] Seward, Senator [Benjamin F.] Wade, and Representatives [Albert Gallatin] Riddle, [Harrison Gray Otis] Blake, and [William Parker] Cutler, left no doubt of success in obtaining their arms, and that for the past three months he had worked hard and spent considerable money.
4 pp. [Series 147-20: 42]
December 13, 1861
J.C. Kelton, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri. To the Governor of Ohio. Special Order No. 58, stating that the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant W[illiam] D. Linn, 11th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery was accepted to take effect on December 13, 1861. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 58]
December 13, 1861
Barton S. Kyle, Lieutenant Colonel, 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dave Tod, near Troy, Miami County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he desired the appointment of William Frampton as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he was assured Frampton could raise some twenty men in a very few days; and requesting that Frampton be given as much time as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 28]
December 13, 1861
John H. Mathews, Secretary, [Military Committee of Shelby County], Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter calling Dennison's attention to the letter of J.S. Conklin of the District Military Committee, on the subject of the condition of their companies in the Benton Cadets; and endorsing everything in the letter.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 210]
December 13, 1861
George W. Morgan, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To General. Letter asking how many regiments the General would have in Ohio after the intended consolidation, of what arms they consisted including batteries of artillery, the names of all the Colonels appointed for the regular army, and the names of those who had military experience prior to the present war; and stating that he desired the information in connection with the interests of the service.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 7]
December 13, 1861
William Palmer, Sergeant, Camp George Wood, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was in Company D of the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that his home was in Nevada, Wyandot County, Ohio, that he had a family there, that he was 40 years old, that this was the third war he had been engaged in, and that he had some experience in the recruiting service; requesting a commission to recruit; and stating that he hoped to receive transportation from Camp George Wood to Columbus as he had no money, having sent it all to his family.
4 pp. [Series 147-20: 37]
December 13, 1861
Charles G.H. Payne, New Richmond, Clermont County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an honorable discharge as a 2nd Lieutenant and pay for his service; and stating that his wife and children were suffering, that he would use all the means which God and Nature had put into his hands to obtain his pay, and that if he got no answer to his letter, he wanted to speak from the steps of the statehouse when in Columbus on December 18.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 20]
December 13, 1861
George B. Senter, Quartermaster General's Department, Headquarters, Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Lieutenant Henry Richardson of Company B, 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was one of the first men to enlist from Cuyahoga County and had served thus far in the war with great credit to himself, and that Richardson was in all respects a reliable man.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 61]
December 13, [1861]
William Smith, Lieutenant, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter asking if he should wait there until he had orders from Mason's headquarters or if he had to be mustered in again, and what rank he must take.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 48]
December 13, 1861
W[illiam S.] Smith, Colonel Commanding, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Near Elizabethtown, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter informing Buckingham of the resignation of Captain J[eremiah] Slocum of Company F; requesting the promotion of 1st Lieutenant Reason R. Henderson, who had been acting Adjutant of the regiment, to fill the vacancy; and stating that he made this request on the grounds of the peculiar merit which he knew Henderson possessed, and that Henderson was by right the ranking Lieutenant of the regiment as he had been a commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the regiment ever since it was first formed for three months' service.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 46]
December 13, 1861
W[illiam] E. Stevens, Captain, et. al., Camp Tupper, Headquarters, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by eleven company officers; and stating that there was a diversity of opinion existing in the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry regarding the appointment of B[enjamin] D. Fearing as Major of the regiment, that they respected the appointment made by Dennison, that they wanted Fearing to be received by the Colonel, and that Fearing should hasten his presence among them for they needed his assistance at once.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 79]
December 13, 1861
William W. Updegraff, Headquarters, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp King, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the roll of Company F, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that he enlisted the company at Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio; and regarding the appointments of company officers.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 87]
December 13, 1861
W[illiam] B. Woods, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Sherman, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that John Bullock, a minor aged 15 years, was recruited for the 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Captain [Levi P.] Coman without the consent of his father, and that the boy's father demanded his discharge; and requesting authority to discharge the boy.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 33]
December 13, 1861
T[homas] Worthington, Lieutenant Colonel, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending J.H. Giesy as a competent person to recruit for the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 60]
December 14, 1861
Lewis P. Buckley, Colonel, 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Giddings, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the organization of the regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 70]
December 14, 1861
William M. Eames, Surgeon, 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Harris, Elizabethtown, Kentucky. To General O[rmsby] M. Mitchel. Letter stating that through some mistake, he was not mustered into the service of the U.S. and consequently had not received any commission as Surgeon of the 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he wished to be mustered in, to receive his commission as soon as possible, and to have the commission dated September 19, the same as the rest of the regimental officers, that his appointment was dated September 5, and was accepted immediately, that he was with the regiment when it was mustered in and had been with it ever since, serving it to the best of his ability, that he had supposed he was mustered in and that his name was on the muster roll until the other commissions came, and that he wished Mitchel would intercede with Governor William Dennison to send him a commission of the same date with the rest of the regimental officers.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 130]
December 14, 1861
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract of Special Order No. 32, stating that the resignation of 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster B. Brinkerhoff of the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was hereby accepted to take effect from December 14, 1861. By Command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 132]
December 14, 1861
Samuel Hart, Surgeon, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Putnam Hospital, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the necessary blanks for making quarterly hospital reports and other hospital blanks.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 18]
December 14, 1861
W[illiam] B. Hazen, Colonel, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wicklif, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending that 2nd Lieutenant Henry W. Johnson, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be promoted to 1st Lieutenant in place of W.S. Chamberlain resigned, and that acting 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Maher, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be appointed 2nd Lieutenant in place of Johnson; and stating that the proposed promotion of Johnson was by seniority and also based on merit, that the appointment of Maher was deserved, and that Maher was an English gentleman, educated at one of the institutions of Germany, had been an officer in the Royal Army, and came to the U.S. at his invitation to join the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears the approvals of Milo S. Hascall, Commanding 15th Brigade, and Brigadier General [William] Nelson, Commanding Division.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 138]