December 14, 1861
Peter Kinney, Colonel, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Morrow, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Milton Hutton was mustered into Captain [David B.] Lodwick's company and expected to be elected 2nd Lieutenant, that Hutton failed, went to Columbus, obtained an appointment as a recruiting Lieutenant in the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and commenced recruiting a few days before December 12, that he ordered Hutton to report himself and his men on December 12, that he heard nothing from Hutton and on December 14, sent men after him and brought him into camp, that Hutton stated that he had enlisted three men, but thought it was not worthwhile to bring them into camp, and that he thought the whole matter was an excuse on Hutton's part to get out of service; asking if, under the circumstances, he could hold Hutton in his company; and stating that their men were pretty well drilled, that he thought it would be proper to let them have the balance of their arms, and that they had over the minimum number for a regiment.

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December 14, 1861
R.C. Lemmon, Chairman, Military Committee, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Furman Upham of Toledo enlisted on August 19 in Company C, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and was mustered into the service a few days afterward at Camp Chase, that on September 14, Upham was sent to Toledo on furlough for the purpose of recruiting some of his comrades into service, that on September 16, Upham was thrown from a buggy in which he was riding and had his leg broken, that Upham had remained with his friends in Toledo and was now sufficiently recovered to join his company and was anxious to do so, that Upham understood his company was at Camp Beverly in western Virginia, but was not positive, that Upham desired direction, authority, and means to join his company, and that Upham's limb was quite firm.

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December 14, 1861
Samuel McClaren, 1st Lieutenant, Company A, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that James Marshman had received thirty men in Company A, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and had been more influential in originating and completing the full number of said company than any other member. Bears a note from J.L. Kirby Smith, Colonel, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, stating that to the best of his knowledge and belief, the facts set forth were true.

1 p. [Series 147-20: 52]

December 14, 1861
William McDonald, et. al., War Committee Rooms. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter signed by members of a county military committee; and stating that they were not responsible for the appointment of James H. Dye to the position of Lieutenant Colonel of the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the position was filled before the committee was organized, that they desired to bring this matter to Buckingham's attention from a sense of duty alone, and that they did not want the military to be inflicted with officers who in their judgement lacked capacity and general fitness to fill those positions with such distinction as the good of the service demanded.

2 pp. [Series 147-20: 16]

December 14, 1861
William McDonald, Chairman, and J.B. Armstrong, Secretary, [Military Committee for Champaign County], Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Squire H. Wallace for the position of 2nd Lieutenant in Company C of the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 86]

December 14, 1861
William McDonald, Chairman, and J.B. Armstrong, Secretary, [Military Committee for Champaign County], Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that upon representation that Captain [Samuel T.] McMorran's company, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had not held an election and in as much as Squire H. Wallace held the recruiting papers of a 2nd Lieutenant and had recruited men, it was considered by the committee that their previous action in recommending [James K.] Hurley for a Lieutenancy be reconsidered and revoked and that Wallace be recommended for a 2nd Lieutenancy in said company leaving him unprejudiced so far as an action of the committee.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 143]

December 14, 1861
Jno. S. Mason, Colonel, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Romney, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he was fully aware that Dennison could not make promotions until Lieutenant Colonel Cantwell's regiment was organized, that he had been a little impatient at its delay as they were badly in need of officers, that their lack of officers left them rather badly off in the field where their outpost duties were so very arduous, that he would suggest that all promotions be made by seniority and not by selection, that the latter method detracted greatly from the efficiency of a regiment as young officers were very apt to be lenient and to court the favor of their men to secure their recommendations for promotion, that the first method obviated the objection and avoided all "wire-working" for preferment, that he was aware that promotion by seniority would cause much dissatisfaction in the regiment yet he felt certain that it would be attended in the end with the best results and more readily secure good discipline, that in the selection of 2nd Lieutenants, he did not think the rule should apply, but that the best men in the ranks should be promoted, that in some companies, he did not know a single man he could conscientiously recommend, while in others there were, and that the question as to whether the Captains of the regiment ranked from the date of their having been mustered into the three months' or three years' service had been frequently raised and he thought it proper to request a decision from the Adjutant General of the army on the subject.
3 pp. [Series 147-20: 127]

December 14, 1861
M.P. Nolan, Lieutenant Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had just received the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; accepting the appointment; and stating that he would proceed at once to Camp Beckett near Hamilton.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 25]

December 14, 1861
S.S. Osborne, Chairman, and C.D. Adams, Secretary, Military Committee of Lake County, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that Henry L. Barstow had applied for a certificate for the purpose of procuring a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Company, Infantry, Ohio Volunteers to garrison the military depot on Johnson's Island under Captain F.M. Follett, that the committee certified that Barstow was a man of good moral character and of such attainments as would fit him for such command, and that the committee believed Barstow could recruit a number of men for that service in Lake County.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 11]

December 14, 1861
R[obert] G. Pennington, Quartermaster, 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp McClellan, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in view of leaving with one regiment for Camp Dennison or other point south, he had arranged with the C & J and Sandusky, Dayton & Cincinnati railroads for transportation to be approved by Buckingham, that upon those lines, they had directness and no change of cars between Norwalk and Cincinnati or Camp Dennison, that these railroads offered the shortest route and the price was as low as any, that these railroads had been very kind to them and their men in the recruiting service, that they owed these railroads some patronage in return, that many of their men, indeed the largest portion of them, resided along and in the vicinity of the Sandusky, Dayton & Cincinnati Railroad and would be grateful to pass that way, that the State was a large stockholder in the Sandusky, Dayton & Cincinnati Railroad and if it was not going out of the way to pass over it, there could be no impropriety in doing so, that he wanted to accommodate the men, especially when no duty or interest was made to suffer in consequence, and that in behalf of the railroads named, he felt they deserved the business.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 81]

December 14, 1861
William L. Perkins, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that H.L. Barstow of Painesville was a candidate for the position of Lieutenant in the volunteers now being enlisted to guard the prisoners of war to be confined in Sandusky Bay [Johnson's Island], that he had been acquainted with Barstow for several years during much of which time, Barstow had been in the employ of the C.P. & A. Railroad Company in charge of trains and men employed in construction, etc., that Barstow was a good businessman, of good moral character, and true to the Government and Union, and that in his judgement, Barstow had sufficient abilities and was well qualified for the office which he sought.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 10]

December 14, 1861
Oscar C. Pratt, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting an appointment as Lieutenant in an infantry regiment with authority to recruit in Cleveland; and stating that a few days before, he had sent a recommendation from the Military Committee for Ashtabula County.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 48]

December 14, 1861
William R. Putnam, Chairman, [Military Committee of Washington County], Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain [William E.] Stevens of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was visiting Columbus on business connected with the regiment, and that the committee recommended Stevens to Buckingham's consideration.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 50]

[December 14?, 1861]
A[lexander] White, James W. Crooks, Thomas England, and A.W. Beery, Military Committee of Hocking County. To ? Letter recommending E.P. Talpey, Charles M. Gould, and John L. Wagner as suitable persons to be appointed recruiting officers in that military district for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry currently recruiting at Camp Chase. Bears the endorsement of the District Military Committee of Logan, Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 50]

December 14, 1861
W.H. Young, Recruiting, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that there were five companies in camp, now ready or nearly ready for organization, which had recruited an average of 25 men each within one week's time in the immediate face of consolidation, that they all reported scores of men awaiting the issue of Order No. 65, that they had four other commissions in the field, now representing 50 to 60 men, which if pushed as they were now prepared to push them could not fail to bring 250 men within 20 or 30 days, that this left their Noble County men still to fall back on for a company, that all three recruiters were popular, energetic, and reliable three months' men and two of them were non-commissioned officers in the three years' service, that they had just begun, but on December 10 had recruited 6, that Gallia County and Perry County had been hard to move, but were in motion when Order 65 temporarily blocked the wheels, that every township of Gallia County had been traversed, that men were just waiting to see the regiment's chances, that the Kanawha Valley had just "disgorged" some 150 Gallia teamsters, etc., who were waiting to volunteer, and that they still had their Majority, Surgeoncy, and Chaplaincy on which to procure men and were in promising negotiation for them all contingent on extension; asking if there was not every prospect of success considering that virtually within a few days they were in a condition to operate successfully; stating that he did not doubt they would make a thousand men in reasonable time; asking if an increase of three or four hundred men would justify the Department in a short extension; and stating that no others could do the work locally in the next month which they could.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 75]

December 15, 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 Captain [James F.] Huntington's company now numbered about 140 men, and that Huntington and Lieutenant [George W.] Norton had received their appointments and had reported for duty; and requesting that George Davenport be appointed 1st Lieutenant and that Martin B. Ewing be appointed 2nd Lieutenant in Huntington's company.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 176]

December 15, 1861
[Valentine] Bausenwein, Colonel, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter reporting that 1st Lieutenant Oscar Von Brabender would no longer do service, was incompatible toward his fellow officers, cross and uncivilized toward subaltern officers and Privates, criticized the President, the Government, and all superior officers and their orders, and did not understand a single word of English or try to learn it; requesting that Brabender be removed from the regiment as soon as possible as he was only doing disadvantage to it; and stating that every day, he had to hear complaints against Brabender, and that Brabender had sent a false report to the Prussian minister in Washington.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 166]

December 15, 1861
Otto Burstenbinder, Colonel, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Oliver, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the muster rolls of the companies as obtained from the recruiting officers, and the daily field report; stating that his plan regarding the consolidation of companies could be found in the morning field report; listing his recommendations for promotions; regarding the organization of Companies I and K; requesting the appointment of C[harles] A. Rousey as Captain of Company D, even though he did not have the required number of recruits; stating that Rousey had shown himself in all ways as a duitiful and useful man, that Rousey had built all the barracks without any compensation, and that the success in filling the regiment against all the agitations brought against its filling, which were enough to discourage and brake up most any man and any undertaking, he must attribute to the comfortable situation of the men in camp during such changeable and unpleasant weather; requesting that a 1st Lieutenant's commission be issued to John Faskins who he had appointed as Adjutant; and stating that he would exhaust all possible and honest resources to fill the regiment completely, if only a little more time could be granted.
3 pp. [Series 147-20: 159]

December 15, 1861
Lewis D. Campbell, Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the entire strength of the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was 614 men including field and staff officers, that the reports of recruiting Lieutenants were not quite ready to be forwarded, that he would send them on December 16 with his report in detail, that it was believed that several detachments would consolidate and organize into companies by mutual consent on December 16, and that he thought he would be able to present six if not seven companies organized in this way and thereby save Buckingham's department much trouble.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 60]

December 15, 1861
John F. DeCourcy, Colonel, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter acknowledging receipt of Buckingham's order dated December 14, by which he was instructed to proceed to Louisville with his command on December 17; and stating that his regiment would be ready to move at any time Buckingham might appoint, that he would, however, be failing in his duty were he not to point out the great disadvantages which he thought would result if the regiment was not allowed to remain at Camp Dennison a few days longer, that ever since they arrived at Camp Dennison, the regiment had been suffering from camp fever to an extent which had raised the sick list to as high a number as two hundred men a day, that four men had died and two more were not expected to live, that the fine weather of the last few days was fast reducing the sick list, that the arms did not arrive until late the previous evening, that the arms were incomplete as to bayonet accoutrements, that not a round of the peculiar ammunition required for the rifles had been sent, that he did not hesitate to state his opinion as a military man that to move the regiment before December 23 would be an act which would bring with it no benefit to the army in Kentucky, that in a few more days, the men would be able to handle their rifles, but now they hardly knew how to hold them, that in Kentucky, he would never find the splendid opportunities which the barracks at Camp Dennison offered in all states of the weather for instruction in the manual and platoon exercises, that the arms issued to the regiment were excellent, but they required more careful teaching than any other kind to enable the men to make good use of them, and that he also considered it absolutely necessary that a liberal issue of blank and ball cartridge be made to be expended in practice before taking the field.
4 pp. [Series 147-20: 8]

December 15, 1861
Cyrus W. Fisher, Major, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant Henry Richardson of the 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, now at home upon leave of absence, was anxious to receive the commission of Captain and be attached to the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Richardson was confident he could raise a company with little trouble on the lake shore, that they had the men for eight companies, leaving two Captaincies vacant, in their regiment, that having served through the western Virginia campaign with Richardson, he considered him to be one of the best, most reliable, and competent officers of his acquaintance, that the public service would most certainly be benefited by the promotion, that the drilling and disciplining of a regiment was a work of patience and competency, that the experience which Richardson would bring to their regiment would be very valuable indeed and was much needed, that while in Virginia, Richardson had command of the Pioneers and proved himself a courageous as well as a competent man, and that the efficiency of their regiment would be much enhanced by the addition of a well drilled man.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 57]

December 15, 1861
E[rasmus] Gest, Captain and Aid, St. Louis, Missouri. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that since his last letter, Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert and his five companies of the 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had moved east to Syracuse on the railroad, 25 miles from Sedalia, and were thus separated from the 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the object of the move was not understood unless it was to avoid the possibility of their being subject to sudden, indefinite movement and with the hope that the Groesbeck portion of the regiment, which left St. Joseph with 10 days rations for a campaign in Platte County and Clay County, would, when through, proceed by river to Booneville where junction could readily be made, that there was much anxiety among officers and men of the so called 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for the filling up or massing of the two commands, that he understood the Lieutenant Colonel of the 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and a Captain were under arrest for intended dueling which would lead to their dismissal, and enough other officers in the 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were so constituted that the replacement of the individuals under arrest would advance the interest of the service and make a more satisfactory organization, that neither Captain Hickenlooper or Captain Mitchell had received their batteries and were out of patience with the delay, that these companies were in charge of the fixed batteries in the defensive works around Jefferson City and he presumed this was the reason why their field batteries were not furnished, the arsenal being short of supplies and their field guns of no use while in that position, that the Ohio commands in the Western Department had all the essentials necessary to reasonable comfort which they had a right to expect, that of course there were grumblers and individual instances of hardship, but both must be expected among a large body of men coming suddenly together to pursue a new business in the open field, that what he said applied to the individual comfort, not to military discipline or the personal appearance of the men, that negligence in both respects prevailed among volunteers, but a few more months would cure this tendency to indifference, that no State was represented in Missouri by a better behaved, looking, obedient, or active set of men and officers than Ohio was, that without exception they were the favorites of the brigadiers whom they had been under and with the people, both secesh and loyal, where they had been quartered, that a committee from Wilmington, Ohio had recently visited the camp at Sedalia, Missouri with a number of woolens and as they supposed, other necessary comforts, that they were much disappointed at finding the men so well provided for, that General [Henry] Halleck continued to issue stringent orders, and there were already several evidences of the intention to execute them as seen in the proclamations, etc., of post commanders and the daily reports of seizures of marauding parties, that from Sedalia and other points where the troops were in excess, squads were going out on secret expeditions with their object being to break up small secession parties and to seize the ringleaders, that if this course was vigorously pursued, a new and more satisfactory state of affairs would soon result, that it was understood in local secession circles that General [Sterling] Price had been appointed as Secretary of War, Confederate States of America, that Price, since his proclamation, promulgated the declaration that he did not want any man to enlist unless he was willing to be killed, that his object and intention was to fight, that the fight would be a hard one, and that it must be fought until every man on his side was killed or his army victorious, that Price was represented as a very fine gentleman of great energy, that Price was an unconditional Union man until something occurred in the spring to exasperate him, and that now Price was relentless.
4 pp. [Series 147-20: 158]

December 15, 1861
W.O. Goldrick, Marysville, Union County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if he could join Company D, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry now in Kentucky, and if he would have to pay his way to the regiment or would the Government defray his expenses; and stating that he would have enlisted had he been in the State at the time of the formation of the regiment, that he had a brother-in-law and a great many friends in Company D, that he was 5 feet, 5 inches high, 18 years old, weighed about 130 pounds, and was healthy, and that there was a cavalryman in the area who belonged to Company D and he would like to go back with him if the Government would pay his way.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 111]

December 15, 1861
John Hutchins, Washington, D.C. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the number of volunteers from each county in the State of Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 49]

December 15, 1861
P[eter] J. Kinney, Colonel, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al., Camp Morrow, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter signed by ten field officers and Captains of the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, recommending Thomas Lowrey as 1st Lieutenant and Absolem L. Chanoweth as 2nd Lieutenant of Captain Ed Kinney's company.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 148]

December 15, 1861
W[illiam] R. Lloyd, Camp Hutchins, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that in reply to Mason's note of December 12 respecting Richard T. Dawson, he regretted to say there was no place vacant in the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry which would probably suit Dawson, that in consolidating, they found more recruiting Lieutenants than they had places for, that should Major Smith be retained for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and desire Dawson to serve as his Adjutant, the Governor would probably make room for him, and that Mr. Franklin, one of the Adjutants, had a place and had not been transferred.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 41]

December 15, 1861
O[rmsby] M. Mitchel, Brigadier General, Headquarters, 3rd Division, Camp Washington. To Governor William Dennison. Letter enclosing a statement made by Surgeon [William M.] Eames of the 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that there seemed to be some misunderstanding with reference to the muster of Eames, who supposed that his appointment by Dennison was sufficient, and that he hoped Dennison would find it possible to comply with Eames' request and date his commission September 19, 1861.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 131]

December 15, 1861
Donn Piatt, Ludlow, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter stating that on April 19, Adjutant General [Henry B.] Carrington authorized him to raise a company of volunteers for the three months' service in Logan County, Ohio, that he had lost the documents given him then for that purpose, and that there must be some record of it in Columbus; requesting copies of the documents; and thanking Mason for his kindness in procuring John H. Piatt his position.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 110]

December 15, 1861
A. Scott, Lieutenant, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that Buckingham send John F. McMillin the papers for a recruiting officer.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 36]

December 15, 1861
George B. Senter, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, Henry C. Benson of Painesville, desired to be appointed Lieutenant in Captain Follett's company which was to be stationed off Sandusky [on Johnson's Island], that Benson was highly esteemed in Painesville as well as by all who knew him in Cleveland, that Benson was as well qualified to discharge the duties of the position he sought as any man of his acquaintance, and that Benson's appointment would secure a first class young man to the service.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 19]

December 15, 1861
Thomas Kilby Smith, Colonel, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Major [Cyrus W.] Fisher had recommended the appointment of Lieutenant Henry Richardson of the 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Captain in the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he concurred in the recommendation.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 72]

December 15, 1861
M.H. Tilden, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison, and John Sherman. Letter introducing his friend, B[enjamin] J. Horton of Cincinnati, who wished to enter military service; and stating that Horton was a graduate of Yale College and a trained lawyer, that Horton had, even before the outbreak of rebellion, given considerable attention to military studies, that Horton was fitted for the performance of the duties of the subaltern position he desired, and that Horton had good health, pluck, and enterprise, and was zealously committed to the good cause.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 220]

December 15, 1861
A[lvin] C. Voris, Lieutenant Colonel, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Tod, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing enlistment rolls; and stating that these reports did not show an encouraging condition in the recruiting service, but he had but little fault to find with his recruiting officers, that Lieutenants Emerson, Heckman, Childs, Pool, Spiegel, and Fahrion, and perhaps others, had worked with persevering zeal and spent money freely for recruits, but so far their efforts had not proven very successful, that he thought Lieutenant Spiegel could fill up his company in 10 or 15 days and that the other detachments could be filled so as to make two companies of them in the same time, that he could report no company organizations, and that the only regimental appointment he had made was an Adjutant.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 69]

December 15, 1861
A[lexander] White, President, and James W. Crooks, Secretary, Military Committee of Hocking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee had been solicited by the Lieutenant Colonel of the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry recruiting at Camp Wool, Athens, in the absence of the Colonel, to request an extension of the time to fill up said regiment; and asking that the time to fill said regiment be as long as what might seem reasonable.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 29]

December 15, 1861
George Wilhelm, Captain, Company F, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Morrow, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a muster roll of Company F; requesting that the roll be signed correctly and returned to him as it was the only one he had; and stating that he had more men than the muster roll called for, and that he had not added them to the roll yet, but would as soon as the roll came to hand.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 17]

December 16, 1861
John B. Allen, and C.L. Merrick, District Military Committee, 7th District. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Jonas T. McCoy of Warren County for appointment as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 150]

December 16, 1861
J[acob] Ammen, Colonel, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Commanding 10th Brigade, Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter transmitting certificates of qualification, etc., of officers commissioned in the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that the regiment was in good health and in good spirits, and that the certificate for final settlement had been sent to Christian Webber of Company H.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 71]

December 16, 1861
J[oel] F. Asper, Captain, Company H, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Green Spring Run, Virginia. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter recommending the appointment of Orderly Sergeant James P. Brisbine of Company H to a 2nd Lieutenancy in the regiment; and stating that Brisbine was one of the earliest volunteers from the Western Reserve, and that Brisbine was a good tactician, a young man of ability and promise, and had well earned a promotion.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 164]

December 16, 1861
J[oel] F. Asper, Captain, Company H, [7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Green Spring Run, Virginia. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter recommending the appointment of William D. Braden of Company H to a 2nd Lieutenancy in the regiment; and stating that Braden was a young man of good address and marked ability, and had a soldier like bearing, that Braden was one of the men who volunteered with him immediately after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, that Braden had served faithfully as a Private ever since, that owing to Braden's modesty, he was not known when the company was organized and the non-commissioned officers were appointed, that Braden understood tactics and was well qualified for any position in a company, that he requested the appointment because he felt that Braden's ability, military knowledge, and faithful service should give him a better position and fully entitled him to the promotion, that he made the recommendation without Braden's knowledge, and that he presented the recommendation because it appeared there were several vacancies in the companies for 2nd Lieutenants.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 191]

December 16, 1861
J[oel] F. Asper, Captain, Company H, and F[rederick] A. Seymour, Captain, Company G, [7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Headquarters at Green Spring Run, Virginia. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter protesting against the appointment of E[zra] H. Witter to a 2nd Lieutenancy in the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry because he had no military experience and no official connection with the regiment, because he was incompetent for the position, and because he was a habitual drunkard; requesting that the Governor revoke the commission issued to Witter; and protesting against the practice of appointing outsiders to fill vacancies among the line officers for the reason that there were a large number of non-commissioned officers well qualified to fill said vacancies and who deserved promotion.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 217]

December 16, 1861
William K. Bosley, Colonel Commanding, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding three commissioned Lieutenants; stating that he was still very short of officers, having had three taken prisoners by the enemy in western Virginia, that he perceived by orders from the War Department that Dennison was empowered to fill those vacancies, and that they expected very active service immediately; recommending persons for said vacancies; and stating that after the vacancies were filled, he would still be short two Lieutenants, that all the men of his regiment had returned to duty except about eight Privates and in the course of a week, they would be there also, that the insubordination of the regiment talked of in the papers had many mitigating circumstances, and that he obeyed orders in not stopping at Cincinnati on their trip from western Virginia believing that to be the first and most important duty of a soldier.
3 pp. [Series 147-20: 136]

December 16, 1861
James O. Brayman, Chicago, Illinois. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that a lady friend, whose husband was in a cavalry regiment at Camp Dennison, received a letter from him stating that she and her child could each draw $1.75 per week from a fund of $2,000,000 provided by the State of Ohio for her volunteers or their families, and that the soldier sent a certificate of his enlistment from his commanding officer; asking if there was any such fund, if the families of volunteers could draw the amount stated, and how they were to proceed to realize it; and stating that he would, on behalf of several in Chicago whose husbands were in Ohio regiments, be much obliged.
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December 16, 1861
Lewis D. Campbell, Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that three more companies had organized that day and elected their officers by mutual consent of the recruiting Lieutenants and their men, that he had been so long in superintending these organizations that he had not been able to complete his report, that he had deemed it better to consolidate detachments at Camp Hamilton by consent of all parties than to annoy Buckingham's department with the arrangement of so many squads, that the men had been very urgent for company organizations, that he would send his report in detail on December 17, and that their whole strength was 630 men.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 65]

December 16, 1861
William B. Cassilly, Lieutenant Colonel, Benton Cadets, Camp Near Rolla, Missouri. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they were organized under orders of General [John C.] Fremont to be the infantry body guard, that the men were enlisted in Ohio, with two companies from Sidney, one from Cincinnati, and the balance from throughout the State, that the officers were selected outside of the men for military ability, that before they completed their organization, Fremont took the field and they went with him for that reason, that they did not have their muster in rolls made out or any commissions for the officers, that they intended to have the regiment filled up at the end of the campaign, that it made no difference so long as Fremont was in command as the officers were paid at the end of each month and the men had been paid in part, that now, however, they stood alone, that they had as yet not been mustered, but there was an order from General [Henry] Halleck to have all such troops as theirs mustered in dating back to the proper time, that as the object (Fremont's Guard) of the organization was broken up, the men were anxious to be recognized by their native State, that it was understood that Governor [William] Dennison had already named them the 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but as they had never received official notice of it, they could not use it with Halleck, that their object now was to have Dennison write to Halleck claiming the troops for Ohio, that as they had served for four months under the name of Benton Cadets without being mustered in, they would have to be mustered in first as Benton Cadets or get an order issued to cover their issues and drawings for that time and then be made an Ohio regiment, that he had no hesitation in saying they could fill up from the neighborhood of Sidney and Cincinnati as the men now with them had friends enough in those neighborhoods to do so, and that they now had four full companies and half of another which was being recruited and had promises of being filled.
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December 16, 1861
William B. Clapp, William B. Clapp & Co., Manufacturers of Cheap Jewelry, Office, No. 81 Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking when Lieutenant J.F. Cutler reported himself for duty at Columbus after receiving his appointment.
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December 16, 1861
Election return of Captain Robert Clements' company, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with accompanying notes.
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December 16, 1861
Thomas D. Fitch, Editor, Clermont Courier, Batavia, Clermont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that when the military committee was appointed for Clermont County, it was understood that they would not be interfered with in their disposal of companies, that with this understanding, they set two men to work raising companies which were promised to Colonel [Joseph R.] Cockerill for the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that after the companies were partly raised, the Adjutant General gave these men commissions for other regiments thereby disappointing the committee and Cockerill, that on behalf of Clermont County which had raised two thousand men and had scarcely received or asked for an office, and of the military committee whose word was pledged to Cockerill, they asked that in the consolidation of regiments, Dennison might see proper to transfer two companies to the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that this would fill the regiment to the maximum and make ready for immediate service one of the finest regiments raised in Ohio, and that they asked this also because it would be for the good of the service that this fine regiment be completed and because they could not conceive that it would in any manner be detrimental to the good cause.
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December 16, 1861
Joseph W. Frizell, Lieutenant Colonel, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Point Pleasant, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that there was a vacancy in Company H, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry occurring by the resignation of 1st Lieutenant C[ornelius] N. Hoaglan, and that 2nd Lieutenant Jerome B. Weller had been acting with the company since its organization in April; recommending Weller as a brave and competent officer and a high toned gentleman; and stating that appointing Weller to the 1st Lieutenancy would not only be serving the best interests of his company, but rewarding and complimenting a brave and efficient officer, and that Weller, to his personal knowledge, enjoyed the entire and utmost confidence of his own men as well as the esteem of the officers.
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December 16, 1861
H[enry] H. Giesy, Captain, Company F, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lyon, Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter certifying that John J. Carran, recruiting officer, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had brought 20 recruits into his company; stating that he believed this service and Carran's unblemished character and integrity entitled him to the office of 1st Lieutenant in preference to any other man in the company; and recommending Carran's appointment.
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December 16, 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. 34, stating that the resignation of Colonel O.P. Ransom of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was hereby accepted to take effect from December 16, 1861. By Command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
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