December 16, 1861
W[illiam] B. Hazen, Colonel, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wickliff, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the regiment required one hundred and twenty-five recruits to fill it to the maximum; and requesting that this number be sent to his regiment if there were recruits to be assigned to regiments in the field.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 228]

December 16, 1861
Charles C. Heyl, 1st Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a supply of blanks for morning field reports and morning company reports.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 21]

December 16, 1861
A[ndrew] Hickenlooper, Captain, 5th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Jefferson City, Missouri. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if there were any guns at the disposal of the State; stating that they had been in the service about 31/2 months without being armed, and were beginning to be a little anxious about their equipments; and asking if the guns and harness could be furnished, and when.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 193]

December 16, 1861
J.B. Holmes, 1st Lieutenant, Company M, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To [Jacob] Brinkerhoff. Letter stating that there had been such a continual confusion in his company since its first pretended organization that he was growing tired of it and it must be stopped, that if he was entitled to the command of his company, he was going to have it, that the company united in claiming the right to promote the officers in the company instead of accepting officers from any other company, and they all swore that they would never serve under any other than their own officers, and that he expected the commission of Captain. Bears a note dated December 19, 1861, from Governor William Dennison.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 181]

December 16, 1861
Vesalius Horr, Lieutenant, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp McArthur, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Colonel Charles Candy. Letter requesting that the name of A[braham] L. Shepherd be presented as the candidate for the position of 1st Lieutenant in his company; recommending Shepherd as a gentleman and one who would make a good officer; stating that Shepherd was a man of fine moral character and fair education, and possessed many of the requisites for the position, and that Shepherd was the choice of 2/3 of the men enrolled; requesting that Candy secure his commission and the nomination or appointment of Shepherd as his 1st Lieutenant; and stating that it was his understanding that he was entitled to the appointment of Captain whenever his number exceeded 60 men, and also to a position in the regiment. Bears a note dated December 15, 1861, from Charles Candy, Colonel, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending that A.L. Shepherd be appointed as 2nd Lieutenant instead of 1st Lieutenant so that the organization of the company and regiment might be completed; and stating that he had made arrangements to receive a squad of recruits enlisted by Lieutenant A.H. Yazel of the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and transferred to the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by order of the Adjutant General of Ohio.
3 pp. [Series 147-20: 142]

December 16, 1861
Andrew C. Kemper, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the commander of the post had appointed him post treasurer at Camp Dennison, that the Council of Administration had instructed him to ascertain the average number of troops at the post during the months of September and October, and that in order to comply with the instructions, it was necessary for him to ascertain from Buckingham's office the number of troops at the post on the 10th, 20th, and 30th days of September and October.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 94]

December 16, 1861
J.C. Kilborn, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Extract of Special Order No. 61, stating that leave of absence for one week was hereby granted to Lieutenant Colonel Cassily, 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. By order of Major General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 139]

December 16, 1861
John U. Kreidler, Notary Public, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General Rodney Mason. Letter stating that in the latter part of July and the first part of August, Captain W.W. Woodward of the 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry recruited his men locally and a number of them were boarded at the house of M. Joseph Wiesman, that Woodward informed Wiesman that the subsistence would be paid by the State immediately upon the recruits being certified to and by him sent to the Adjutant General's Department, that the bill in this case was duly made out and as Woodward represented, sent forward to Mason, that since then, Wiesman had died, leaving a large family and his affairs in such circumstances that the widow would be compelled to sell even the homsestead to pay his just debts, leaving them scarcely anything for subsistence, and that he was requested by the widow to ask if said bill, amounting to $21.30, was sent to Mason, whether it was paid or unpaid, and that the amount be sent to her as soon as possible if the bill was unpaid.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 121]

December 16, 1861
Deming N. Lowrey, Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that when the Summit County [Military] Committee called on him to accept the appointment of recruiting Lieutenant, he gladly did so, wishing to go into the service of the U.S. himself and thinking he could get others to go with him, that he had failed, that he had gotten only two men, that he had sent one of the men to camp and the other would go that week, that he had spent about a month and some money for which he asked no pay from the Government, that he was willing to do all he could (without traveling) to enlist volunteers for U.S. service and send them to any camp whatsoever, that what he did would be free of charge, that he would be glad to go into the service himself if he could go in an appropriate place, that he had a family of five children and a business that supported them, which he could not leave without sacrificing more than he felt able to unless he could draw better pay than a common soldier, that he remained a lover of the Union, and that he would be Lieutenant in the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 171]

December 16, 1861
William H. Lytle, Colonel, 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Ohio Militia, Adjutant General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending appointments and promotions in the 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that it was very desirable that these officers be commissioned with as little delay as possible as the regiment would soon be in face of the enemy.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 178]

December 16, 1861
James A. Mitchell, Captain, 16th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Jefferson City, Missouri. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter regarding the battery and equipment for the battery.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 104]

December 16, 1861
O.F. Moore, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Washington, near Elizabethtown, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that a vacancy had occurred by the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant Milton C. Peters in Company E, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and nominating George C. Winkler as a suitable person to be appointed 2nd Lieutenant of Company E in place of Peters to take effect from December 8, 1861. Bears the endorsement of J[oshua] W. Sill, Colonel Commanding, 9th Brigade.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 231]

December 16, 1861
Jona F. Nunamer, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting that Dennison issue an order for his discharge from the service of the State of Ohio so that he might accept service elsewhere, or order him to duty; and stating that he had been idle for one month.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 7]

[December 16?, 1861]
Nathan Pickett, Captain, Company A, 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by the company officers of Companies A, B, C, D, E, and F of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that with the consolidation of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the rank of Colonel William E. Gilmore was reduced, that they had enlisted with Gilmore and wished to serve under him, that in said consolidation, both their other field officers went out of service entirely, that it was understood that the attempt would be made by the Colonel of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to retain all his staff officers, thus retiring men to whom they had become attached as friends and knew to be good officers and who they had served with in Virginia, and that they were not full as a regiment because seven regiments had been stationed around them, with one in the same town, the former consolidation with the 13th Missouri was just at the critical time when they had gotten under headway and they lost not only time but men actually enlisted, and the companies raised for the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were turned into other regiments by order of the Adjutant General and others were lost to them after being filled up and reported ready for camp by making their Captains field officers in other new regiments; requesting that Dennison order a fair distribution of the officers between the two regiments; and stating that if Colonel [Newton] Schleich would not be just, they wished to be consolidated with Colonel Morton's regiment or some other regiment on terms which would be fair and acceptable to both.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 192]

December 16, 1861
R.K. Shaw, 2nd Lieutenant, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had made a final report to Colonel [William] Craig of three men enlisted and had them in camp, that he did not have thirty men enlisted and according to Buckingham's notice, his appointment was liable to be revoked, that he hoped Buckingham would consider that it had been more labor to recruit three men for the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry than it was to recruit fifty men for any other regiment in that part of the State, that it was hardly just to visit consequences upon faithful and untiring recruiting officers which no exertion of theirs could avoid and for which they were in no way responsible, that on December 1, the prospect of enlistments was fair, that the general order for closing enlistments set the men of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at work with redoubled fury, that one story was spread which was enough to prevent any enlistment in the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, namely that Colonel Craig had two men confined in the guardhouse for daring to speak to him, that a denial of this story would effect nothing as Craig's fame was canvassed at every meeting and by every hearth stone, that he wished, if there was to be an extension of time to the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Buckingham would continue him recruiting, that if the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was to be consolidated, he hoped that Buckingham would not consider it necessary to revoke his appointment as he believed that he was capable and had sufficient experience to qualify him for any company office, that upon this point he would refer Buckingham to the several communications of the Washington County Military Committee, that Buckingham would undoubtedly have many parts of companies where the officers had given up, that it would be no injustice to assign him a place in such a company of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that it would do no good to recruit for the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry unless the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was removed, and that if the cause was removed, then the effect would be removed.
3 pp. [Series 147-20: 41]

December 16, 1861
Orland Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Logan, near Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had twelve companies and parts of companies showing an aggregate of 851 men, that from this total there would necessarily be some deductions for men absent without leave, that those officers whose companies were not full were still taking some recruits so he could safely rely upon the total number given, that he had allowed some furloughs to be given which extended beyond the time mentioned in Buckingham's circular in fulfillment of promises made when the men were recruited, and that they would all respond when called on even if it was before the expiration of the time given them; reporting on the progress of companies; and stating that unless the organization of the regiment that week was imperative, he would prefer to have it left open until the following week when he thought the combinations could be made more satisfactorily than now, and that if the organization must be made immediately, he wished to be advised by telegraph and he would submit a plan for combination which might in his opinion be most practicable.
3 pp. [Series 147-20: 96]

December 16, 1861
Alphonso Taft, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Benjamin J. Horton had been invited by Colonel [Jacob] Ammen of the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to make application for the appointment to a 1st Lieutenancy in the regiment, that Horton was a member of the bar in good standing, that Horton was a gentleman of good education and intelligence, and that he thought Horton was well worthy of the appointment. Bears a note from Aaron F. Perry stating that for an educated man, Horton was uncommonly hardy and muscular, and would stand fire or weather well.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 189]

December 16, 1861
E[rastus] B. Tyler, Colonel, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter recommending Orderly Sergeant James P. Brisbine of Company H for appointment to a 2nd Lieutenancy to fill one of the vacancies in the regiment; and stating that Brisbine was a good officer, prompt, efficient, and energetic in the performance of every duty, and would make an excellent officer. Bears the endorsement of Halbert B. Case, 1st Lieutenant, Company H, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 161]

December 16, 1861
J.D. Whiting, 2nd Lieutenant, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Vincit Mitchel, 1st Lieutenant, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, City Barracks, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating when they were appointed; and describing their duties.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 63]

December 16, 1861
William S. Williams, Officer Recruiting, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer [Light] Artillery, Office of the Union Line Express Company, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was surprised to learn that Buckingham would only allow him until December 25 to recruit his battery, that he did not understand when he went to work that he was to be confined to so short a period, that 156 men could not be gotten in five weeks, that merely for the good of the army, he stayed in Virginia until recruiting was nearly all over, that he thought Buckingham should show him a little leniency, and that since it was his business to obey, he would take what men he had into camp on the time designated.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 66]

December 16, 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 Charles A. Oster, aged 17 years, had been recruited for the 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by 2nd Lieutenant Joseph C. Wehrle without his father's consent, and that the father demanded his son's discharge; and requesting authority to discharge Charles A. Oster.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 53]

December 17, 1861
J[esse] J. Appler, Colonel Commanding, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Diamond, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the bearer, H.L. Black, as a suitable person for 2nd Lieutenant in place of Mr. Spence whose resignation had been tendered.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 103]

December 17, 1861
F.T. Backus, George B. Senter, and W. Bingham, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, John P. Holt, had been recruiting for the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that Holt had recruited 31 men and reported them at Camp Hutchins, that because of the consolidation of the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry with the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, it seemed that Holt was thrown out of a position in a company as a Lieutenant, that they exceedingly regretted this result as Holt was a man of high intelligence and excellent character, that Holt was a machinist of great experience and ability, and that if a position could be found for Holt either as a divisional Quartermaster or in some other similar capacity, they had no doubt that he would acquit himself to the entire satisfaction of the Government.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 165]

December 17, 1861
[Valentine] Bausenwein, Colonel, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Romain Lujeane, formerly Colonel of the 32nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, desired a position as an officer in the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and recommending that Lujeane be appointed as Adjutant.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 152]

December 17, 1861
Joshua Blaize, 2nd Lieutenant, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he left an envelope containing his commission, enlistment roll, receipts, etc., in his shanty and someone, he presumed one of his own men, found it and burned everything; requesting Buckingham's advice as to what to do; and stating that he had the names of all the men, but the incident had hindered him from making out his muster roll.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 30]

December 17, 1861
W[illiam] K. Bosley, Colonel Commanding, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wickliffe, La Rue County, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting that 1st Sergeant John R. Kestner be commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant to fill a vacancy; and stating that Kestner was well worthy and qualified as a soldier.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 137]

December 17, 1861
R.A. Constable, Colonel Commanding, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that in his agreement with Colonel [Nathaniel C.] McLean, he acted upon the supposition that the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had nearly 600 men, that if this was in error and they had no more men than the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then the one should take Colonel and the other Lieutenant Colonel and Major, that he was exceedingly anxious to have such an arrangement made as it would save both Lieutenant Colonel Young and himself, that he equally desired the full command of a regiment especially if they were to be consolidated with a regiment which did not number more men than did they, and that if he could have the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry attached to his, giving him the command, he would much prefer it to any other arrangement.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 73]

December 17, 1861
R.A. Constable, Colonel Commanding, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that as it had been intimated to him that the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be consolidated forming a new regiment and as he had signed a conditional agreement with Colonel [Nathaniel C.] McLean by which he consented to take the position of Lieutenant Colonel under him, he deemed it right and proper for him to say that while he might consent to go under McLean, he could not and would not go under Colonel [Newton] Schleich, that McLean was not a drunkard nor a gambler, that if Dennison saw fit to unite the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry giving him the command, he would be pleased to accept because he knew Lieutenant Colonel [Henry B.] Hunter to be a sober and honorable gentleman, that he knew that two of Schleich's Captains would prefer some other Colonel, and that he also knew that the men of the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be completely broken in spirit if they were forced to go under Schleich.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 76]

December 17, 1861
C.L. Divine, 2nd Lieutenant, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Henry Lindenberg, 2nd Lieutenant, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Charles A. Poland, 2nd Lieutenant, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that they had been appointed 2nd Lieutenants for service in Ohio regiments and regularly mustered into U.S. service, that they had yet to be assigned to active service or discharged from said service, that not being free to act and not knowing at what moment an order might reach them to proceed at once to some field of danger and of honor, they could not make permanent arrangements for civil pursuits, that they hoped relief in their cases might be speedily tendered, and that they preferred to be of use and service to their country now in its time of need and great peril.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 149]

December 17, 1861
J.J. Ennis, Lieutenant, 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that recruiting was very slow at present, that men promised to go at some future time, but were unwilling to be sworn in at present, and that he had just returned from Clarksville where he found a man who could get him 40 men if authorized to do so; asking what he could do to get the men; and stating that the man wished to get a Lieutenancy as he had served in the Mexican War, and that the man's name was Josiah Anderson.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 54]

December 17, 1861
Charles W. Fearns, Gambier, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had an interview that morning at Mt. Vernon with Colonel McGroarty of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Irish regiment) during which McGroarty promised to recommend his appointment as a recruiting officer for that regiment, and that as he understood it from McGroarty, the holder of such a commission was authorized to go to any place in Ohio where recruits could be obtained and that all necessary expenses were paid by the State; asking if such was the case, if the recruiting officer was ordered to certain places or allowed to use his discretion, if his expenses were paid whether successful or not, and if the rule with reference to the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was different from that in regard to recruiting for other regiments; and stating that as General [Columbus] Delano and Buckingham had previously recommended him for another appointment, he supposed nothing more would be required in the present case beyond the Colonel's own recommendation.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 143]

[December 17?, 1861]
S[amuel] A. Gilbert, Lieutenant Colonel. To General. Letter stating that Company A of the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was without a Captain, that the 1st Lieutenant was but recently promoted to the position, that the 2nd Lieutenant was taken from the ranks, that neither had much experience nor did they give satisfaction to the men of the company, that the consequence was that the discipline of the company was "retrograding" every day, that if the promotions were made as recommended by Colonel [Jacob] Ammen, the men of the company would probably have their interest in their duties renewed, that in any event, an additional commissioned officer would be added to aid in the enforcement of discipline, that in Company B, there was no 1st Lieutenant nor had there been for the past 28 days, that the consequence was that the instruction and discipline of the company did not progress as it should, that Companies A and B were the flanking companies and their deficiencies were felt by the whole regiment, and that they hoped the condition of these companies would receive prompt attention.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 77]

December 17, 1861
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Extract of Special Order No. 35, stating that the resignation of Lieutenant G.O. McPherson of the 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was hereby accepted to take effect from December 17, 1861. By Command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 134]

December 17, 1861
Valentine Heckman, 2nd Lieutenant, 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had delivered his muster roll to the present commander of the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel [Alvin C.] Voris, together with a recommendation from the Military Committee for the West Side of Cuyahoga County to have him retained as a commissioned officer whether said regiment was consolidated or permitted to fill up, that he had enlisted thirty men as required by the terms of his commission and taken them to Camp Tod in Cleveland where they were now under his charge, and that since then, he had enlisted three additional men and there was a prospect for more if he was permitted to continue.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 117]

December 17, 1861
J.B. Holmes, 1st Lieutenant, Company M, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that it was the united expression of the company under his command that he should fill the vacancy which occurred by the resignation of Captain J.B. Franklin, and he also claimed it as his warranted right, that he expected a Captain's commission, that he claimed it, that if he did not get it, he would like to know why, and that he expected justice from Dennison.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 186]

December 17, 1861
Henry F. Hyman, Captain, Battery I, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since the beginning of September, he had been raising in Cincinnati what was formerly called the 7th Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery, that no man had used more exertions than he had, that as he had never received and never asked for one cent of money, it certainly could not be thought that he did it for gain, that he received an order from Buckingham to report himself to Colonel [James] Barnett to be attached to the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery as Battery G, that he immediately obeyed Buckingham's order, that he had to quit recruiting with the promise that his battery would be filled in a few days, that instead of gaining, his battery had been losing by desertion and by writs of habeas corpus, that all he asked was for his battery to be filled by men already enlisted or for an order to go recruiting for those men still needed, that he had but three appointments for officers in his battery and Buckingham could give him anyone who was capable to fill the positions, and that Buckingham could then send him to the most dangerous place possible and be certain that the men and officers of the former 7th Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery would be an honor to the State.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 122]

December 17, 1861
N[athaniel] C. McLean, Colonel, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, C[harles] W. Friend, Captain, Company A, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, R[obert] A. Constable, Colonel, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Robert Reily, Major, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that they had made an arrangement in reference to the consolidation of the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry subject to Dennison's approval provided that Dennison could not give them further time in which to fill their regiments or give to each the command of a regiment, that under the terms of the arrangement, the Colonel, Major, and Surgeon would go to the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the Lieutenant Colonel, Adjutant, Quartermaster, and Assistant Surgeon together with the left flanking company would go to the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that it would be agreed upon by Lieutenant Colonel Young and R.A. Constable as to which should take the field from the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that the Colonel of the consolidated regiment would be N[athaniel] C. McLean and the Major of the consolidated regiment would be Robert Reily.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 74]

December 17, 1861
William S. Metcalf, 2nd Lieutenant, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that having reported eighty-five men regularly enlisted, examined, and sworn in, he awaited an order to organize and sought to be commissioned in due form.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 52]

December 17, 1861
W[illiam] S. Metcalf, 2nd Lieutenant, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wool, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if it was necessary that his rolls be made out alphabetically, and if an order for an election was required from Buckingham or anyone; stating that his men had expressed their preference in regard to their Lieutenants; and asking if it was necessary to send election rolls to Buckingham's office.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 115]

December 17, 1861
W.W. Nevison, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if there was to be more than one company of men enlisted in Ohio for guarding U.S. prisoners at Sandusky or elsewhere; and stating that he was acquainted with an active, capable, and reliable man who could enlist a part or a full company of good, moral, and steady men in a short time.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 119]

December 17, 1861
Ferdinand F. Rempel, Lieutenant Colonel, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Colonel [Valentine] Bausenwein requested him to call on Buckingham and obtain recruiting commissions for E.P. Talpy, J.S. Wagner, and Charles Gould, that Talpy, Wagner, and Gould were reliable gentlemen and would use their best efforts to obtain enough recruits to make up a company, that these gentlemen were citizens of Hocking County, that he would call on Buckingham in person, but had an unfortunate attack of inflammatory rheumatism which might compel him to keep to his room for some days, that Hocking County had furnished one company and would furnish another with the aid of Talpy, Wagner, and Gould, and that he felt interested to have as many from Hocking County as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 56]

December 17, 1861
W.R. Sapp, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that J.M. Cochran desired the appointment of Major for the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Cochran had done a good deal of hard work for the regiment, that he had no doubt that Cochran would be able to add nearly one hundred more volunteers to the regiment before it left, and that he understood there were nearly eight hundred volunteers now in camp.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 78]

December 17, 1861
George B. Senter, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that during the two years Dennison had so faithfully and creditably discharged the duties of Governor, he believed that the affairs of the State had never been more ably administered, that he had occasion to recommend quite a number of men who desired places, that he believed in no instance had he commended a man who was unworthy, and that in but few cases, if indeed in any case, did he feel at liberty personally or otherwise to urge the claims of his friends; recommending Alfred P. Girty who was currently Adjutant of the 45th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Girty was in all respects one of the most talented, accomplished, and worthy young men in Cleveland, that he had no doubt Girty would be retained in his present position if the regiment was to fill up locally and not be consolidated, that he was fearful by mixing up regiments, Girty might be figured out, that this would be a great injustice, that he hoped Girty could be appointed at once and thus place the matter beyond contingency, that he had long appreciated Dennison's devotion to the great interests which had been placed in his hands and Dennison's untiring efforts for their promotion, and that he hoped before long, the people of Ohio would fully appreciate the many sacrifices Dennison had made to protect and advance their interests.
3 pp. [Series 147-20: 195]

December 17, 1861
J.L. K[irby] Smith, Colonel, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the enlistment rolls of his regiment; relating information regarding the regiment; and stating that as yet he had no recommendations to make regarding consolidation of detachments.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 68]

[December 17?, 1861]
Orland Smith, Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Logan, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending the appointment of Adjutant Richard Long as Major of the 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that Long had received a nearly unanimous vote of the officers of the regiment for said post, and that Long had performed the duties of Adjutant to the entire satisfaction of the regiment; and recommending the appointment of Frederick C. Smith as Adjutant.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 153]

December 17, 1861
William Spence, 2nd Lieutenant, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Diamond, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter resigning the office of 2nd Lieutenant in the 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to which he was appointed and commissioned on October 8, on account of very serious domestic affliction and also on account of his age which he found would interfere very materially with his duties as a military officer; and stating that having a desire that his position should be filled by a competent and good man, he took pleasure in recommending H.L. Black for appointment in his place.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 79]

December 17, 1861
Peter J. Sullivan, Colonel Commanding, Headquarters, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the appointments for officers of Company A; requesting that Buckingham make the dates thereon conform to the muster rolls of said company now on file in Buckingham's office; and stating that since officers only received pay from the dates of appointment, he was sure Buckingham could see the necessity of making the correction.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 213]

December 17, 1861
Z.A. Tanneyhill, Wheeling, Virginia. To Sir. Letter asking if an officer could hold a commission over a company contrary to the voice of that company.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 82]

December 17, 1861
E.B. Woodbury, Chairman of the Military Committee of Ashtabula County, Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the case of Captain [Edward] Hayes of Company C, 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who had recruited his company before the date of Buckingham's circular containing instructions to county military committees and providing for the appointment of 2nd Lieutenants as recruiting officers; and stating that Hayes' company was not recruited upon the line of any public thoroughfare or means of transportation, that Hayes was unable to give certificates of transportation and was compelled to hire and employ teams for which he paid and became personally responsible to pay for transportation, that Hayes had presented his statement of the amounts paid and to be paid along with the proper vouchers to the Quartermaster of the regiment who, doubting his authority in the promises, refused to pay, and that Hayes desired to be advised as to the proper course for him to pursue and as to what department he should apply for the payment of these bills.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 118]

December 17, 1861
W.D. Young, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had written on November 11, informing Dennison that certain persons had been engaged in enlisting men in different localities and that they had determined to unite the results of their several efforts with the design of forming an Ohio regiment of sharpshooters if permission could be obtained, that he was answered by Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham who stated that Dennison was absent, but thought that no new regiments would be authorized which might in any manner interfere with those then in progress of formation, that he thought it unnecessary to inquire further as he supposed that if it was proper, Dennison would no doubt investigate the matter and come to a conclusion, that he had been requested to again place the subject before Dennison, that the men who had been enrolled were enlisted with the express understanding that they were to be formed into a rifle regiment and hence would not go into any other kind of regiment, that they were raised for a brigade in the Western Department which was not filled in the specified time and was therefore not organized, that he was in St. Louis at the time and upon his assurance that permission could be obtained of the Governor of Ohio to organize a regiment of sharpshooters if there was a proper showing, it was determined that application should be made, that the formation of this regiment could hardly interfere with those already authorized, that the men were in Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio, that he was satisfied that if permission had been granted around November 1, that the regiment would now be full and ready to take the field, that he had reason to believe that if the proper encouragement were given, that 500 men could be brought into camp in 15 days and that the regiment would be filled in a reasonable time, that he knew of no regiment which had started with such fair prospects as the proposed one could, that Colonel S.B. Shaw of St. Louis went to Washington that week to see if rifles could be obtained and would stop at Columbus on his return and provide any desired information on the subject, and that the "signs of the times" seemed to indicate that they could not have too many soldiers in the field.
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