December 18, 1861
Caleb Bates, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he found that a company of artillery could be raised in Cincinnati, that if he could get a commission for raising the same, he would be glad to do so, and that he would like the privilege of recruiting and to rendezvous the men as fast as enlisted at the City Barracks.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 119]
[December 18?, 1861]
J.G. Blair, Professor, Ohio University, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Lieutenant [Augustus] Norton was most worthy of the appointment solicited, and that Norton belonged to one of the very best local families; and extending his congratulations for the successful issue of Dennison's most difficult administration and regrets that it so soon terminated.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 187]
December 18, 1861
Charles Candy, Colonel Commanding, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp McArthur, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing addidavits of several men of the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in relation to the drunkeness and unfitness of Squire H. Wallace, appointed 2nd Lieutenant, that in a conversation with Wallace a few days before, he informed him that he would endeavor to have him removed if he found that Wallace was in the habit of drinking to excess, that he gave directions to have depositions of the parties taken for the purpose of laying them before Buckingham, knowing he would not appoint any person who was in the habit of becoming intoxicated, and thereby saving the Government the expense of bringing the parties before a general court martial, that he had seen a petition signed by sixty-five of the men requesting Wallace to resign the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant if commissioned, that there was considerable trouble existing in the company regarding Wallace being appointed, that he thought the efficiency of the service would be injured if Wallace should be appointed, and that since he assumed command of the regiment on November 27, Wallace had not been in camp nor had he ever reported to him for duty.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 108]
December 18, 1861
William Carter, Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating some facts regarding Company A of the 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
3 pp. [Series 147-20: 186]
December 18, 1861
J.S. Conklin, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that at the request of the Shelby County Military Committee and other leading citizens, he was calling Dennison's attention to the condition of two companies from Shelby County now in Colonel Marshall's regiment in Missouri, that these companies went with the assurances of the recruiting officer (Lieutenant Pond) and Lieutenant Colonel Cassilly that they would compose a part of [John C.] Fremont's infantry bodyguard and that Colonel M[arshall] was not only a competent but desirable officer to serve under, that these companies were accepted by Fremont in the capacity of infantry bodyguards and so treated during his stay in the army, that now there were constant and most urgent appeals from the officers and most reliable men in these companies urging that something be done, if possible, for their relief from what they regarded as intolerable treatment, that they all concurred in saying that M[arshall] was a drunken, cruel, and shockingly profane and coarse man, utterly reckless of the health and comfort of his men, a large portion of whom were already sick and disabled from such neglect and bad treatment, that they begged to be transferred to the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or some other Ohio regiment not full, that if they must remain, they begged that M[arshall] not be commissioned as Colonel over them, that they would be satisfied with either Lieutenant Colonel Cassilly or Major Loring, and that there was no doubt that their situation was worse than free men or even civilized beings could bear; imploring Dennison to do whatever he could for these suffering and shamefully abused fellow citizens who had cheerfully risked their lives in defense of their country; and stating that several of the company officers, Captain Kaga, Lieutenant Rinehart, and others, had served in Virginia from the beginning of the war.
3 pp. [Series 147-20: 211]
December 18, 1861
Henry B. Curtis, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been acquainted with William Welsh of Company A, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from his earliest youth, that Welsh was now a 1st Sergeant and possessed much military taste and tact, and that Welsh was a young gentleman of good education, of ready skill and ability in business, and of good moral character; and recommending Welsh as deserving promotion.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 172]
December 18, 1861
E.C. Dawes, Adjutant, By Order of J[esse] J. Appler, Colonel Commanding, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Diamond, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant [Thomas] McIntyre of the 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had recruited two men who had earlier been enrolled by a Lieutenant of the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the Lieutenant from the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry did not legally muster the two men as he swore them in himself having no authority to administer oaths, that McIntyre was not aware that the men had been enrolled earlier and he recruited them, that McIntyre had no desire to keep the men if he could legally discharge them, and that the men wished to remain at Camp Diamond; and asking what they should do with the men.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 106]
December 18, 1861
C[olumbus] Delano, Headquarters, Ohio Militia, Adjutant General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the Governor desired him to inform Buckingham that Josiah M. Cochran had been appointed Major for the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and to request that a certificate of such appointment be issued.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 71]
December 18, 1861
Charles A. DeVilliers, Colonel Commanding Post, Headquarters, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Point Pleasant, Virginia. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Jerome B. Weller as a most fit person for promotion, and that Weller be appointed as 1st Lieutenant in Company H of the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Weller was now a 2nd Lieutenant in Company H and had been filling the post of 1st Lieutenant in said company during the past summer, and that a vacancy occurred in the company on November 1.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 216]
December 18, 1861
Jno. C. Dunlevy, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. To W.T. Bascom. Letter stating that they wished to have Lewis R. Marshall appointed as a 2nd Lieutenant and recruiting officer for the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Warren County instead of Felix S. Welton whose time had expired, and to have John G. Crine as an assistant to Marshall, and that if as the papers stated the whole system was to be changed and taken charge of by Major McRea, the above appointments would perhaps be unnecessary; and asking if Marshall could be mustered into service at Camp Dennison or Cincinnati and save him the expense of going to Columbus.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 98]
December 18, 1861
J.J. Ennis, Lieutenant, 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in his last report, he mentioned that a gentleman of good reputation agreed to furnish 40 men if given the power to recruit, that the gentleman alluded to was Josiah Anderson from Clermont County and could get the specified number in a week, and that he had a prospect of getting more men, but at present had none additional to report.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 114]
[December 18?, 1861]
J[ohn] J. Geer, 1st Lieutenant, Company K, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General [Rodney] Mason. Letter requesting an extension of his time for recruiting.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 106]
December 18, 1861
C. Goddard, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To General. Letter stating that per the General's instructions, he had made inquiry as to the state of feeling in regard to Major [Benjamin D.] Fearing and as to whether Fearing had been recognized by Colonel [Jesse] Hildebrand as the Major of the regiment [77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], that learning that matters were not as they should be, he sought an interview with Fearing and asked him about the situation, that Fearing said Hildebrand was bitterly opposed to his assuming the duties of his office and had not yet acknowledged him before the regiment as its Major, that Hildebrand stated publicly before leaving for Columbus that Fearing should never be Major and that if Fearing was retained, he himself would resign, that from all he heard, Hildebrand's resignation would prove the best thing which could happen for the good of the regiment, that Fearing seemed to be a very energetic person and competent to fill the position in which he was placed, that Fearing said he could not bear such treatment as he had received from Hildebrand much longer and that unless things could move on more pleasantly, he would feel forced to resign, that in his opinion, it would be better for the service to lose two or three Colonels like Hildebrand than one such officer as Fearing, that none of the field officers of the regiment had ever quartered in camp, that the men had been allowed to do pretty much as they pleased and had no squad or company drills or dress parade until after the Colonel left for Columbus, that the men had only been exercised in battalion drill by an individual named Hoblitzell, that Fearing said that Hoblitzell, who was neither a commissioned officer or an enlisted man, had not only made all manner of improper statements about him in the presence of the men and company officers, but grossly insulted him in his own office, that he told Fearing if Hoblitzell was neither an officer or an enlisted man, Fearing should order him out of camp and instruct the guards to refuse him admittance, that all the officers of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with whom he had talked, expressed a high regard for Fearing and thought him a perfect gentleman and a competent officer, that to date, the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been little better than a "mob", that he understood patrols had been sent out in numerous instances to protect citizens from insult and annoyance, that Hildebrand refused, until the receipt of the General's telegram, to allow Fearing to assume his position and now only recognized him in a sort of private way, that since the departure of the Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel for Columbus, Fearing had, notwithstanding the objections of Hoblitzell, assumed command and issued orders for company drill and dress parade, that when Fearing's authority was so publicly ignored by Hildebrand, his orders could not command the respect they should, and that it was his belief that the good of the service would be promoted by the removal of Hildebrand if it was possible to do it.
5 pp. [Series 147-20: 205]
December 18, 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. 36, stating that the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant G.B. Chaffin, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was hereby accepted to take effect from December 18, 1861. By Command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 133]
December 18, 1861
William A. Gunn, Lee Deuel, and Llewellyn Niles. Affidavit stating that 2nd Lieutenant S[quire] H. Wallace, assigned to Captain S[amuel] T. McMorran's company in the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was, on the afternoon of December 17, in a state of intoxication in the town of Urbana to such an extent that he was totally unfit for military duty and that his habits heretofore had been very intemperate. Together with the affidavit of Theodore Stansbury, 2nd Sergeant of Captain [Alvin] Clark's company in the 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, stating that on December 17 at about 8 P.M. in Urbana, Wallace was in a state of intoxication to such an extent that he staggered and fell in the street and that his habits heretofore conformed to the affidavit.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 109]
December 18, 1861
R.F. Hickman, New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a recommendation in favor of his son, W.C. Hickman, for a commission in the recruiting service; and stating that it was believed his son could raise men in Perry County who hitherto had not been reached.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 118]
December 18, 1861
John H. Kelly, et. al., Perry County Military Committee, New Lexington, Perry County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Wesley C. Hickman as a proper person for the purpose of recruiting a company in Perry County; and stating that Hickman had been in the service of the U.S. as a Private in the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry since the commencement of the war, that they thought Hickman was competent and well qualified to take command of a company, that they believed Hickman could recruit the company he desired for the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Goddard, Zanesville, and that they would aid him in so doing.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 116]
December 18, 1861
C[lark] McDermont, Surgeon, 3rd Street Military Hospital, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had notified the Medical Director of the order to join his regiment, and that he expected to be relieved on December 19 or 20, when he would be happy to report for duty at the headquarters of the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 125]
December 18, 1861
W.L. McMillen, Surgeon General of Ohio, Headquarters, Ohio Volunteer Militia, Surgeon General's Office, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the appointment of Thomas L. Harper as Assistant Surgeon, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was cancelled, and that W.S. Moore, Assistant Surgeon, 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was transferred to the same position in the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 84]
December 18, 1861
Samuel T. McMorran, Captain, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp McArthur, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that as he was legally informed that Buckingham had appointed Squire H. Wallace as 2nd Lieutenant in his company, he was taking the liberty of informing Buckingham of certain facts, that Wallace recruited five men and one boy with his assistance, got drunk, and remained so for some three weeks during which time they had a sufficient number of men to organize their company, that as it was the desire of the Colonel in command that they should do so, their men expressed themselves favorably for the appointment of James K. Hurley, that Wallace was drunk at the time they held their election, that the appointment of Hurley was granted by Buckingham on November 19 and revoked on December 17, that the appointment of Wallace was contrary to the wishes of himself and the company, that his men desired that Buckingham revoke the appointment of Wallace not from any prejudice which they might have against him, but from the fact that Wallace was an inveterate drunkard, that since Hurley's appointment had been cancelled and Wallace assigned in his place, Wallace had been "beastly" drunk as was proven by affidavits submitted to Colonel [Charles] Candy which Candy had agreed to forward to Buckingham, and that he trusted that Hurley might be returned to the company as 2nd Lieutenant for the reasons given.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 107]
December 18, 1861
Jno. S. Mason, Colonel, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Commanding Regiment, Headquarters, Romney, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending certain non-commissioned officers as the most suitable to fill the vacancies of 2nd Lieutenants about to occur, without reference to any previous recommendations he may have signed as he now felt better able to judge of their merits; and stating that he hoped the Governor, in making appointments, would not be governed by the recommendations given for recruiting commissions as they were given at the solicitation of Lieutenant Colonel Cantwell who had selected them for his new regiment, and that he had no hesitation in letting Cantwell have them, but he would prefer making different recommendations for promotions in his own regiment as he was extremely anxious to promote its efficiency.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 214]
December [18?], 1861
Calvary Morris, et. al., Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter signed by seven citizens of Athens, Ohio; requesting the appointment of Lieutenant Augustus Norton, a resident of Athens, Ohio and currently a Lieutenant in a regiment of Virginia cavalry, to the office of Quartermaster in the Ohio volunteer service; and stating that Norton desired a place in the regular service as soon as it could be secured, but until then sought to be identified with the service in his own state, that Norton was educated at the state university and also at a commercial college, and had several years experience in a mercantile house, that Norton was an accomplished businessman of about 25 years of age, and that Norton was vigorous, active, honest, and popular as an officer in the service.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 185]
December 18, 1861
Anson Pease, Henry Knobloch, S. Mobley, and J.S. Kelley, [Military Committee of Stark County], Canal Fulton, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Lieutenant Baptist Benkler, formerly of Company H, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a suitable person to recruit and command a company in the field; stating that Benkler was a man of good moral character and of such attainments as would fit him for the command of a company in the field, and that they believed Benkler could recruit a company in Stark County and pledged to aid him in so doing; and recommending Benkler as a Captain in the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 105]
December 18, 1861
James Reynolds, et. al., Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by eight citizens of Ripley; stating that they were in a very exposed situation on the border of Ohio and were threatened with an attack by rebels from Kentucky, that they had very large amounts of pork, flour, and all kinds of provisions which, including the deposits of three banks, afforded strong inducements to the enemy, that they were held in extreme enmity by the secessionists across the river owing to their supposed anti-slavery feeling, and that their citizens were much alarmed and not without cause; requesting that if a regiment was to be placed on the border, it be ordered to Ripley where they had an excellent place in their beautiful fairgrounds; and stating that they could subsist troops there at as low a rate as any other place besides providing an excellent location for drilling the troops. Bears a note from Chambers Baird, and a note from Dennison.
4 pp. [Series 147-20: 156]
December 18, 1861
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Bean, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st Lieutenant Alpheus B. Parmenter, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Lieutenant Melton C. Peters, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Lieutenant Colonel John A. Turley, 81st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had resigned with their resignations to take effect on the dates noted.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 1611/2]
December 18, 1861
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter regarding Captain Young's company recruited for the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that if it was inconsistent for the Adjutant General to direct this company to be attached to his command, he suggested the company be assigned other quarters, and that the company was now quartered in their regimental grounds and they required the room unless the company belonged to them.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 110]
December 18, 1861
Ferdinand Seifried, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he enlisted in Cincinnati in the 9th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (German), that he took sick in western Virginia, was sent to the Cincinnati Hospital where he remained for 14 days, and with the assistance of friends, came home to Zanesville to recruit his health, that he desired soon to return to his regiment and wanted to draw his pay up to the last pay day, and that he belonged to Company G, 9th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; asking if he could have his pay sent to him in Zanesville, or if he must come to Columbus for the purpose, or if he must return to his regiment before he could draw his pay; stating that it would be of great service and benefit to his family if he could draw before he left so as to provide them with the necessaries of life, and that he was a single man, but had others of his family dependent upon him; and asking if Mason could send him a pass to get to his regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 112]
December 18, 1861
J.L. Kirby Smith, Colonel, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the consolidation into one company of the men recruited by Lieutenant [John P.] Kinney and those recruited by Lieutenant [William B.] Thornhill; stating that this would form more than a minimum company; requesting authority to consolidate these detachments and cause the men to hold an election for officers; recommending Harley H. Sage for Captain and the confirmation of the appointments of Lieutenants Kinney and Thornhill, with the former as 1st Lieutenant; and stating that Sage had been very efficient in raising the detachment credited to Lieutenant Kinney, was an officer in the three months' service, would make an excellent Captain, and would be the choice of the men.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 160]
December 18, 1861
Walter H. Smith, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been personally acquainted with William Welch, 1st Sergeant in Company A, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for many years, and that Welch was a law student in his office; recommending Welch for promotion whenever a favorable opportunity might occur; and stating that Welch was intelligent, energetic, brave, and of good habits, and that Welch would prove an efficient and reliable officer.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 167]
December 18, 1861
C.W. Stewart, 2nd Lieutenant, 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Athens, Athens County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that four men duly enlisted under him had been persuaded to go into other regiments, three of them at Camp Goddard and the other one at Camp Putnam; and asking if he could go and take them and at whose expense.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 111]
December 18, 1861
G.B. Stitts, Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Gabrial Stitts got very badly hurt and had not done anything in the recruiting service. By A. Patterson.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 177]
December 18, 1861
Thomas C. Ware, City Solicitor's Office, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Benjanin J. Horton of Cincinnati was anxious to obtain a commission as Lieutenant in the volunteer service with a view to an appointment on Colonel [Jacob] Ammen's staff; recommending Horton; and stating that Horton had been a member of the bar for several years and had maintained a very reputable position.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 159]
December 18, 1861
John Welch, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding the promotion of his son William, currently 1st Sergeant in Company A, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he was, as might naturally be expected, anxious that William should receive a position better calculated to give him an opportunity to prove himself a brave officer and true man, and that William always had a taste for military affairs, was the first man to volunteer in Knox County, and would fully gratify the highest expectations of his friends.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 167]
December 18, 1861
Thomas Whyte, 18 Hathaway Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had returned his muster roll containing 15 names, and explained why the balance were not on it; asking if he could get the roll again and add 15 more names from the company he brought into camp for the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, thereby securing his pay which he really needed; and stating that he had worked faithfully and done far more than many who were now occupying positions as Lieutenants in the regiment, that the cause of his trouble was Colonel [Peter J.] Sullivan not knowing the requirements of the 2nd Lieutenants, and that if he did not get the pay so justly due him, he would be placed in a most unpleasant position as he had borrowed money to recruit.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 155]
December 18, 1861
Lewis Zahm, Colonel, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Worcester, Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that on December 17, Lieutenant William Goodnow, 2nd Lieutenant in Company I, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, came before him and verbally resigned, that he accepted Goodnow's resignation and hoped Dennison would approve, that Goodnow was under arrest for ungentlemanly and unsoldier like conduct, and preferred resigning to being court-martialed, that he would have been compelled to court-martial Goodnow had he not resigned, that Goodnow's offenses were drunkenness, absence without leave, and neglect of duty, that Goodnow had lost all confidence and respect of his men, who since his arrest had petitioned for his removal, that his regiment was getting along finely, and that no arms had come to hand up to that date.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 168]
December 19, 1861
A. Abraham, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting employment; and stating that he made the request because he was a poor and almost heartbroken man with a wife and family to maintain and totally devoid of the means to do so, that he was in the prime of life, that he had lived in Cincinnati nearly 20 years, that his family and connections were of the highest respectability, that the present troubles in the land had thrown him out of employment, that all his exertions to get a means of livelihood appeared to be fruitless, that it was as a forlorn hope that he had addressed Dennison, that he was a good penman, a good accountant, a good bookkeeper, and had a quick aptitude for services in which such talents might be made available, that he could provide references as to his capability and reliability, that he had 2 sons in the service of the Government, that one son was a Corporal in Colonel [Erastus] Tyler's 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the other son was a clerk in the sutler's department of the 3rd Virginia Regiment [Union], that he had 2 brothers locally who had subscribed according to their means in the Government loan, that he belonged to a class of persons (Jewish) who, while they had been among the foremost in aiding the Government to crush the terrible rebellion, had hitherto refrained from thrusting themselves into offices of trust or enrollment, that any position given to one of them would be known by all and would be appreciated as a compliment to all, that Dennison had in his power the means of nominating to clerkships or other positions which he could fill satisfactorily, and that he would be thankful to receive an appointment so that he could put bread into the mouths and shoes on the feet of his little ones.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 162]
December 19, 1861
James Barnett, Colonel Commanding, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the batteries of Captain [Daniel T.] Cockerill, Captain [Frederick] Schultz, Captain [Henry F.] Hyman, Captain [Lucius N.] Robinson, and Captain [James F.] Huntington had received their full armament, that each of these batteries were from twenty to thirty men short of their maximum strength and were not so efficient in drill as they should be to take the field, that if these batteries should be required for service, he could fill their ranks from unassigned recruits, and that he would use every endeavor to perfect their drill and complete their condition for the field.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 183]
December 19, 1861
[Valentine] Bausenwein, Colonel Commanding, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Private Thomas B. Klinger was a member of his regiment and enlisted by Lieutenant Andrew Huber, who had not known that Klinger belonged to another regiment, that he would release Klinger and assign him to the regiment to which he first belonged, but that he would retain the uniform drawn by Klinger, and that Klinger would be released as soon as a uniform was forwarded.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 124]
December 19, 1861
John Beatty, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al., Headquarters, Camp Jefferson, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by eleven officers of the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending Adjutant Jno. G. Mitchell for Captain of Company C, Silas Pruden, now 2nd Lieutenant, for 1st Lieutenant, and Sergeant Charles Byron for 2nd Lieutenant of said company; and stating that these gentlemen were well qualified for the positions named and were the choice of a majority of the members of said company.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 222]
December 19, 1861
Jacob Brinkerhoff, Superior Court Room. To Governor William Dennison. Letter calling Dennison's attention to the subject of the enclosed note from Lieutenant [J.B.] Holmes of a Mansfield company in the Wade and Hutchinson cavalry [2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry]; and stating that Holmes was not remarkable for the extent or accuracy of his literary acquisitions, but he was really a very good fellow, of excellent sense, sober and conscientious, and withal a perfect Achilles in bodily activity and strength, and that he had no acquaintance with the facts except from Holmes' statement, but on that statement it did seem that Holmes had a right to complain.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 180]
[December 19?, 1861]
Charles Byron, et. al., [Company C, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry]. To Colonel [John] Beatty. Letter signed by fifty-four members of Company C, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, recommending Lieutenant S[ilas] Pruden as a suitable person to be appointed 1st Lieutenant of Company C, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 219]
December 19, 1861
Wood Fosdick, Camp Worcester, Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he received an appointment dated August 17, 1861, as 1st Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he reported to Colonel [Leonard A.] Harris, became sick, and was excused from duty, and that before rejoining the regiment, another appointment was made in his place and he was transferred to the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; and asking for what length of time he held the position of Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in order that he might draw his pay.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 205]
December 19, 1861
J.S. Hawk, H.P. Ambrose, A. Conder, and S.C. Case, [Military Committee of Vinton County], McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that in light of the probability of the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry being consolidated with some other regiment, they would be gratified if their fellow citizen, Henry B. Lacey, at present the Quartermaster of the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, could be retained in the same position in the new regiment, that they knew Lacey to be well qualified in every way for the place, that Lacey offered to get up a company for the 79th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry when the position was tendered him, and that Lacey raised the company by vigorously taking hold of the matter.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 207]
December 19, 1861
W[illiam] Hoffman, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th U.S. Infantry, Commissary General of Prisoners, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that it was important that fifteen to twenty men of Captain Follet's company be sent to the depot [Johnson's Island] as soon as possible to be employed in preparing the barracks and grounds for the reception of the companies; suggesting that the arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the companies not be issued to them until after their arrival at the depot; stating that he preferred the national armory percussion musket, but if it could not be had, the same arm altered to percussion would do for the present with ball and buckshot and buckshot cartridges, and that he also wanted Colt revolvers, Navy size in preference, with holsters for all the men; asking if Buckingham had the ammunition; and stating that if Buckingham did not have the ammunition, he would obtain it from Pittsburgh, and that fifty rounds per man would be sufficient.
2 pp. [Series 147-20: 182]
December 19, 1861
B[enjamin] J. Horton, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding his application for a commission in the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 218]
December 19, 1861
William Johnston, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that there was a vacant Lieutenancy in the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Colonel [Jacob] Ammen desired the appointment of Benjamin J. Horton to fill the vacancy in order to avail himself of the benefit of Horton's services as one of his aids, that several years acquaintance with Horton enabled him to speak of Horton as a young man of talents, education, spirit, and great probity, and that in the position sought, Horton would be creditable to the army and useful to the country.
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December 19, 1861
Isaac H. Marrow, Colonel, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Bacon Creek, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had received the resignations of Captain J.M. Dana and 1st Lieutenant E.A. Cranston of Company C, that in accordance with orders, he recommended 1st Lieutenant John G. Mitchell as Captain, 2nd Lieutenant Silas Pruden as 1st Lieutenant, and Sergeant Major Charles C. Gibson as 2nd Lieutenant in Company C, that the recommended individuals were amply qualified for the named places, that he had adopted the plan of promotion of his most competent officers without regard to companies, that by so doing, he did away with the identity of companies, and that his motive was to promote those who had been tried and not found wanting and to do honor to his State.
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[December 19?, 1861]
M.P. Nolan, Lieutenant Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Beckett, near Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the bearer, Captain Pease, desired to be transferred, together with his company consisting of some forty men, from the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the change would undoubtedly fill Pease's company to the minimum in two weeks, and that the consolidation of squads in the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had thrown out three excellent officers.
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December 19, 1861
William S. Pierson, Mayor's Office, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as Major in the Hoffman Battalion; and stating that he regretted his military experience had not been greater, that he would faithfully discharge his duty to the best of his ability, that only a few of the men were in Camp Chase, that since it was desirable for him to pass as much of his time locally as possible while Colonel Hoffman remained on his present visit, he wished to be informed as soon as it would be necessary for him to report to Columbus, and that he would be pleased to learn the names of the officers of the two companies and at what point he could correspond with them.
1 p. [Series 147-20: 200]
December 19, 1861
Francis B. Pond, Colonel, 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Goddard, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had concluded that Dan C. Leggett was the best selection he could make for Adjutant of the regiment, that he had taken Dennison's advice and waited until it had become necessary to organize, which he had done with the exception of the appointment of Adjutant, and that he had tried Leggett and believed he would do well.
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