December 24, 1861
Jacob Brinkerhoff, Supreme Court Rooms. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a few days before, he received a note from 1st Lieutenant Joseph B. Holmes of Company M, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, raised at Mansfield and now at Camp Dennison, complaining that, as the Captain of his company had resigned, the vacancy had been filled or was about to be filled in a manner to do him injustice, that Holmes wanted him to see the Governor on the subject which he did, that the seeming injustice arose from the rule regulating promotions, to wit, regarding the regiment as the unit and promoting by the rule of seniority within the regiment, and that Holmes was a first rate fellow, honest and sober, and had the activity and strength of Achilles; and requesting that Buckingham look into the matter and see that no injustice was done to Holmes.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 23]

December 24, 1861
R[alph] P. Buckland, Colonel, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Croghan, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing two muster in rolls of Captain George Raymond's company [Company B]; requesting that if not right, the rolls be returned with errors and omissions noted; asking if muster in rolls should be made before a company was full and officers appointed, and at what time must rolls be forwarded in order to have men paid at the next pay day; and stating that other muster in rolls would be forwarded within the week.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 113]

December 24, 1861
R[alph] P. Buckland, Colonel, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Croghan, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if the field officers of the regiment should be mustered into the service before they were commissioned, and if it would make any difference as to the commencement of their pay.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 119]

December 24, 1861
R[alph] P. Buckland, Colonel, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Croghan, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the election roll of Captain Andrew Nuhfer's company; and requesting that appointments be forwarded.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 144]

December 24, 1861
John Carr, 2nd Lieutenant, Camp Beckett, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had made out a muster roll and sent it to Buckingham, that there was one made out in his absence which was not correct, that he had recruited all the men on his roll in Cincinnati, at the corner of Vine and Front Streets, at his own expense, and that he hoped Buckingham would send him an order to get these men back.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 139]

[December 24?, 1861]
J[ohn] S. Casement, Major, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al. To ? Letter signed by twelve officers of the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending Sergeant Joseph H. Ross of Company I as a suitable and worthy man and soldier; and requesting his appointment to fill the vacancy occurring in his company by the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant E[dward] F. Fitch. Bears the endorsement of E[rastus] B. Tyler, Colonel, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 1]

December 24, 1861
James R. Challen, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Post, Headquarters, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Hamilton. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding two men enlisted by Lieutenant William Patton for the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that these men were taken to the camp of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry where they were now, that a respectful request was made for them and, by consent, the matter was referred to Buckingham for a decision, that Buckingham was written to, but no reply had been received, that Patton was duly authorized to recruit, that the Privates mentioned signed Patton's enlistment roll, and that a recruiting officer for the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry represented to them that although they were bound to enter the service, they could go into any regiment they chose and prevailed upon them to join the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that Buckingham send Patton a requisition for the men in question if he was entitled to them, and that Patton be given instructions as to his rights and duties.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 95]

December 24, 1861
E[lmore] Y. Chase, Assistant Surgeon, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Elizabethtown, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that being somewhat in doubt as to the position which he held in the army, he was writing to call Buckingham's attention to the facts in the case, that on August 26, 1861, he received notice of his appointment as Surgeon in the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry which he accepted and joined his regiment in western Virginia without delay, that afterwards he received a notice of appointment as Assistant Surgeon in the same regiment, the former appointment being made by mistake, that he accepted this and had always supposed the latter was his proper rank until lately, that upon examination of the records, his name appeared as a full Surgeon, that consequently, he could not be promoted, that when the new roster came to the regiment, his name was again mentioned as Surgeon with an entire omission of Dr. [Samuel D.] Turney who had long been acting as Surgeon of the regiment, that if he was Surgeon it was only natural that he should desire the emoluments, and want to occupy his proper station and be assigned to some other regiment as two full Surgeons in one regiment was not customary, that if he was Assistant Surgeon, he desired the promotion which, with all deference to the opinions of others, he had justly earned, that his letters of recommendation now on file in the Governor's office would show this, that he had never received his commission and wished it forwarded, and that the commission should bear the date of August 27, 1861.
3 pp. [Series 147-21: 165]

December 24, 1861
Milton L. Clark, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that John P. McDougal, the brother of his law partner, was an applicant for a Lieutenancy in the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had known McDougal almost from infancy and it afforded him pleasure to add his request to that of others for McDougal's appointment, that McDougal was a young man of good habits and education, that McDougal's abilities were equal to the position he sought, that McDougal had been in the service as a Private in the Fullerton Rifles, a company which had as its members some of the best young men of Chillicothe, and that McDougal's family was one of the most respectable in Ross County.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 57]

December 24, 1861
J[ohn] M. Connell, Colonel Commanding, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Somerset, Kentucky. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that he desired early action in the matter of the appointment of Willis G. Clarke to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of 1st Lieutenant William Cook, Company K, that Clarke was filling the place of Cook who had for weeks been absent due to sickness and it was highly important for Clarke to have his appointment, and that the recommendation of Clarke had been sent in some time ago.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 175]

December 24, 1861
James Cornelius, W.P. Sprague, John B. Stone, James M. Gaylord, and F.W. Wood, Military Committee of Morgan County, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant James H. Lutgen had recruited 92 men from Morgan County, chiefly from Windsor Township, for a company in the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and took them to Camp Tupper, that when there, Lutgen asked to be permitted to go into an election for officers, that Lutgen's request was refused, ostensibly because the intent was to divide his men and apportion them among the other companies of the regular army, that such action would be much against the desire of the men, that as citizens of Morgan County, they respectfully but earnestly protested against any such disposition of the company, that Morgan County had a large number of men enlisted in companies which were reported as belonging to other counties as specified, and that Morgan County had 251 men in service for which it received no credit; requesting that Lutgen's company be allowed to organize in accordance with the ordinary usage; listing the companies from Morgan County; and stating that there were 791 men in service from Morgan County, and that this was their fair proportion, but they could do more if required.
4 pp. [Series 147-21: 64]

December 24, 1861
C. Downing, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had called on Dennison at the request of many of the volunteers enlisted in Lieutenant Jno. Bretchell's company of artillery raised in Meigs County, and asked that they be allowed to elect all their officers including Captain, that Dennison did not think he could allow the men to elect their Captain, that it was deemed advisable to present Dennison with the name of one of the members of the company who the men deemed best qualified for Captain, that their recommendation was Silas A. Burnap who had done much for the service in Meigs County, that Burnap was instrumental in getting up two companies of infantry which were in the three months' service, that Burnap was among the first to enroll his own name and to induce others, and served as a Private when he might have held a commission, that Burnap had taken hold of the artillery company with Bretchell when few were enlisted and there was a strong probability of failure, that Burnap had nearly succeeded in filling the company and was in every respect a worthy man, that Burnap was without doubt the best man for Captain of the company, that some very strong recommendations for Burnap, signed by Meigs County officers and other distinguished men, were being gotten up, that they hoped Dennison would make no appointment for Captain until the papers for Burnap were forwarded, and that Burnap was the choice of the majority of the company.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 1791/2]

December 24, 1861
C. Elliott, Secretary, Military Committee, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee wanted to know if D.R. Locke was still receiving pay as a Lieutenant in the United States service, that if so, the members of the committee might have something to say upon the subject, and that if not, Locke's creditors would like to know the day on which his commission was cancelled.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 180]

December 24, 1861
Hugh Ewing, Colonel, 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Washington, D.C. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that R.F. Hunter, late an officer in the regular army, had the reputation of a fine drill officer, that he thought Hunter's services would be valuable as Lieutenant of volunteers and would be glad to have him appointed 1st Lieutenant to fill a vacancy in the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Hunter was dismissed for having drunk too much on an occasion a month or two since in Washington, and that Hunter had a family, was in distress, and promised to abstain in the future.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 140]

December 24, 1861
Thomas D. Fitch, Editor, Clermont Courier, Batavia, Clermont County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that his brother, Charles T. Fitch, had made some business arrangements which precluded his acceptance of a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Hoffman Battalion; returning his brother's commission; and stating that were it not for the condition of recruiting the men, which he could not do on account of having the whole management of the newspaper, he would have been pleased to receive the appointment himself, that if it would be possible without injury to any other regiment for Dennison to give them a company or two for the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, they would be highly delighted, that if a Quartermastership should become vacant by death, resignation, or other cause, he asked that B.F.D. Fitch be appointed to fill it, and that B.F.D. Fitch was honest and capable, and could bring abundant testimonials.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 40]

December 24, 1861
M[anning] F. Force, Camp King, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that when he received from Missouri an urgent offer of the place of chief of staff under General [John] Pope with an intimation that Pope might soon be a Major General, he immediately mentioned it to Dennison and resolved to stay with his own State, that this had been in the early part of September, that Pope and his command had acquired renown and Pope's promotion was sure, that he was still in a camp of instruction, that his regiment [20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], noted wherever it had been for its sobriety and discipline, was pronounced by every army officer who had dealings with it to be the best they had met, that the regiment had shown in its night drills in the woods, skirmishing expeditions over the country, extended guard duty on both sides of the river, and inventions for camp life already widely borrowed, an efficiency of service, that the regiment was kept in the background quite as much to the detriment of the State as it was to the regiment's own annoyance, that he regretted that Dennison's successor would have the credit of putting into the field one of the best regiments the State had raised, that of the ten companies originally assigned to them, three were now with them and six were in other regiments, that five other later companies also designated for his regiment were now in other regiments, and that the exigencies of the service had born hardly upon his battalion.
3 pp. [Series 147-21: 84]

December 24, 1861
Thomas H. Ford, Colonel Commanding Post, Headquarters, Beverly, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the resignation of Lieutenant David M. Stambaugh, Company E, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which had been accepted; and stating that he had appointed Alexander R. Patterson to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Stambaugh.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 226]

December 24, 1861
Alfred [W.] Gilbert, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Syracuse, Missouri. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Captain Adam Koogle of Company H died at his home in Lebanon, Ohio on November 30; recommending the appointment of Lieutenant John V. Drake of the same company as Captain; and stating that of 47 votes cast at an election of his company, Drake received 43 votes, that Drake would make an efficient Captain and had proved to be a worthy officer, that on October 16, he wrote requesting a commission for Lieutenant William H. Lathrop of Company G as Captain of said company in place of Captain [Charles W.] Pomeroy deceased, that as yet no commission for Lathrop had been received, that Lathrop had sole command of his company since the death of Pomeroy and was a very valuable officer, that the commissions should be forwarded at once, and that the companies suffered in not having regularly appointed Captains.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 138]

December 24, 1861
Daniel Gotshall, Captain, Company K, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Worcester, Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had a son, Martin Gotshall, and a son-in-law, James E. Graham, who were Privates in the regiment in camp at Mount Vernon, Ohio, and who very strongly desired to be transferred to Company K, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that he already had a son in the company, that it was the opinion of military men in the regiment that Buckingham's order for the transfer would be all that was required, that by making such an order, Buckingham would convey a special favor and would at the same time aid in filling his company (already mustered into service) up to the maximum, and that there were now eighty-seven names on the roll. Bears the endorsement of thirteen officers of the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 135]

December 24, 1861
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Extract of Special Order Number 42, stating that the resignation of 1st Lieutenant Thomas McMullen, 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was hereby accepted to take effect from December 24, 1861. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 121]

December 24, 1861
A[nthony] Grodzicki, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on December 17, he delivered to Buckingham a letter from Colonel [Edward] Sieber of the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry offering him a vacant Captaincy of the tenth company of the regiment with the condition he should recruit 33 men for the same company, and advising him to get the commission from Buckingham and allowance for recruiting, and that Buckingham promised to send him an answer, but none had been received; requesting a commission and the necessary papers and instructions if Sieber's proposition met with Buckingham's satisfaction; and stating that he was from the Military School of Prussia and acted as an officer in the revolutionary war in Prussia under the command of General Mieroslawski and also in Hungary under command of [Louis] Kossuth.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 109]

December 24, 1861
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Gilbert, near Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had just returned from Columbiana County where he had been for four days on recruiting service; providing information regarding those who had raised the men to entitle them to commissions in the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and reporting on those whose companies were not yet full, and on those who would probably unite.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 149]

December 24, 1861
Romain Lujeane, Adjutant, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that Buckingham provide the bearer with blanks of muster in rolls, monthly returns of regiment, and monthly returns of companies.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 5]

December 24, 1861
Samuel F. McCoy, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the appointment of John P. McDougal to a Lieutenancy in the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be a very suitable and popular appointment, that McDougal was a native of Chillicothe and a young man of most excellent character and judgement, and that McDougal was intelligent and trustworthy, and had seen service in Virginia in the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 59]

December 24, 1861
Granville Moody, Colonel Commanding, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lowe, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the recruiting commission of William H. Reed which had expired; stating that Reed was one of the recruiting Lieutenants whose commission he desired should be renewed; and requesting that Reed be addressed in Reesville, Clinton County, Ohio and sent a new commission.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 68]

December 24, 1861
John W. Moody, 2nd Lieutenant, 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dave Tod. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he currently had 73 men; and asking if it was still necessary for him to report as he brought the men in as fast as he got them.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 185]

December 24, 1861
William Rode, 2nd Lieutenant, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had labored under a misunderstanding thinking that after the expiration of his extension on December 1, he would be remitted of making any additional reports, that after a close examination of his instructions, he found that he had been entirely at fault, that until December 1, he had made his reports correctly, that no man worked harder and no man expended more money for the cause than he did, and that Colonel [Valentine] Bausenwein gave him leave of absence until January 1, but before that time he would report himself and present his papers.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 183]

December 24, 1861
James Rowe, Secretary, A. Pearson, and William Poland, Military Committee of Ross County, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending the appointment of John P. McDougal as a recruiting Lieutenant for the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that McDougal was a young man of good education, quick perceptive mind, and excellent morals, and that McDougal was well qualified to discharge the duties of either 1st Lieutenant or 2nd Lieutenant. Bears the endorsement of D.A. Schulte, another member of the committee.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 60]

[December 24?, 1861]
G[eorge] H. Safford, Lieutenant Colonel, [55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry]. To ? Letter enclosing a copy of a letter dated December 24, 1861, from John H. Foster, Major, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Norwalk, to Lieutenant F[rederick] H. Boalt, stating that just before the issuing of the order to Safford, he was authorized to say and did say that if Boalt would join the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry he could have the office of 2nd Lieutenant in said regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 136]

December 24, 1861
N[ewton] Schleich, Colonel, 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the appointments of John Sneivly of Dayton and Joseph Smith of Circleville as 2nd Lieutenants in the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that they be assigned Montgomery County and Pickaway County as recruiting stations.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 41]

December 24, 1861
N[ewton] Schleich, Colonel, 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Robert H. Thompson for appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Franklin County be assigned as his recruiting station.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 42]

December 24, 1861
N[ewton] Schleich, Colonel, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter recommending Albion H. Bostwick of Harrison County as a proper person to be appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Bostwick be authorized to recruit in Harrison County.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 42]

December 24, 1861
S.B. Shaffer, 2nd Lieutenant, 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that he had conveyed enlisted men to camp at Kenton according to order, and that he now awaited a decision as to continuance; enclosing his abstract of disbursements; and requesting that the allowed amount be forwarded to his station at Van Wert, together with the pay and rations allowed for services and also a notification of continuance of appointment or discharge.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 66]

December 24, 1861
H.L. Sibley, County Clerk, et. al., Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by thirteen individuals; and stating that Silas A. Burnap had enlisted in an artillery company now being recruited in Meigs County under a commission issued to Lieutenant John Brechtel, that in a great measure, said company owed its formation to Burnap's exertions, that Burnap had been a resident of Meigs County from his birth and was known to them as a man of good moral character, intelligent, industrious, persevering, and of unquestioned patriotism, that Burnap was an unmarried man, thirty-five years of age, that Burnap was currently Prosecuting Attorney of Meigs County, the duties of which office he had performed in a manner highly creditable to himself and very satisfactory to the community, that at the first call for volunteers to suppress the rebellion, Burnap was active and efficient in procuring enlistments, that Burnap had promptly enlisted as a Private and served in that capacity in Company H, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), and that without desiring to interfere with the choice of the company or Dennison, they wished to say that Burnap was the most suitable person in the company to command the same. Bears the endorsement of Jacob S. Earhart, Chairman, Military Committee of Meigs County, stating that Burnap was also Secretary of the committee.
3 pp. [Series 147-21: 226]

December 24, 1861
Peter J. Sullivan, Colonel Commanding, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter introducing Reverend John F. Spence as a most suitable and worthy gentleman for the post of Chaplain of the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that on November 11, Spence was duly elected as Chaplain of the regiment, that he had tried since that time to find from Spence's conduct and preaching, his fitness for said post, and that he was now happy to say that Spence was the man for the place; requesting that Spence be appointed accordingly and that his appointment be dated back to the date of his election, because he had ever since been with the regiment performing the duties of Chaplain; and regarding the selection and appointment of a Quartermaster for the regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 54]

December 24, 1861
M[orrison] R. Waite, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the bearer, Hugh Shields, was a candidate for appointment as Lieutenant in one of the companies of the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Shields was well qualified for such a place, and that although Shields had not recruited enough men to entitle him to a commission under his appointment, he would make a good officer.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 70]

December 24, 1861
W.H. Ward, Captain, Company H, 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Adrian, Michigan. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that there were two persons residing in the area who were deserters from his company, that it was his desire to arrest these men, but would need transportation for them to Camp Gauley Mount, western Virginia where the regiment was currently located, that he also had two recruits for whom he would need transportation, and that since his leave of absence expired on January 14, he would be obliged if the Adjutant General could give the matter his immediate attention.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 184]

December 24, 1861
Octavius Waters, Chairman, and O.B. Verrity, Secretary, [Military Committee of Fulton County], Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that Buckingham commission Sylvester Lyon as one of the Lieutenants in Captain N[elson] A. Skeels' company in the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now at Camp Latty, Ohio; and stating that Lyon was the unanimous choice of that company for Lieutenant, that Lyon's appointment would quell the intense feeling in the company stemming from the fact they had not been permitted to hold a fair election or any election for Lieutenants, and that the entire vote of the company would be cast for Lyon for 1st or 2nd Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 127]

December 24, 1861
Charles Whittlesey, Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp King, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the news telegraphed on December 23, from Dennison by Major McElroy, was in effect placing the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in winter quarters, that they were ordered to Camp King by General [Ormsby M.] Mitchel to assist in constructing batteries and to guard them, that the two expected companies of sappers and miners were drawn off by the Kentucky bonus and by other causes, and thus the number of their companies remained at eight and a part of another, that he was relieved from the construction of batteries a month since and requested to be put in active service, that there were no better Ohio companies than theirs, that they had horses and waggons for inland transportation, but General [Don Carlos] Buell did not regard the regiment as turned over to him until it was full, that they continued to do duty of the batteries and city hospitals, that they were in tents of the Bell pattern, not being able to get Sibleys, that their tents were neither comfortable or healthy for the men in winter, that the Adjutant General had considered it his duty to transfer companies always from and not to them, and that by Dennison's orders, they were to fill up by recruits; asking if they had not better take up quarters in the City Barracks, discharge their teams, and send out liberally on recruiting service; and stating that this would be a somewhat inglorious termination of their labors and expectations, but seemed to be unavoidable, and that the batteries would be guarded by detachments from the regiment while recruiting was underway.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 86]

December 25, 1861
[Alexander Sandor] Asboth, Acting Major General Commanding, 4th Division, Headquarters, Camp Halleck, near Rolla, Missouri. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that with the view of appointing Henry A. Glassford of Cincinnati to his staff, he was requesting that Dennison confer the commission of Captain on Glassford, that Glassford possessed the qualifications of Aide-de-Camp, and that Glassford had been serving on his staff since November 6; requesting that Glassford's commission be dated from November 6; and stating that Glassford was well known to several members of Dennison's family.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 190]

December 25, 1861
John Boyd, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter calling Dennison's attention to the enclosed petition from many officers of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry requesting his son's promotion; stating that leaving a lucrative business, his son was among the first who volunteered in defense of their rights, that his son was elected Orderly Sergeant and on reaching quarters in Virginia, was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant, which position he had continuously filled to the present time to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, that he was told that his son performed all the active duties of the office with approval at headquarters, having never had books or papers returned for correction, that the Quartermaster of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry did not desire to continue as such, that anything Dennison might do for his son either in the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or elsewhere would be merited and very gratifying, and that he had no doubt of his son's entire qualification for Quartermaster or any position he might engage to occupy; and providing references. Bears the endorsement of six citizens of Greenfield who were well acquainted with E[dward] B. Boyd.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 239]

December 25, 1861
John Campbell, Office, Iron Railroad Company, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that it would be quite imprudent to authorize William Williams for command of a company, and that as drunken and worthless a fellow as Williams was, he could still get a few men to go with him, but he could not raise half a company where he was known.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 170]

December 25, 1861
L.C. Davis, Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that two soldiers of Company C, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were sick when their regiment left and were unable to accompany it, that these soldiers now thought they were fit and were anxious to go and join their company, that they had not the means with which to do so, and that they had been at their homes during their illness; asking if Buckingham could furnish these soldiers with papers which would enable them to travel on the railroads to their company; and stating that these soldiers were quite willing to go.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 205]

December 25, 1861
J.H. Downing, Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter regarding the appointment of a Captain to recruit a company to be stationed on Johnson's Island, Ohio; stating that there could be 100 men recruited at once, but that no set of men would be satisfied to stay on the island for two months; and asking if arrangements could be made for the men to go in the regular army after they were placed on the island.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 143]

December 25, 1861
John W. Ellis, Ellis, McAlpin & Co., Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, No. 108 Pearl Street, North Side, and No. 119 Third Street, South Side, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that knowing of Dennison's strong desire to do justice to all parties and to serve the best interests of the State, he was taking the liberty of calling Dennison's attention to some facts relative to the field officers of the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Lieutenant Colonel Martin and Adjutant Charles B. Ellis had been left out under the new arrangement, and that those officers who were retained were estimable gentlemen, but had never seen a day's service; and requesting that Martin and Charles B. Ellis be placed in some position commensurate with their zeal and military experience.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 105]

December 25, 1861
David Epler, Marion, Marion County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an appointment as Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 65]

[December 25?, 1861]
William E. Gilmore, Colonel, 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al., Camp Worthington, near Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by fourteen officers of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; recommending Edward B. Boyd, acting Quartermaster Sergeant, who desired to receive the appointment of Quartermaster in the service; and stating that Boyd was with the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) in western Virginia as Quartermaster Sergeant and had been on duty since the formation of Camp Worthington, that Boyd's capability and experience in the Quartermaster's Department was such as to assure them that Boyd was well qualified for the position which he sought, and that they would be greatly pleased if Dennison could assign Boyd a place in the Department.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 238]

December 25, 1861
A.W. Holden, Lieutenant, Ohio Volunteer Militia, Spring Hills, Champaign County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that at the time of his last writing, he rather boasted of his health improving and felt that he would pitch in immediately, and that to his surprise and disappointment, he was suddenly attacked again with lumbago (rheumatism of the back) and had been confined to his room; thanking Mason for the kind invitation to raise a company for his regiment; and stating that if health permitted, he would raise the company if he had to ransack every school district in three counties, and that if his health did not recover in time to recruit a company, he would be pleased to fill a place on Mason's non-commissioned staff.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 183]

December 25, 1861
Silas Irion, Camp Logan, near Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he now had 84 recruits, of which 80 were now in camp and 4 on furlough, that they had held their company election and he was elected Captain without opposition, that James H. Dwyer was elected 1st Lieutenant without opposition, and that Samuel Fellers was elected 2nd Lieutenant without opposition; asking if they were not now entitled to their commissions; and stating that their election was held on December 13, with 77 of his men present and all voting.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 179]

December 25, 1861
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Lieutenant Colonel, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Gilbert, near Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant A[very] L. Wallar was visiting Buckingham for the purpose of securing his appointment as Captain and that of Hugh Dunn as 1st Lieutenant and James T. Story as 2nd Lieutenant, that Wallar had enlisted 84 good men, that nearly all of these men had been examined by the Surgeon and the rest would pass examination, and that Wallar's company held an election in camp and unanimously chose the persons named for the offices indicated.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 116]

December 25, 1861
Joseph B. Molyneaux, 1st Lieutenant, Company B, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Keyes, Romney, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a duplicate of his commission dated June 18, 1861; and stating that on September 22, he was ordered by Colonel [Erastus B.] Tyler from Charleston, Virginia to Gauley Bridge, Virginia to take command of Company E, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that on the route, his baggage was lost through the carelessness of a train master and never recovered.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 228]

December 25, 1861
Douglas Putnam, Jr., Harmar, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been troubled for some weeks, and had determined to lay the whole matter before Buckingham and ask for advice, that he had been in the United States service for some months as Assistant Paymaster or Paymaster's Clerk, and had been stationed for the last three months at Cairo and Bird's Point, that the position as now arranged was worth more than he supposed when he went into it, being from $150 to $175 per month, and was one of very general usefulness and one where there were great opportunities of making acquaintances and of seeing the world, that he had seen so much incompetency, so much swindling and ill treatment of men by company officers and by those having command, that he had been almost tempted to resign at once and go into the ranks and see if he could not do more good there, that he knew there were plenty of men competent and willing to fill the position he now held who might not be so willing to accept one of more risk and danger and much less pay, that this matter had troubled him much, that his friends all advised him to remain where he was, but he was not yet satisfied as to what duty demanded, that he hoped two months on the Potomac, three weeks in western Virginia, and two months at Cairo had given him an insight into the management and tactics of the service, that by study he could fit himself for the field, that he had about decided it was his duty to change, that if there were any additional regiments called out or if there were any vacancies to be filled, he would like an Adjutancy, that if such a position could not to be obtained, he could go as a Private, that his experience had shown that the influence of one man in the ranks was at times hardly perceptible, that he had come home on a short leave of absence and was returning to Cairo on December 27, and that if any recommendations from the county or district military committees were required, they could be procured without trouble.
4 pp. [Series 147-21: 165]

December 25, 1861
A.C. Sands, U.S. Marshal's Office, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that when he was last at Columbus, he had a short interview with Dennison in reference to the promotion of Lieutenant F[rank] C. Sands of the 11th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery to the position of Captain of said battery, that Captain [Archibald G.A.] Constable, who formerly commanded the company, had resigned and was now in command on the gunboats at St. Louis with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, that he was informed that Constable had written to Dennison asking that the commission of Lieutenant [Cyrus] Sears should be dated back of that of Lieutenant Sands, that if this was done, Sears would be the senior Lieutenant, that such an action would constitute a great injustice to his brother, and that he was well satisfied that Dennison would not suffer an injustice of that kind to be done. A newspaper clipping is pasted on the letter.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 87]

December 25, 1861
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that on behalf of the officers of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and himself, he desired to "disabuse" an impression which he regretted to learn had been created in Dennison's mind that there was any insubordination on their part, that their humble yet honest protest and actions were in behalf of the condition and interests of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that they only sought to fully advise Dennison of their claims and desires and of what they most sincerely believed was for the welfare of their command and the service.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 81]

December 25, 1861
N[elson] A. Skeels, Captain, Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he wished to enter his protest with the Military Committee of Fulton County against Thomas Lambert receiving a commission as 1st or 2nd Lieutenant in Company E, 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Lambert had done nothing to entitle him to a commission in the company, that Lambert's appointment was against the wish of most all his men and would cause much trouble in the company, and that his choice and the choice of his men was that Sylvester Lyon should receive the commission as 1st Lieutenant. Bears the endorsement of Joel Brigham, one of the County Military Committee.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 132]