December 25, 1861
Orland Smith, Colonel, and Jacob Hyer, Lieutenant Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Logan, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the morning field report of December 24 for the 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry showed an aggregate of 870 men, of whom 47 had either never been in camp or were absent without leave, that this number by combinations and transfers from one company to another would make just about a minimum regiment, that in the uncertainty now existing with respect to orders, their officers had almost entirely suspended recruiting efforts, and that it was their opinion that 20 days further effort would secure them a maximum regiment; requesting that amount of time for the completion of the number; stating that while it was their desire to take into the field the largest possible number of men, it was also their wish to render them as efficient as possible in the way of drill, and that those men in camp had made a reasonable degree of proficiency regarding drill, but they thought the additional time asked would be profitably spent in said direction; requesting that an order be given to the Quartermaster General for their full supply of arms; and suggesting that their claim to the very best arms on hand, in view of the character of the men under their command and in view of the comparatively small expense involved in raising their regiment, was second to none.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 73]

December 25, 1861
Orland Smith, Colonel Commanding, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Logan, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter introducing Frederick C. Smith, who it was hoped would be appointed to the post of Adjutant in the regiment. Bears the endorsement of Jacob Hyer, Lieutenant Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 117]

December 25, 1861
O[liver] C. Trembley, Private, Company C, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Greenwich, Huron County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he received a furlough and pass from his regiment on December 1 to come home from Charleston, Virginia where the regiment was then quartered, and that the regiment had since moved to Romney; requesting a pass to rejoin his regiment; and stating that his furlough would run out on December 31. Bears a note from John Barnes, Postmaster, Greenwich Station, Ohio, certifying that he was acquainted with Trembley, and stating that Trembley belonged to the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 172]

December 25, 1861
Adam A. Tucker, Company C, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Jefferson, Kentucky. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that it was his desire for someone to be appointed to recruit for Company C, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as the company had only 72 men rank and file, and that he therefore offered himself as one ready to fulfill said duty should the appointment fall to him.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 198]

December 25, 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 he was writing at the suggestion of Colonel Charles R. Woods, that 2nd Lieutenant L[ucian] H. Wright of the 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had recruited 72 men, that there was great dissatisfaction with Wright in his company, that Wright's men alleged that while recruiting, he promised that all the commissioned officers of the company should be elected by the men and that if not elected, he would not claim the benefit of his commission, that Wright denied this statement, that a very bad state of feeling had grown up between Wright and his men who exhibited strong symptoms of insubordination towards him, that Wright was not able to control his men as an officer should, that in this state of things, Wright had agreed to be satisfied with the 1st Lieutenancy of the company, that the company had held an informal election for Captain which resulted in favor of Private Calvin G. Wells, and that in order to have the company brought under some kind of discipline, he respectfully suggested that Wells be appointed 1st Lieutenant of the company and that when the company was full, he could be promoted to the Captaincy and Wright to the 1st Lieutenancy, leaving the 2nd Lieutenancy open to the election of the company.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 193]

December 25?, 1861
Isaac Young, Lieutenant, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Agency of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail Way Company, Alliance, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an order to transport recruits from Palestine to Mansfield and from Mansfield to Mt. Vernon; and stating that the railroad companies had refused to transport any additional recruits unless they were shown a special order from the Adjutant General or his assistant.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 182]

December 26, 1861
Chambers Baird, J.R. Cockerill, and D.W.C. Loudon, District Military Committee, Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Algernon S. Liggett as a suitable and well qualified person to recruit for the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now at Ripley; and stating that Liggett had been in the service in western Virginia. Bears the endorsement of J[oseph] R. Cockerill, Colonel Commanding, and D.W.C. Loudon, Lieutenant Colonel, 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 161]

December 26, 1861
Chambers Baird, Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had forwarded the Adjutant General the recommendation of Colonel [Joseph R.] Cockerill, Lieutenant [Colonel] [D.W.C.] Loudon, and himself that A[lgernon] S. Liggett should be authorized to recruit for the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Cockerill and Loudon wished to fill up as rapidly as possible, that Liggett would exert himself to raise recruits, that he hoped Dennison would appoint Liggett, and that they gave a fine dinner on December 25 to the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 163]

December 26, 1861
A.M. Beers, New Comerstown, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Thomas Shannon, I.H. Riply, and Samuel Miller, Privates, and Captain B[enjamin] F. Haskett, Company C, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were left at their respective homes on account of serious illness when the regiment left Camp Meigs, and that these men would soon be ready to resume their duties and had requested him to inquire whether they would be obliged to defray their expenses to the regiment or whether the government would furnish them means of transportation.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 144]

December 26, 1861
Benton Cadets, Camp of Benton Cadets, near Rolla, Missouri. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that having understood that the Benton Cadets, General Fremont's Infantry Body Guard, had been ordered to Camp Dennison, Ohio on account of Dennison's approval, they deemed it important to call Dennison's attention to their present unpleasant situation, that their petition and prayers were found in the enclosed communication to General [Henry] Halleck, and that all they asked for was justice.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 200]

December 26, 1861
S.W. Burr, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a letter from Captain [Daniel] Gotshall, [Company K, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry]; and stating that Gotshall's request was backed by the wish of every officer in camp, and that they would be thankful if it could be granted consistently with the rules of the service.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 136]

December 26, 1861
John W. Caldwell, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he cheerfully united with the friends of Henry Yeatman Graham in recommending him for a Lieutenancy in the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he was informed that Colonel [Jacob] Ammen intended to have Graham on his staff.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 145]

December 26, 1861
J[oseph] R. Cockerill, Colonel, 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp, Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that in obedience to an order from the Adjutant General's department dated December 20 and received on December 23, he marched five full companies of the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Ripley, that they were encamped in good quarters, that in compliance with the request made to the Adjutant General's department by telegraph from Cincinnati, he had permission to remove the remainder of the regiment to Ripley (and the Adjutant General's consent thereto), and that he would have all the companies at Ripley on December 26 and be enabled to report in full on December 27.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 164]

December 26, 1861
E[phraim] C. Dawes, Adjutant, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Diamond, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant Carroll, who was appointed to recruit for the regiment, had failed to be mustered in and had taken his men into the 7th Virginia Regiment, and that they desired Carroll's commission cancelled. By order of R[obert] A. Fulton, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 147]

December 26, 1861
E[phraim] C. Dawes, Adjutant, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Diamond, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending that the detachments of Lieutenant [Charles K.] Crumit and Lieutenant [Thomas] McIntyre be consolidated immediately. By order of R[obert] A. Fulton, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 162]

December 26, 1861
Charles Doubleday, Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the recommendations of officers in command in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry for the most efficient men to fill vacancies in the regiment; and stating that if seniority was to govern appointments, then Lieutenant [James D.] Kennedy of Company D was first for the Captaincy of Company M according to date of muster as per Order No. 66 from the War Department.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 175]

December 26, 1861
Edward Ellis, New Concord, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that Peter Gephart of Noble County received a commission to recruit a company for the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on the same day recruiting papers were sent to him to assist Gephart, that it was understood he was to be one of the Lieutenants, that he had belonged to the 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry since June 20, being the Hospital Steward, and that it was only right he should claim the office of Lieutenant; asking if he could honorably transfer himself from one regiment to another unless by promotion; and stating that his health had been so delicate since he left Cheat Mountain that little had been done by him in the way of recruiting, that he would not like to be deprived of what was his due because of bad health, that he was anxious to serve his country and did not ask for an office which he could not fill, that if his health remained so poor that he could not do good service, he would resign, that they went to camp on December 23, and that he was stopping at New Concord for a short time with the view of improving his health.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 186]

[December 26?, 1861]
H[enry] B. Gaylord, Captain, Company I, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, et. al. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by eighty-two officers and Privates of Company I, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; requesting the appointment of Frederick Brenerd, now 1st Sergeant, Company I, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, as 2nd Lieutenant to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of William M. Goodnow; and stating that they considered Brenerd well qualified to fill the office of 2nd Lieutenant, that Brenerd served as Sergeant in Company D, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) with distinction, and that Brenerd had filled the office he now held, since the first organization of the company, with credit to himself and honor to the company.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 219]

December 26, 1861
H[enry] B. Gaylord, Captain, Company I, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, et. al., Camp Worcester, Ohio. To Lewis Zahm, Colonel, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Letter signed by seventy-six officers and Privates of Company I, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; requesting that Zahm use his influence with Governor William Dennison to have Frederick Brenerd, now 1st Sergeant, Company I, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, appointed 2nd Lieutenant for Company I, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of William M. Goodnow; and stating that they considered Brenerd well qualified in every sense to fill the office of 2nd Lieutenant, that Brenerd served as Sergeant in Company D, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) with distinction, and that Brenerd had filled the office of 1st Sergeant, since the first organization of the company, with credit to himself and honor to the company. Bears the endorsement of Zahm.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 220]

December 26, 1861
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Extract from Special Order No. 44, stating that the resignation of 1st Lieutenant Philip Smizer, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, was hereby accepted to take effect from December 26, 1861. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 195]

December 26, 1861
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Tupper, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if Silas Thurlow, who had made some trouble for the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as well as the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, could obtain a commission if elected to a company office.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 176]

December 26, 1861
J.B. Holmes, Company M, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that being in receipt of the knowledge that Lieutenant Fawcet had been promoted to the Captaincy of the company, he wished to express his satisfaction regarding the same, that the appointment met with the approbation of the company universally, and that Fawcet met the expectations and filled the requirements of the company, whereas Lieutenant Hadley fell far short.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 170]

December 26, 1861
Dwight Jarvis, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that his nephew, who was now a Lieutenant in the 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Elizabethtown, Kentucky, understood that he had been issued a commission as Captain of Company A in the same regiment, but had not received said commission; asking if such a commission was issued; and stating that his nephew currently had charge of Company A and had been in charge nearly all the time since April 25, and that [Albert F.] Beach, who was commissioned as Captain of Company A, had been on the sick list nearly all the time and was currently on leave of absence in consequence of sickness.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 141]

December 26, 1861
Thomas H. Linnell, 1st Lieutenant, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter accepting his appointment as 1st Lieutenant in the 2nd company of Colonel Hoffman's Battalion at Sandusky; and asking if he should report to Major [William S.] Pierson at Camp Chase or Sandusky.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 174]

December 26, 1861
A[nson] G. McCook, Major, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Jefferson. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he received his commission as Major of the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that it bore the date of August 16, 1861, that he was appointed and mustered in on August 6, 1861, and that he presumed the date on his commission was a clerical error; requesting permission to change the date; and stating that his assertion could be verified by referring to the books in the Adjutant General's office.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 201]

December 26, 1861
S.J. McGroarty, Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Beckett, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Stephen Hays, who received a permit to assist Lieutenant Dietrich of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, raised thirty-one men who had reported themselves in camp and were now attached to Company C, and that Hays was a worthy man and good soldier.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 178]

December 26, 1861
J.F. McMillen, Recruiting Officer for Lieutenant Scott, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been unsuccessful in raising men and declined to make any further effort, and that he would pay his expenses of printing, etc., without inquiring whether or not it might be refunded.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 147]

December 26, 1861
William 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 A[ugustus] W. Munson, M.D., from Kenton, Ohio, had been appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by order of the Governor.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 118]

December 26, 1861
George S. Mygatt, Major, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wickliffe, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain [Seth A.] Bushnell of Company A, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry having resigned and his resignation having been accepted by General [Don Carlos] Buell, 1st Lieutenant Emerson Opdycke of the same company was recommended for promotion to the vacancy, that as of yet, Opdycke had not received his commission, that as the Paymaster was expected soon to pay off the regiment, Opdycke ought to have his commission, that Opdycke had command of the company since November 14, 1861, that Opdycke should receive the amount due him having been promoted to the rank of Captain, that Opdycke was one of their most efficient officers, and that he would deem it a personal favor if Buckingham would see that Opdycke's commission was forwarded to him.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 234]

[December 26?, 1861]
M.P. Nolan, Lieutenant Colonel, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Beckett, near Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Stephen Hays, who had just succeeded in recruiting his complement of thirty men; and stating that Hays desired a commission as a Lieutenant under the agreement of his authority to recruit, that in addition to Hays' industry, he was worthy, competent, and had seen service, and that Hays' services and presence were necessary in camp. Bears a note from Nolan stating that Hays' men were recruited in Dayton.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 177]

December 26, 1861
Samuel T. Owens, 2nd Lieutenant, and Robert Stevenson, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lowe, near Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter sending their original enlistment rolls together with copies of their company roll; and requesting that their men recruited be consolidated as one company.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 132]

December 26, 1861
William S. Pierson, Major, Hoffman's Battalion, Mayor's Office, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was in receipt of Buckingham's letter dated December 24, enclosing the appointment of Lieutenant Wells in the second company of Hoffman's Battalion, that Wells' full name was Benjamin W. Wells, that he had handed Wells his appointment, and that in compliance with the verbal arrangement with Buckingham at Columbus, he would write Captain Follett and the other officers as soon as he had their addresses and instruct them to report their men to Buckingham as fast as they enlisted and to send their men to Sandusky; and asking if that was right.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 171]

December 26, 1861
Robert Price, ex-Lieutenant, 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General [Rodney] Mason. Letter stating that he was surprised to receive a circular from Mason requesting him to send his papers for settlement when his bill of disbursements and his commission had been in Mason's hands for several weeks, that he gave his enlistment roll to Colonel [Francis B.] Pond when he gave up his men (sixteen in number), and that Pond was in Columbus and would (for he was every inch a gentleman) give Mason any information required; and requesting that he be sent his money immediately.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 184]

December 26, 1861
A[dam] N. Riddle, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter recommending Henry Y. Graham for the appointment of Lieutenant.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 137]

December 26, 1861
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter originally dated on August 17, 1861, stating that the resignations of Colonel A. Sanders Piatt and 1st Lieutenant Nelson L. Lutz, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) had been accepted to take effect on June 24, 1861.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 38]

December 26, 1861
N[ewton] Schleich, Camp Medill. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the bearer, Sergeant Earl, had been furnished with authority to assist one of his Lieutenants to recruit a company; and requesting the necessary enlistment papers, and sets of enlistment papers for five additional men who he had authority to send out in the same way.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 143]

December 26, 1861
Byron Stanton, Assistant Surgeon, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Camp at Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had been in the service as Assistant Surgeon for nearly two months and had as yet received no commission, and that he would be glad to have it before the next payment of troops in the division and before the expiration of Governor William Dennison's term of office.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 229]

December 27, 1861
R[alph] P. Buckland, Colonel, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Croghan, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that when in Columbus on December 17, he left the election roll of 2nd Lieutenant C[harles] G. Eaton's company with the promise that the appointments of officers would be forwarded by the next mail, that the appointments had not been received, that he wanted Eaton to be the senior Captain of the regiment and desired his appointment to bear the date of November 30, so as to be prior to the others, and that Eaton's was the first company full and he was the right man; and requesting that the appointments be forwarded.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 197]

December 27, 1861
Jno. C. Dunlevy, Secretary, Warren County Military Committee, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the bearer, Hiram St. John, was recommended by the committee for appointment as a recruiting officer with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, and that St. John was an excellent man and would get a good number of recruits.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 231]

December 27, [1861]
R.H. Folger, Mayor's Office, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that Dr. F[rederick] T. Hurxthal, Surgeon of the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had a horse and servant at Massillon awaiting an order of transportation to the regiment in Kentucky, that Hurxthal wanted him to get the horse and servant forwarded, that Hurxthal doubtless made the request because he had been connected with the railroad from Massillon to Crestline, and that he had no business arrangement which would enable him to render Hurxthal the slightest aid; and asking if the addressee could render any assistance in transporting the horse and servant to the regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 192]

December [27?], 1861
George B. Gardner, Captain, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Mitchel, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter enclosing three copies of the enlistment roll of his company and the nominations for officers; and stating that "A" was the original roll, that "B" was an alphabetical copy of the original stating by whom examined and sworn, and giving the names of additional enlistments over the 100 to be transferred, that he enlisted 110 supposing that flanking companies were allowed that number, that the names rejected by the Surgeon were omitted, and that "C" was an alphabetical copy containing place of enlistment, distance to rendezvous, and by whom sworn.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 214]

December 27, 1861
A.W. Holden, Spring Hills, Champaign County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had received Mason's notice to return his papers for cancellation, that he was sending all papers received from Mason's office, that the papers had not been used in consequence of his sickness, that currently, he was only able to walk around a little, that he was sorry to be deprived of the privilege of raising a company by providential hindrances, and that if the war continued, there might still be a chance; and thanking Mason for the courtesy extended him.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 214]

[December 27?, 1861]
W.A. Hoon, Lieutenant, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had exerted himself to the utmost and his failure could not be attributed to the lack of will, that it was claimed he had not communicated since October 25, but Mason would find several communications in the files, that as to his blanks, he did not think they were worth the postage as they were still in the same condition of virgin purity that they were on September 22, that he had made no disbursements because it was not necessary that he should and he did not have the means to disburse, that the charge of extravagance could not be laid at his door, that his military ardor was not quenched by this set back, and that he would be in just as far as he could go.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 194]

December 27, 1861
Jno. Kennett, Colonel Commanding, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Kennett. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting that a commission dated September 10, 1861 be sent to William A. Wellshear as Quartermaster of the 1st Division, and that a commission dated October 1, 1861 be sent to Albert C. Stickney as Quartermaster of the 2nd Division; and stating that their regiment had received orders to leave for the scene of strife on December 29, that they would have already left, but the smallpox was breaking out among some of the regiments in the area, that they had commenced vaccinating everyone in the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and that it would take December 28 to finish the work.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 202]

December 27, 1861
Romain Lujeane, Adjutant, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Post Adjutant, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's favor in reference to Captain Dewey's company had been duly understood by the commanding officer who consented to the proposition and trusted it was in Buckingham's power to attach another company to the regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 173]

December 27, 1861
William H. Lytle, Colonel, 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a note from General [Ormsby M.] Mitchel; and stating that in compliance with Mitchel's request, he was suggesting the name of Bushrod Birch for a 2nd Lieutenancy in the 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he was informed by Major [Joseph W.] Burke that the two Lieutenants of Company H would soon resign, if they had not already, which would create a vacancy.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 237]

December 27, 1861
Patrick McKernan, Private, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had arrived at Camp Chase after serving 12 days in the guard house at Camp Oliver, that he had written Buckingham on the first day of his confinement and noted the reasons for which he was confined, that he wished to draw Buckingham's attention to a petition which he had made to the Colonel of the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to be transferred to some other regiment wherein he might be more contented under the control of competent officers and go into action with that courage which a man lacking confidence in his commander could never possess, that he was decried for saying he would apply to higher authority if his petition was not honored, that he could never go in the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and be used as an article of trade given over from one officer to another as they saw fit, that for not submitting to this mean imposition, he was kept in a guard house 12 days without a trial of any kind, that if he was a rebel or deserter perhaps they would have treated him with more consideration, that when men deserted with his knapsack and uniform, broke through the ineffectual guards of Camp Oliver, went to Fremont on the way to Cleveland, and sold the articles there, they were brought back, kept in prison for awhile, and let loose to run off again which they did in double quick time, that if he was guilty of any mean act or even a mean word, he would not grumble to be kept in the guard house for months, that he defied all the race of Adam to prove that he ever neglected his duty or received one prick at roll call during all the time he had been in the service, that if he was guilty of high treason why not prosecute him and have him punished accordingly, that although he was at liberty at Camp Chase, he had not repented of the offense for which he was put under arrest, that the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would soon arrive at Camp Chase and he had a brother in the regiment, that he would prefer being in the regular service, but if Buckingham were to transfer him to the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he would be satisfied, that he would wait with anxiety for a separation from the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that as long as he remained at Camp Chase, he was afraid that he would never be of any benefit to the Union cause, that every free man should rally to defend the cause, not for the sake of gains or speculation, but so that they might hand down to succeeding generations the blessings of freedom for which the revolutionary fathers pledged their property, their lives, and their sacred honor, that such was his sentiment now and when he enlisted, and that he did not like to be handed from one officer to another when a higher appointment was accepted.
3 pp. [Series 147-21: 167]

December 27, 1861
J. Madeira, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that his nephew, James W. Burbridge, Commissary Sergeant of the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was an applicant for the appointment of Lieutenant to fill one of the vacancies in said regiment, that his nephew had volunteered in the Spring as a member of the "Fullerton Rifles", now Company B, and that his nephew was a young man of good physical and mental capacity, and soldier-like in his bearing; including an extract from a letter dated October 14, 1861, from Colonel E[dward] P. Fyffe, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that his nephew requested him to make the application, and that Lieutenant Colonel E[phraim] R. Eckley would write recommending the appointment.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 150]

December 27, 1861
J. Madeira, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had written Dennison in his official capacity applying for a Lieutenancy for James W. Burbridge to fill one of the vacancies in the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now at Fayetteville Court House, Virginia, that the applicant was his nephew and had been employed for several years in the offices of the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company, that his nephew's position and prospects were good in said company, that his nephew was receiving a good salary, but from a sense of duty to the Government had volunteered in the Spring by joining the "Fullerton Rifles" of Chillicothe which now formed Company B of the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he hoped there would be no obstacle in the way of Dennison granting the request.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 151]

December 27, 1861
J[oseph] K. Marlay, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Robert Hume, Adjutant General's Office, Columbus, Ohio. Letter requesting that all the rolls of the companies in their regiment [60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, one year's service] be made out and forwarded to Hillsboro on or before January 1, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 201]

December 27, 1861
R.G. Pennington, Camp McClellan, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that Captain [John H.] Dickerson promised to send him a supply of stationery, etc., as soon as he forwarded a requisition signed by the Colonel, that he made the necessary requisition, that after a delay of three weeks, Dickerson wrote saying that he was not acting as Quartermaster at Cincinnati and that the requisition had been sent to Colonel Swords at Louisville, that Swords wrote saying he had nothing to do with them until they were actually in service, that they wanted stationery and could not get along one day without some, that he had been buying small lots while waiting for the three months' supply, which they should have had from some quarter, that his object in writing was to ascertain the responsible individual to whom he should apply, and that Dickerson should have known better than to send him to Swords.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 204]

December 27, 1861
J[ames] S. Robinson, Late Captain, Company G, [4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Camp Simon Kenton, Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter enclosing a letter of recommendation from Major [James H.] Godman in favor of the appointment of 1st Lieutenant P[eter] Grubb as Captain of Company G, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Grubb was one of the best men in the service, that Company G was recruited for the three years' service by Grubb and himself, that every man in the company had united in recommending Grubb to Colonel [John S.] Mason and requesting Mason's recommendation for the appointment, that Mason declined to recommend, preferring that the line of promotion should be observed the same as in the regular army, that the rule might work well in the regular service, but if strictly observed in the volunteer service would occasion great dissatisfaction, that in the volunteer service, companies were raised in immediate neighborhoods, that men volunteered because they knew who would command them, and that he would regard it as a great personal favor if Dennison would promote Grubb to the Captaincy of his old company.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 153]

December 27, 1861
James Saffin, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter regarding a commission for his son.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 1791/2]

December 27, 1861
W.R. Smith, Chairman, and C.B. Miller, Secretary, Highland County Military Committee, Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the committee recommended the bearer, W.S. Irwin, as a suitable person to raise a company for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) and agreed to assist him in so doing.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 230]

December 27, 1861
W[illiam] H. Trimble, Colonel, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), Camp Mitchel. To [County Military Committee]. Letter recommending W.S. Smith of Ross County for appointment as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit a company for the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service).
1 p. [Series 147-21: 231]