December 27, 1861
W[illiam] W. Woodward, Captain, Company C, 44th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter asking to whom he must make out the account of the expense of recruiting his company; and stating that he certified bills of subsistence which he presumed had reached Mason, and that his expense was pretty heavy and he wished to get the money.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 192]

December 28, 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 in regard to the enclosed statement of George Downs and others, he knew nothing personally, that he knew that when [G.M.] Ogden and [Thomas W.] Egbert were appointed as recruiting Lieutenants, it was agreed between them that they would recruit for the same company, that he was told these men so understood it, that Egbert had recruited a squad of men, was in camp, and claimed that he ought to have the men recruited by Ogden according to his understanding with Ogden, that these additional men would help Egbert to a position in a company which he would fail to get without them, that the excuses made were mere pretenses, that the statement of George Downs and others was suggested by Captain [Horace] Robinson of the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry who was anxious to have the men in question transferred to his company, that Robinson told him so, that several of the recruiting officers of the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had resorted to very unfair means to induce men who had enlisted in the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to re-enlist in the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that they had taken some six men from one recruiting officer in that way and that Robinson had two or three, and that under these circumstances, he could not consent to have the men in question transferred; asking whether it was good policy or right to allow men to enlist in a regiment and then go where they pleased; and stating that there were quite a number of men enlisted in the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry who were very anxious to be transferred to the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that if Colonel [John C.] Lee would give up those who belonged to the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and consent to the transfer of those who desired to come to the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he would consent to the transfer of the men enlisted by Ogden, that Ogden sent an enlistment roll properly signed and certified and his men were ordered into camp, but they were influenced by the recruiting officers of the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and refused to come, and that these men could be brought in.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 232]

December 28, 1861
Charles Candy, Colonel Commanding, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp McArthur, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if those recruiting Lieutenants who had failed to recruit the requisite number of men entitling them to commissions and who had their conditional commissions revoked, could be held in the regiment as Privates.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 209]

December 28, 1861
Thomas Clark, Major, 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that Lieutenant C[omfort] F. Chaffie had discharged the duties of Adjutant to the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry since the organization of Camp Giddings on August 19, that O[scar] F. Gibbs had discharged the duties of Quartermaster since October 21, that R[ussell] H. Hurlburt had attended the regiment as its Chaplain besides rendering essential service as a recruiting officer's assistant, that L[ewis] P. Buckley had been recognized at headquarters as the Colonel of the regiment since September 10, that owing to the difficulty of procuring the services of a mustering officer and to statements made by the only one who had visited the regiment, none of the officers named had been mustered into U.S. service nor was it deemed necessary in order for them to draw pay as officers acting in the stated capacities, and that if the addressee had any authority to order the date of muster back, he would confer a favor on the named faithful officers.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 196]

December 28, 1861
B[enjamin] F. Gorby, care of Captain [David F.] Harkins, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Diamond, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was in the 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and wanted to join the regular service, that his company was not organized yet and they had not elected any of their officers, that he had spoken to the man in command of the squad, that he guessed this man would let him off if he could, that he wanted Buckingham to write and advise him what to do, that Captain Welton was at Pomeroy, and that he could get in with Welton.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 216]

December 28, 1861
James A. Mitchell, Captain, 16th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Jefferson City, Missouri. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that the battery was brought into camp on December 28, and had arrived at Jefferson City on December 27, that it was beginning to look like business, that for the first time, they felt as if they were going to be soldiers, that in Mason's dispatch, sabres were included as part of the equipments sent, that the sabres did not come with Captain Talmadge and neither were they received, that he was very anxious to get the sabres since it was intimated they were soon to join in the advance about to be made in the department, that what he desired was to see his men equal to the test, that they must have some kind of side arms, and that Mason had said the pistols could not be supplied at the present time; asking Mason to strain a point and send 150; stating that it could not materially affect the arming of other forces; asking if they might not expect the sabres immediately and the pistols soon; and requesting that they be placed in a position to do honor to "old Clarke," the State, and the great cause of freedom.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 215]

December 28, 1861
J[ohn] B. Myers, Lieutenant, 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that since his report of December 23, he had recruited 3 men for a total of 72, and was subsisting 63 men; requesting that E[dmund] B. Lowe, Judge Ezra Bennet, and Levi Willet be commissioned as assistants to help get up their company; and stating that by this means, he could get along much faster.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 230]

December 28, 1861
F[rancis] B. Pond, Colonel, 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Goddard, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that the commanding officers of companies had unanimously recommended Rev. Andrew J. Lane for the Chaplaincy of the 62nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had appointed Lane accordingly as he believed he had authority to do, and that if he was wrong, he wished Dennison would appoint Lane and give him the necessary order, confirming upon him the appropriate rank.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 196]

December 28, 1861
Warren Russell, late 2nd Lieutenant, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had not received his pay as Lieutenant while recruiting for the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that presuming he was entitled to pay, he wished to be informed of the process for obtaining it.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 234]

December 28, 1861
T[homas] C.H. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Buell, near Louisville, Kentucky. To General. Letter stating that he learned through one of their Captains that men of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry left sick in the hospital at Camp Chase had, after recovery, returned home, that transportation could be furnished by the proper officers at Louisville if required, and that he would appreciate being informed as to the proper course for him to pursue regarding the sick left at Camp Chase if any action was needed.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 210]

December 28, 1861
T[homas] C.H. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Buell, near Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there were a number of men in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry who did service as home guards on railroads, etc., and who wanted to get their pay or have it drawn by power of attorney for their families; and asking how to instruct them. Bears a copy of a note dated September 14, 1861, from Captain T.B. Daniels, certifying that an unidentified soldier was relieved from further service in the Harmar Grays, doing duty on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, for the purpose of joining Captain Patten's cavalry company, and approved by O. Bennet, Major Commanding.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 211]

December 28, 1861
T[homas] C.H. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Buell, near Louisville, Kentucky. To General. Letter stating that for various reasons, it was desirable to know whether the two companies belonging to the regiment, and lately in western Virginia, would be joined to the regiment in Kentucky, and that they were last heard from at or near Parkersburgh, Virginia awaiting transportation to Louisville, Kentucky.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 212]

December 28, 1861
Levi D. Thompson, Company A, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking when a soldier's pay commenced; and stating that as he understood the late decision of the Secretary of War and the Paymaster General, a soldier was entitled to pay from the day he signed an enlistment roll whether he was sworn in or not at the time, that he enlisted on September 5, but was not sworn in until October 1, that he had become disabled since he enlisted and was about to be discharged, and that he wished to know if he was entitled to pay from September 5 and if he was entitled to the bounty or not.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 227]

December 28, 1861
Alex[ander] Von Schrader, Lieutenant Colonel, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Levy H. Barchus of Urbana, Ohio, now a Private in Company H, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to the appointment of a Lieutenant in the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for the purpose of recruiting.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 146]

December 29, 1861
J. Allen, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that his health for the present would not permit him to report in person at headquarters, having been sick since Saturday last, that he did not understand that he was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Ohio Volunteers, but thought he was to simply assist Lieutenant Wilson of the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as stated in his commission, that he did not deem it his duty to report daily in his own name inasmuch as he used Wilson's roll and put the men he recruited on Wilson's roll, that he and Wilson continually worked together, that he made out many of Wilson's reports, and that his health permitting, he would report in person with his commission next week.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 217]

December 29, 1861
T. Ewing, et. al., Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by nine individuals; recommending the appointment of Silas A. Burnap of Meigs County to the position of Captain of Company G, 1st Ohio Artillery (7th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery); and stating that Burnap had been engaged in recruiting said company, that a few years before, Burnap had resided in Lancaster as a student of law, that by his excellent moral character and gentlemanly deportment, Burnap had merited and received the friendship of the local citizens generally, that they esteemed Burnap as in every way a suitable person for the situation indicated, and that they would be gratified to know that Burnap received the appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 225]

December 29, 1861
Hiram A. Hall, Captain, Company E, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he understood the vacancy in his company occasioned by the promotion of [Baylis R.] Fawcett to a Captaincy had been filled by the promotion of P[eter] L. Rush from a 2nd Lieutenant to a 1st Lieutenant, and that this was in perfect accordance with the wishes of every man in the company, but the promotion of Rush left the 2nd Lieutenancy vacant; recommending Warner Newton, now Orderly Sergeant in the company, for the position of 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that Newton was the first choice of every man in the company, that Newton was honest, intelligent, competent, energetic, of good business capacity, and probably as well posted in tactics as any man in the regiment, that Newton served in the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that Newton was a man of "unexceptionable" habits and in every respect well qualified for the position, and that Newton's appointment would be for the good of the service.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 237]

December 30, 1861
John Carr, Recruiting Officer, Camp Beckett. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that there was no failure on his part to enlist 30 men in the time allowed, that he had these men in camp, that he would send in their names on December 31, that he had sent reports to the Adjutant General's office and a muster roll, that when he discovered the prejudice against him, he notified the Colonel and requested a court of inquiry to investigate the case, that the Colonel neglected to do so and wanted to transfer his men against their will into another company, and that he hoped the Adjutant General would overlook all the false reports against him until the case was investigated and the men were mustered in by a U.S. officer.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 216]

December 30, 1861
James R. Challen, Lieutenant Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that two more companies were needed for the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that they wanted these companies recruited in the shortest possible time, and that the Military Committee for Darke County thought that one company could be raised in their county; requesting that three men be appointed to recruit for this company with Gavin W. Hamilton in the center of the county, James Johnson in the north, and John W. Mills in the south; and stating that each man could enlist his own friends and neighbors, that the roads were too bad to permit much traveling through the county and each one could operate in his own neighborhood, and that they had agreed among themselves as to the positions they were to occupy if the company was filled. Bears the endorsement of Jno. L. Winner, Chairman of the Military Committee for Darke County.
2 pp. [Series 147-21: 206]

[December 30, 1861]
James R. Challen, Lieutenant Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To ? Letter recommending the appointments of James Johnson, John W. Mills, V.E. Whitmore, and Charles Calkins to assist Gavin W. Hamilton to recruit for the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears the endorsement of Jno. L. Winner, Chairman of the Military Committee for Darke County.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 207]

December 30, 1861
James R. Challen, Lieutenant Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio. To John L. Winner, Chairman, Military Committee for Darke County, and others. Letter stating that he was authorized by Lewis D. Campbell, the Colonel commanding the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to aid and superintend the recruiting of two companies for that regiment and to make any arrangement he might deem proper in regard to the officers of such companies not inconsistent with the orders and instructions of the Adjutant General of Ohio, and that by virtue of said authority, he recommended Gavin W. Hamilton as a suitable person to be appointed a 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the regiment. Bears the endorsement of the Military Committee for Darke County.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 208]

December 30, 1861
C. Marius, Captain, Camp Simon Kenton, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that of those men he enlisted, some he subsisted and some he allowed to subsist themselves, agreeing to pay them 30 cents per day, that he was at a loss to know how to make out his bills, and that some told him that he had to make out the bills giving each meal; and requesting instructions immediately and six subsistence bills.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 213]

December 30, 1861
Peter J. Sullivan, Colonel Commanding, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the services of Dr. A[aron] T. Johnson, Assistant Surgeon, to the regiment; and stating that Johnson had remained in camp in full charge of the regimental hospital and sick of the regiment, that Johnson's services were essential given the absence of Dr. [Milton T.] Carey, the Surgeon of the regiment, who was attending to the duties of Post Surgeon, and that he was asking, as a matter of strict justice, that Johnson be duly mustered into the service.
1 p. [Series 147-21: 199]