January 2, 1862
S[eneca] Hale, Lieutenant, 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had conversed with several of his men in regard to being transferred to the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Camp Tod, Troy, Ohio, that they seemed to be willing, but wished to have the transfer delayed until they knew definitely the final result of mustering out the two companies now in the 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that if these companies should be mustered out of service and return home to Shelby County, there would be no difficulty in filling up his company; enclosing the resolution of the Military Committee of Shelby County requesting an extension of his time to fill his company; and stating that he hoped Mason would extend the time in view of the circumstances of the case and give him thirty days.
2 pp. [Series 147-22: 70]
January 2, 1862
Charles P. James, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that his nephew, Charles J. James, desired a commission in the Ohio service as a Lieutenant, that if there was any vacancy and the Governor should be willing to make the appointment on his recommendation, he would deem it a great personal favor, that his nephew was over thirty years of age, very prompt and intelligent, and had great physical strength and health, and that he knew his nephew was extremely well adapted to the quick, prompt work of field service and could make a good officer; and asking whether there was a chance for his nephew.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 205]
January 2, 1862
M[ortimer] D. Leggett, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Gilbert, near Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting 15 muster in rolls; and stating that they did not have enough such rolls to complete their organization, that if convenient, he would be greatly obliged for one roll completed in the proper manner that he might use it as a sample to direct others, that any additional information in reference to completing their organization would be gratefully received, that their men were all ordered to be in on January 4, that they desired to have the regiment completely organized as soon as January 7, and had men enough to do so, and that he thought they would have the maximum number within one week unless their organizing detained their recruiters too long in camp.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 95]
January 2, 1862
Charles Loomis, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had hoped to see Mason when passing through Columbus, but Mason had gone to Cincinnati; and asking if it was not possible to give him the commission Mason spoke of in the 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or some other regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 72]
January 2, 1862
A[nson] G[eorge] McCook, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that they anxiously awaited the arrival of the Enfield rifles, that unless there had been a forward movement, their regiment was at Bacon Creek, [Kentucky] seven miles from Green River, that the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would remember the Governor for his kindness, and that the regiment would endeavor to do their "devoir" when the day came.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 99]
January 2, 1862
John J. Manor, Mayor's Office, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he had been personally acquainted with Samuel Sherman for several years and, although he was not sufficiently posted as regarded the capability of anyone to raise a company of 30 or more men, he was satisfied that Sherman possessed all the necessary qualifications to raise such a company and would raise a company of the number indicated in Mason's letter of December 31 as speedily as most any other person locally, and that Sherman was in every respect qualified for such a position.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 73]
January 2, 1862
J[esse] Meredith, Captain, Company C, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Ashley, Delaware County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that agreeable to instructions, he was reporting and awaiting Buckingham's orders to proceed to further duties, that he would be in Columbus at the Buckeye House until 3 P.M. on January 3, and that he would be pleased to receive any orders from Buckingham at that time and place.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 63]
January 2, 1862
G.M. Ogden, Republic, Seneca County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that Mason's circular of December 28, ordering him to forward the enlistment roll and appointment, came to hand last evening; enclosing his appointment; stating that he forwarded the roll to Colonel [Ralph P.] Buckland on December 13 by Lieutenant [Thomas W.] Egbert; explaining what he did as a recruiting Lieutenant; stating that those he did recruit had been influenced to go into the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that they said their reason for doing so was that they had more acquaintances in the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry than in the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he furnished six of the recruits with clothing which was taken to the 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and asking what he should do in the matter.
2 pp. [Series 147-22: 102]
January 2, 1862
E.D. Patton, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that J[ulius] C. Hart of the 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been elected as 2nd Lieutenant of Company E, that Hart was in every way qualified for the position, and that for the benefit of the service, he hoped Dennison would give Hart the commission.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 178]
January 2, 1862
John Reber, President, P.B. Ewing, John B. McNeill, W. Medill, and R.M. Clarke, [Military Committee of Fairfield County], Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that William Ewing, an old citizen of Fairfield County and well known to the committee, was desirous of securing the position of a Lieutenant in order to recruit for the [blank] regiment, and that the committee took great pleasure in recommending Ewing to Buckingham's favorable consideration.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 195]
January 2, 1862
R[odney] K. Shaw, Captain, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a copy of the enlistment of three men not included on his roll; stating that these men were enlisted before December 12, 1861; asking how they would be placed upon his roll; stating that he had enlisted one on January 2, 1862; asking what were his directions about the manner and form of recruiting now; and stating that a copy like the enclosed return was filed with the regimental commander, but may have been omitted by mistake.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 103]
January 2, 1862
J.L. Kirby Smith, Colonel Commanding, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant Henry Rigby, appointed on October 31, 1861 to recruit for the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was about to visit Columbus to endeavor to secure payment for the time since then employed in recruiting, that Rigby had requested him to recommend his application, that Rigby was a Captain in the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) and, feeling a strong desire to re-enter the service, had worked with unusual energy to raise his complement, that having a territory already thoroughly gleaned and having failed to get to camp a number of reported enlisted men for various reasons, Rigby had been unable to muster more than eleven in camp, that having exhausted the field, Rigby turned these men over to another Lieutenant in the same regiment to enable the latter to secure his commission, that Rigby had thus apparently spent the whole summer in the service of the State without sparing time or money, and that he could do no less than recommend Rigby's application for pay as requested.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 140]
January 2, 1862
O[gden] Street, Captain, Company C, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Pt. Pleasant, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that as some appointments had been made in their regiment which were not satisfactory, including one in his company, he was writing for information, that they had it on good authority that blank commissions were sent to Colonel [Charles A.] DeVilliers and that he had thereon made appointments without consulting officers or men of the companies to which he assigned the recipients of promotion, that this was entirely unsatisfactory, that in the case of Company C, DeVilliers had appointed a man with no education, judgement, or knowledge of military drill and discipline, that this man was a low, vulgar individual, respected by no person in the company or at home, and entirely unfit for the position of 2nd Lieutenant to which he had been appointed, and that if the commissions had been issued blank to be completed by DeVilliers, he would respectfully ask if they could be cancelled and suitable and responsible persons appointed.
2 pp. [Series 147-22: 119]
January 2, 1862
I.N. Van Meter, Camp Mitchel, near Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he just received the Adjutant General's circulars mailed on December 24, 1861, requesting him to forward his papers, etc., having been absent for several days, that his time had expired on October 30, 1861, and he stopped reporting on November 2, 1861, that Lieutenant [Philip] Rothrock said he would report Van Meter's men with his, that therefore he did not make out the roll and send it on at that time, that he would make out the roll and send it along with other papers in the next day's mail, that when he came with his men to the camp of rendezvous there were no preparations to receive them such as tents, etc., except for what was in Rothrock's company, that it was after dark when they landed and they went to Rothrock's quarters because it was the only place for them to stay, that all the men were opposed to being attached to Rothrock's company, that the Colonel told them they were not to be attached to Rothrock's company, but were to help fill out another company that was being recruited in the neighborhood, that Captain Rothrock held his election in the absence and without the consent of Colonel [William H.] Trimble, that on the day appointed for the election, Rothrock did not have the minimum number without including three recruits Van Meter never had brought into camp, that one of these recruits had been transferred into the artillery company at Camp Dennison, that Judge Smith of West Union had decided Van Meter could not hold the other two being a recruiting officer instead of a commissioned officer, that Rothrock, fearing he would not get the position of Company B in the regiment [60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service)], went on and organized including the names of the three men in question, that as his men were not yet attached and all being very much dissatisfied where they were, and as he was desirous of having them satisfied, deeming it a duty he owed to himself as well as to them, he hoped the Adjutant General would assign them to a company where all would be harmonious, that the men were told they would get their pay as soon as the paymaster came around if they were in an organized company and assured that they would have a Lieutenancy, having brought in as many recruits as any other officers with the exception of Rothrock, and the privilege of going into another company, that all these inducements being held out, they went into the organization (willingly for the time being) not to be attached, but satisfied to remain there until the other detachment came to camp, that his recruiting station should have been Dunbarton in Adams County instead of Hillsboro, that the time allowed him in his commission had expired, and that he supposed the commission could be cancelled without him sending it.
3 pp. [Series 147-22: 130]
January 2, 1862
M[oses] B. Walker, Colonel, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp near Somerset, Kentucky. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that a Captaincy having become vacant in the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by the death of the late Captain David C. Rose, it became his duty to nominate a successor which he did in the person of Milton B.W. Harman, that Harman had acted as Sergeant Major of the regiment since its organization and had shown himself abundantly qualified to discharge the duties of almost any post in the regiment, that Harman was remarkably attentive to his business at all times, cheerfully performing any duty assigned him by day or by night, that he therefore nominated Harman in preference to any member of the company which Rose had commanded, and that neither of the Lieutenants of the company were men who could be trusted with the command of the company and would both probably be dismissed from the service as soon as their names could be brought before an examining board.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 236]
January 2, 1862
D. Wunnemaker, Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if a man could be transferred from the volunteer service into the regular service; and stating that he had served one year in the war with Mexico, that he served as 2nd Sergeant in the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) with praise from his commanding officer, that he came home and enlisted in the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was Orderly Sergeant of Company D, that he would like a commission in the regular service, and that he could get the best recommendation from the military committee as to his qualifications and character.
3 pp. [Series 147-22: 109]
January 3, 1862
F.W. Bardwell, 2nd Lieutenant, and A[mbrose] A. Blount, 2nd Lieutenant, 10th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Camp Lowe, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Granville Moody, Colonel Commanding, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Letter stating that they wanted Moody to procure the appointment of Edward Grosskopff, now acting as 1st Sergeant of the 8th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery to be attached to the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and located at Camp Tod near Troy, Miami County, Ohio, as 2nd Lieutenant of the 10th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery attached to the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Lowe, that Grosskopff had held a position as Engineer and Pontonier for several years in the Prussian service, and that they felt assured that the appointment would meet the hearty approval of the members of the 10th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 92]
January 3, 1862
[Valentine] Bausenwein, Colonel Commanding Post, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that John Kemmer be given a commission as recruiting officer for his regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 71]
January 3, 1862
M[arcus] P. Bestow, 2nd Lieutenant, Company A, [26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Fayetteville, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Colonel [Ephraim R.] Eckley wished him transferred to the 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that if Buckingham could give him the Adjutancy, he would endeavor to fill the position satisfactorily, that if not and Buckingham could offer him any other good position, he would be much pleased to go with Eckley, that Governor William Dennison was willing to appoint him Major of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but thought said regiment would never fill up and that he risked losing his present position, and that they were leaving Fayetteville for Louisville immediately.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 162]
January 3, 1862
Thomas Brown, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there was some mistake in regard to the date of his last report as that was made on November 21, 1861, when his time for recruiting expired by limitation, that his recruits were then placed by Colonel [Peter] Kinney in a company being formed at Camp Morrow and he joined the same company to which he had since been appointed 2nd Lieutenant by the Adjutant General's Department, that he did not suppose further reports would be required, that he had no disbursement accounts to render, that his recruiting expenses were paid from his own means for which he asked no return, that he had recruited fifteen men altogether, and that these men were now included in Captain [Lansing V.] Applegate's company of the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-22: 101]
January 3, 1862
Benjamin Brundage, 2nd Lieutenant, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that he sent his papers per the Honorable William Lang, that he gave his enlistment act and copy to Colonel [Ralph P.] Buckland when he reported in camp on December 12, that he presumed Buckland took it to Columbus when reporting on December 16, that in the items of disbursements was one of livery hire for going and bringing in a recruit some 12 miles from Tiffin, that he found himself out of pocket some $60 aside from what he expected to be reimbursed for, that this $60 was expended for musicians and teams to take them and speakers, bills containing notice of meetings, and numerous items of a minor nature, and that it may be right they received no pay for service recruiting as 2nd Lieutenants, but he found it very inconvenient.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 100]
January 3, 1862
Charles Candy, Colonel, 66th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp McArthur, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing muster in rolls for Captain [Joshua G.] Palmer's company; and stating that upon inquiry, he found that the men mustered by Lieutenant Wright were re-sworn and mustered by Palmer, and that he had caused the necessary changes to be made which he hoped would be found correct.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 186]
January 3, 1862
J[oseph] R. Cockerill, D.W.C. Loudon, and Chambers Baird, District Military Committee, Camp Ripley. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter recommending William R. Harmon of Clermont County as a person qualified to discharge in the field the duties of 2nd Lieutenant; and requesting Harmon's appointment as recruiting Lieutenant in the 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears a note from J[oseph] R. Cockerill, Colonel, 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, requesting Harmon's appointment.
2 pp. [Series 147-22: 81]
January 3, 1862
Charles Doubleday, Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Henry Clay Pike. Letter stating that there was a vacancy for a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that if Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham, on the basis of excellent recommendations, would commission Pike for said vacancy, he would gladly avail himself of Pike's services, that his letter shown to Buckingham would serve as a recommendation for Pike's appointment, that he had received marching orders to report his regiment at Fort Leavenworth so Pike would not have much time to spare, and that it was best for Pike to make his application through Captain Myers.
2 pp. [Series 147-22: 56]
January 3, 1862
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract of Special Orders No. 51 stating that the resignations of 2nd Lieutenant C[harles] B. Cavis, Company F, and 1st Lieutenant J[ames] D. Stover, Company E, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were hereby accepted to take effect from January 3, 1862. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 133]
January 3, 1862
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract of Special Orders No. 51 stating that the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant F.D. Bisett, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was hereby accepted to take effect from January 3, 1862. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 134]
January 3, 1862
Charles W. Hill, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that as he had no occasion at present to visit Columbus except to get his pay and as he was very much embarrassed for the want of that, he would be obliged if Buckingham could advise him as soon as the pay question received definite action.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 121]
January 3, 1862
Thomas Jordan, Recruiting Officer for Lieutenant J.F. Moran, 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had taken to camp three recruits for the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he would remain in camp for a few days; asking how long his appointment would hold; and stating that he had the promise of several men yet.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 103]
January 3, 1862
A[ndrew] Legg, Captain, and J[onathan] C. Wallace, Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To George B. Wright, Quartermaster General, Columbus, Ohio. Letter stating that the bearer, Lieutenant [Ezra] Stevenson of Company K, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, had recommendations from nearly all the officers of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for his appointment as Captain of Company K, of which he had been the actual commandant since the resignations of Lieutenant [William P.] Cowne and Captain [James] Sloan, that they were confident said appointment would meet the wishes of all concerned and be conducive to the efficiency of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteeer Infantry, that they hoped Stevenson would find no obstacles in the way of his being commissioned as Captain of Company K, that a better selection could not be made, that Stevenson was a man of very correct habits, strictly temperate, and fully capable to fulfill the duties of the command, and that they had abundant evidence of this during the past six months when associated with Stevenson in service in the field.
2 pp. [Series 147-22: 81]
January 3, 1862
N[athaniel] C. McLean, Colonel, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp John McLean. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the morning field report of the 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for January 3, 1862, which showed the exact strength of the regiment now in camp together with the letter of each company and its Captain; and stating that the deserters named in the margin were excluded and when brought into camp would add that much to the strength of the regiment, that Buckingham would observe that all the companies, except Company K, exceeded the minimum and that this company numbered seventy men, that since the assignment of position to the officers of Company K, Lieutenant Shaklee had reported himself in camp with twenty-six men and had yet on furlough nine more men who would report for duty on or before January 15, that Lieutenant Colonel [Robert A.] Constable would receive Buckingham's orders in regard to the disposition of Shaklee and his men and also in regard to the complete organization of Company K, giving Buckingham a verbal explanation of all the facts in the case, that he was also enclosing a statement of the date of organization of each company, with the names and rank of each commissioned officer thereof, that they had as yet no regimental colors and he desired Buckingham to ask the Governor to order the regiment to be supplied with its colors as soon as could conveniently be done, and that Constable would inform Buckingham that their consolidation had been a very satisfactory one to all of the officers and with but few exceptions to all of the men.
2 pp. [Series 147-22: 122]
January 3, 1862
H.B. Maynard, Secretary, and S.N. Yeoman, Chairman, Fayette County Military Committee, Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Manfred Willard of Fayette County as a suitable and competent man for the position of recruiting officer for Fayette County; and stating that Willard was recommended by Colonel [William H.] Trimble, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) and his application was for an appointment to that regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 69]
January 3, 1862
George W. Morgan, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Martin Welsh, a Catholic Irishman, desired to be transferred from Captain [Jacob M.] Spangler's company, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Welsh desired this first to be with his countrymen and second to have a Catholic priest as his Chaplain, that in his judgement, these were good reasons for the transfer, and that as Welsh was not yet mustered into the U.S. service, the transfer could be made without expense; and asking, since there was every probability of a war with England, if it was not good policy as far as possible to organize the Irish together even if expense was incurred thereby.
2 pp. [Series 147-22: 104]
January 3, 1862
J[unius] R. Sanford, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter asking if a Colonel could assign an Adjutant of Dennison's appointment to a company of the regiment, and if so, did that assign the pay to another party; stating that according to what he was told, he could draw his pay as Adjutant as he received the appointment from Dennison on August 21 or 23, and that upon the arrival of Colonel [William B.] Hazen from West Point, or soon after, he remarked that he would break Dennison's appointments of their staff positions and had done so, assigning them to companies; asking if Dennison would receive and accept a resignation or if he must send it to the General commanding the department in which the regiment was stationed; and stating that he had never been out of the State, but was detached on duty to attend the recruiting for the regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 83]
January 3, 1862
Samuel Sherman, Jr., Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that there would be no trouble in raising thirty men, that there could be one hundred raised, but that would depend upon the length of time approved, that he already had the promise of ten men, and that with what could be raised locally and in other small towns thereabouts, he could complete a company for Mason's regiment with a reasonable length of time; and providing references.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 76]
January 3, 1862
John Stoneman, Camp Tupper, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he enlisted in the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he had a brother in Captain [Rodney K.] Shaw's company of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting to be transferred from the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to Captain Shaw's company of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Bears a note from James H. Lutgen, Captain, giving his consent to the transfer.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 184]
January 3, 1862
Peter J. Sullivan, Colonel Commanding, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter requesting the appointment of William A. Breman of Cincinnati as 1st Lieutenant in Company H, 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that this company was now organized and numbered about 50 men, that he thought the company would be full in a few days, that Breman was well drilled and a gentleman of good standing, and possessed sufficient abilities to make a good and popular commander in a company, and that Breman had been acting Quartermaster in the regiment ever since August 21.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 84]
January 3, 1862
S. Ulman, Captain, Company A, 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Meigs, Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his company had been organized about two months, that many of his men had been in the service almost three months, that he had been in the service himself for three months, and that many of his men were needy and would like to get some pay; and asking if they were not entitled to their pay now.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 127]
January 3, 1862
A[lexander] Von Schrader, Lieutenant Colonel, et. al., 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lowe, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter signed by nineteen officers of the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Major [Alexander S.] Ballard had been most untiring in his labors for months past in raising volunteers for the U.S. service even before authority was granted to organize the regiment, and that in view of Ballard's great energy and success in getting up the regiment after Greene County had already filled her quota of men, they earnestly prayed that Ballard's commission be dated back to the day of his appointment as a matter both proper and right in itself and eminently Ballard's due for services rendered.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 79]
January 4, 1862
J[oel] F. Asper, Captain, Company H, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Romney, Virginia. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting that the commission of Lieutenant Ezra H. Witter be revoked; and stating that the reasons for this request were Witter's incapacity and intoxication, that so objectionable was Witter on account of his drinking that a number of the officers had resolved that he would never be permitted to come into the regiment with a commission and remain a single day without being placed under arrest, that he had seen Witter intoxicated about the middle of November 1861 at Charleston, that at this time, Witter was very abusive of the regiment and nearly every officer in the line, while his abuse of the field officers was intolerable, that he again saw Witter drunk on the 9th or 10th of December 1861, that a week or two afterwards, the same thing occurred in Cleveland in the presence of Captain W[illiam] R. Sterling and Captain [Orin J.] Crane and a statement was enclosed, that this was all since the date of Witter's appointment, and that since the commission was not received, Witter could not be punished by court martial.
3 pp. [Series 147-22: 204]
January 4, 1862
G. Buckingham, Jr., 2nd Lieutenant, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter returning his recruiting paper and one which Colonel [William H.] Trimble handed him to return; and stating that he had no recruits.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 176]
January 4, 1862
William T. Drummond, 1st Sergeant, Company D, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lowe, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had brought his men to Camp Lowe and by the order of Major [Alexander S. Ballard] and the unanimous consent of the men, they were placed in Captain [Austin M.] McDowell's company, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that by orders of the Major and Captain, he gave his papers over to them to forward to Buckingham which they had done.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 101]
January 4, 1862
John C. Drury, Captain, Company H, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Point Pleasant, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in the recent appointment of officers to fill the vacancies in the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, great injustice had been done to Company H, that a Sergeant from Company A was promoted to a 2nd Lieutenancy and assigned to them, that this position was unsought and unexpected by said Sergeant and was not desired by him as his immediate resignation indicated, that willing or not, said Sergeant was driven by Colonel [Charles A.] DeVilliers from his quarters and forced upon them, that when they protested and declared it to be an intended insult and gross outrage upon their company unparalleled in the volunteer service, they were told by DeVilliers that he did not care how the officers and men felt as he was the commander, that DeVilliers refused to approve the resignation, that they did not intend to attribute any blame to the appointing power at Columbus for they knew that Ohio intended to look after the interests of her volunteer soldiers, that a wrong had been done and they were virtually told that Company H had no soldier fit for a Lieutenant, that they were assured their 1st Sergeant had been recommended since his name had been mentioned to DeVilliers as a suitable person for the appointment and DeVilliers had expressed himself satisfied with him, that they were contented until it was announced that an outsider had been appointed to command them, that they had several Sergeants well qualified to command companies, that their 1st Sergeant, William M. Culbertson, was a high toned gentleman and in every respect qualified and worthy of a commission, that they had passed through an arduous campaign and were now in winter quarters receiving their reward, that his position as an officer prevented him from giving the reasons for the mentioned outrage, and that for the same reasons, he had sent in his resignation and was daily expecting his discharge.
2 pp. [Series 147-22: 167]
January 4, 1862
John V. DuBois, Major, Missouri Light Artillery, Commanding Artillery of Central Missouri, Headquarters, Artillery Brigade, Otterville, Missouri. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that it was reported to him that certain reports derogatory to the characters of Lieutenant [Cyrus] Sears and Lieutenant [Frank C.] Sands of the 11th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery had been circulated in Columbus, Ohio, that he had the honor to state that all such reports were utterly without foundation, and that on the contrary, the conduct of both officers as soldiers and gentlemen had been beyond reproach and had his approval.
1 p. [Series 147-22: 212]
January 4, 1862
S[eneca] Hale, Lieutenant, 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that according to the Cincinnati Gazette, the 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been ordered to rendezvous at Camp Dennison; asking if it was true; and stating that one of his volunteers had been enlisted into the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by the offer of a Sergeant Major's position which left only 24 men on his rolls, fifteen of which had been sworn and six subsisted, that if the two companies now in the 83rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry should be mustered out of service, he thought there would be no difficulty in filling his company, and that in such a case, he was willing to be transferred to the 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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January 4, 1862
W.F. Herriet, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he would like to receive his commission agreeable to the appointment which Dennison gave him, that he much preferred receiving a commission from Dennison than any Governor Ohio ever had, that nothing would give him more pleasure than to help Dennison to any position desired in the future, and that he was confident Dennison's marked abilities in serving the State would long be remembered with pride.
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January 4, 1862
John Kennett, Colonel Commanding, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Jefferson. To R. Hume, Company Clerk. Letter stating that by order of the War Department, he was required to appoint a battalion Quartermaster as well as an Adjutant and Commissary Sergeant so that when detached from the regiment, each battalion might be perfect in its organization and able to act independently of the regiment, and that if Hume did not issue commissions for battalion Quartermasters who ranked as Lieutenants, he should have the goodness to send them commissions as Lieutenants and let them act as Quartermasters.
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January 4, 1862
W[illiam] Mungen, Colonel, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Vance, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that at the request of the bearer, David Snodgrass, he begged leave to say that his regiment was not full up to the maximum, that Snodgrass wished permission to recruit thirty or forty men to fill it up, that Snodgrass thought he could do this in about ten days, and that Snodgrass was a high toned gentleman and a good soldier, having been in the service.
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January 4, 1862
W.H.C. Payne, Clerk in Charge, Assistant Quartermaster's Office, Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter stating that in compliance with Mason's request, he was enclosing a copy of Captain Jno. Levering's request for transportation for two Privates in the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that transportation was furnished the third upon representation of the two, that it was one of the many cases when Quartermasters had to use discretionary power, and that from evidence produced by the two, he believed the third entitled to transportation and so furnished it.
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January 4, 1862
H.C. Robins, Salineville, Columbiana County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General [Rodney] Mason. Letter stating that when Lieutenant Irwin left Salineville for camp, one of his men was sick, and that Irwin asked him to write Mason and get transportation for said individual and any others who wished to go as soldiers; and requesting papers for two, Arthur Burbick and Joseph Bell.
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January 4, 1862
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that 1st Lieutenant James H. Petty, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; 1st Lieutenant C.J. Cunningham, 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph W. Frizzell, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; 1st Lieutenant C.A. Lucius, 28th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; 1st Lieutenant William Schulte, 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; 2nd Lieutenant Christian Pfahl, 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Surgeon S. Loving, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Lieutenant George N.C. Frazer, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; 1st Lieutenant Henry C. Brumback, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and Captain John C. Drury, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had resigned to take effect on the dates specified.
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