January 19, 1862
R[alph] P. Buckland, Colonel, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Croghan, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was anxious to have the 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry ordered away from Camp Croghan, that the regiment had been recruited mostly from the immediate neighborhood and he found it almost impossible to keep the men in camp, that a large number had families and it seemed hard to refuse them the privilege of visiting their families when sick and so near by, that if the men were farther away, they would not think so hard of it, that Major [Leroy] Crocket was an excellent drill officer and the regiment was pretty well advanced in the battalion and company drill, that they preferred to go directly to Kentucky, but if that could not be done, they preferred to go to Camp Dennison or Camp Chase, that he preferred Camp Dennison, and that the sooner they moved from Camp Croghan the better.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 225]

January 19, 1862
N[athaniel] C. McLean, Colonel, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp John McLean. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in pursuance of Buckingham's instructions, he had caused the regiment to be freed from all those who were unfit to bear the fatigue of a campaign, that he was sending by Lieutenant [John H.] Fessenden their certificates of disability which he would thank Buckingham to have perfected as soon as possible, and that he had also instructed Fessenden to procure for all his officers their commissions.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 158]

January 19, 1862
M.B. Wright, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter regarding the commission issued to his son, William C. Wright; and stating that his son came to Cincinnati as soon as his duties at Camp Dennison justified and had his papers completed according to instructions, that he had an interview with Colonel [Frederick] Porschner of the 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Porschner had been absent from his regiment several days and could not state in what companies vacancies had occurred, and that Porschner told his son to report at Columbus for instructions.
2 pp. [Series 147-23: 162]

January 20, 1862
Otto Burstenbinder, Colonel, 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Bellair, Belmont County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that upon arriving at Bellair, he found a break in the railroad and that would keep them perhaps three days, that he also found considerable dissatisfaction in the regiment among the unpaid companies, that he understood from Wheeling that there were no funds for payment as per his telegram to Buckingham, that it was stated to him by an officer of the 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry that he could not get the companies paid by Paymaster McDowell at Columbus because, having marched, his vouchers would not be recognized by the Wheeling paymaster nor at Wheeling as the funds were exhausted, and that he strongly desired Buckingham to exert himself so that they might be paid and the existing disaffection might be done away with.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 230]

January 20, 1862
Lewis D. Campbell, Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Hamilton. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was vacant, that he had reason to believe that the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel William B. Cassilly to said position would enable them to fill up their ranks speedily, which was a result they very much desired to accomplish, that Cassilly was a gentleman of very considerable military experience, and that Cassilly's appointment would give satisfaction to all the officers of the regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 239]

January 20, 1862
Joseph E. Devitt & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that Mrs. A. Butler, wife of Pierce Butler, Private, Company D, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) was very desirous to have some account of her husband, that her husband was in the engagement at [First] Bull Run, and that since which time, she had not heard a word from him; requesting any information the Adjutant General might have; and asking if Ohio had made any provision for the wives of deceased volunteers.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 23l]

January 20, 1862
W. Dunbar, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that feeling a deep interest in the successful efforts which had been adopted by the Government to suppress the present rebellion and in the efficient organization of the military for that purpose, he took the liberty of addressing Tod upon the subject with a view of calling his attention to the importance of selecting competent military men to fill the positions in the regiments now organizing in the State, that the act of April 23, 1861, to provide for the rapid organization of the militia of Ohio enlisted under the requisition of the President of the United States, provided that company and regimental officers should be elected, that Tod's predecessor assumed the appointing power and in many instances selected men wholly unqualified for the position, which led to great delay and embarrassment in the organization of regiments and caused great dissatisfaction among the troops, that he regretted to learn that the regiment now stationed at Camp Andrews had suffered serious detriment in this way, that Colonel [J.L. Kirby] Smith was a man of undoubted military capacity, but when that was said, it embraced all the military knowledge there was in the regiment, that this system of issuing commissions to men who would go to work and raise companies had in his opinion done much mischief for the reason that many were totally unqualified and could never learn the military art, that this had a tendency to demoralize the regiment, that the men were as fine a body of soldiers as he had seen anywhere, but the entire labor of instructing them devolved upon Colonel Smith, that they had men in Knox County who were good military men and Knox County was promised at least one of the field and one of the staff officers in the regiment, that they had some 1,200 troops in the service from Knox County and yet they did not have the honor of a single field office, that Lieutenant Percy S. Sowers was a young man of fine military education, having devoted the past six years of his life exclusively to military science, that Sowers filled the position of Adjutant and Drill Master to the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) which owed its efficient drill and discipline to his labors, that when the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was stationed at Camp Andrews, Sowers was recommended for the position of Major or Lieutenant Colonel by the Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major of the 19th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) and by the Captains of the same, that Sowers was said to be well qualified as a military man and capable of filling any position in the regiment which might be assigned to him, that all of the recommendations of Sowers were on file in the Adjutant General's office, if not destroyed, and yet he was advised that Sowers was not known at that department, that Sowers held a commission from Tod's predecessor, raised the first company after the fall of [Fort] Sumter, and tendered it to the War Department, that the company was afterwards attached to the 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) and was the best drilled company in the service from Ohio, that in the school of the soldier, manual of arms, school of the battalion, and evolutions of the line, Sowers had no superior in any of the regiments that had gone from Ohio, that many of the graduates from West Point, who had seen Sowers drill, pronounced him equal to any who were educated at the government expense, that he made this statement because he was advised that gentlemen who were jealous of Sowers' capacity had labored to disparage him in the estimation of the authorities at Columbus, that Sowers was willing to go into the service again provided he could get a position as a field officer, but was unwilling to be placed in a position in which he might be compelled to instruct his superiors in rank in the military art, and that he hoped this might disabuse Tod's mind of any influence which might have been brought to bear by others for sinister purposes.
3 pp. [Series 147-23: 236]

January 20, 1862
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a protest regarding an election held in a company recruited by W[illiam] H. Fisher and Albert Chandler; and stating that when the election was held, there was considerable bad feeling with about 25 members who were opposed to being consolidated with Chandler's command and who refused to vote, that there were about 70 men in camp who could have voted, that the part of the protest which said that a majority of the company was absent at the time of the election was untrue, that he would not have let them hold an election unless a large majority of the company had been present, that nearly all of those who were absent were sick in the hospital at the time of the election, but about 70 votes could have been polled had it been their desire or wish to vote, that consequently, he considered the election as legal as any that was held by any company in the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that no one was to blame except for those who could have voted, but would not do so, that from the best information he could get, he was satisfied that H[oratio] W. Mason was very unpopular with his company, that Mason was charged by them with very low and disgraceful conduct, such as gambling for money, liquor, lottery and sutler's tickets, tobacco, cigars, etc., and habitual drunkenness, that many refused to obey Mason, that he knew little about Mason, but from what he knew of the prejudice existing in Mason's company against him, he believed it would be better to appoint Thomas J. Parks or Isaac B. Kinkade who were both very respectable men and gentlemen of good moral character, that he would recommend Kinkade in preference to Parks, and Kinkade was the choice of the company, that if Buckingham deemed it best to hold a second election for 1st Lieutenant in said company, he would have it done at once, and that he had investigated as to the signing of the enclosed protest and found a number who denied ever signing or of having any knowledge of such paper having been sent to Buckingham's department.
4 pp. [Series 147-23: 223]

January 20, 1862
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that each company needed a copy of the army regulations and that the company officers could not get along well without a copy for each company; requesting that 10 copies be forwarded to him at Camp Dennison; and stating that he would pay express charges, and that if 10 copies of the army regulations could not be furnished, he wanted 10 copies of General [Henry B.] Carrington's last compilation.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 232]

January 20, 1862
Thomas J. Kenney, Senate Chamber, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that by a combination of the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he understood there would be an appointment of either Major or Lieutenant Colonel to be made, that if such was the case, he requested the appointment, that he was Captain of Company B, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that as to his capacity to discharge the duties pertaining to the position, he referred Tod to Colonel Gilmore and General Delano, and that he thought he could do his country more service in the field than in the Senate.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 202]

January 20, 1862
M.K. McFaddin, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was now a Private in Company D under the command of Captain Foreman, that said company was recruited in Belmont County and Harrison County, with most from Belmont County, that he recruited 13 men for said company with the understanding that he would have a position as a commissioned officer if elected thereto by the company, that after the company was full and before they came to camp, they held an election and he was elected 1st Lieutenant of said company, that since they came to camp, by order of Colonel Smith, they had the men signify their choice for 1st Lieutenant by signing a roll, that upon that test, he had upwards of sixty names while his competition had but twenty-three, that whether this roll had ever been sent to the Adjutant General's Department he did not know, that Smith had recommended the appointment of Mr. Williams, who was not a member of the company and who did not wish to come in competition with him for the office, that according to Williams, his name had been put forward without his agency, and he would not have stood in McFaddin's way if he were not assured by Smith that the office was his, that Williams was told if he declined, the office would be given to someone other than McFaddin, and that he did not know why Smith treated him in such a way; requesting that no one be appointed until he could satisfy the department of his qualifications for the office and his right thereto; and stating that he did not desire the position if he was not entitled to it and was not qualified for it, that he desired to be heard before he was discarded, that Smith refused to grant him leave to appear before Buckingham in person, that he would therefore have to state his case through others, and that he could be vouched for by the best men in his part of the State if he could have time to procure their letters.
3 pp. [Series 147-23: 159]

January 20, 1862
John B. Myers, Lieutenant, 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting a large supply of transportation blanks as they sent men to camp every few days, John R. Brown's certificate as 1st Lieutenant, Edward B. Lowe's certificate as 2nd Lieutenant, and, if necessary, his certificate as Captain; and stating that the necessary roll had been forwarded to Buckingham's department.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 226]

January 20, 1862
William H. Trimble, [60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service)], Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was at length prostrated by the great amount of labor and exposure he had been undergoing and had been confined to the house for 4 days, that he had hoped to go to Columbus on January 21, that he wanted to know with certainty (if possible) when the Paymaster would be there to pay his men, that he wanted to arrange for paying the men formerly under his command (the reserve corps regiment), that he wanted to know whether Buckingham intended to accept the position of Brigadier General in the army and if so, whether it would be possible to get under his command, that he wanted to know whether all the Prussian Enfield rifles sent to Ohio had been distributed, that according to his brother (Dr. Trimble), if Sherman's regiments had Springfield rifles, he should have them if they could be procured, that if not, the next best weapon was the Prussian Enfield rifle of which 15,000 had been sent to Governor William Dennison, that if he could not get them in Ohio, his brother would have them sent from New York, that Colonel Scott told his brother that Sherman was mistaken in supposing he got the Springfield rifle and that he got the Prussian Enfield rifle, that on January 19, he received an order dated January 11 and mailed on January 17, warning him to fit his force for the field as rapidly as possible, that the order would be obeyed in every particular, that until January 15, he had not rested for a month or stopped for any kind of weather, that his personal efforts had been required since recruiting officers for his regiment in distant counties could do nothing until he gave the impulse by making 6 to 10 speeches in a county, that he could report a company in the bootleg of Brown County of 70 men or more, one in Ross County with 70 men or more, one in Clark County of probably 50 men, and one in Fayette County of 45 or 50 men, that these companies were all growing rapidly, that concerted action was arranged for the tenth company, that he hoped and believed that the regiment would be full in a few more days, that measles and smallpox had broken out in his camp and this might retard his recruiting and "unfit" them for marching, and that he had taken the most vigorous measures for preventing the spread of these contagious diseases; and requesting that he be informed as to the probable time they might have to fill up.
3 pp. [Series 147-23: 237]

January 20, 1862
Lewis Zahm, Colonel Commanding, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting the arrival of his whole command at Camp Dennison; and stating that they had no accidents of any kind, that both men and horses came through safely, and that they found very good quarters for men and horses.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 238]

January 21, 1862
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Orders No. 17, stating that the resignation of 1st Lieutenant Mathew H. Chance, 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on January 21, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 218]

January 22, 1862
Davis Miles, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was very unwell and unable to be out of his room, that his son was now ready for the field, that if it was necessary for his son's name to be dropped from the rolls in the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry so that he might go on to the 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, it would perhaps be better to have it done so at once, and that if the services already performed by his son could be saved for him without too much detention now, it would be gratifying to him as he had already spent some money to get up recruits in addition to the 3 1/2 months time.
1 p. [Series 147-23: 237]

[January 1862]
Kaga. Fragment of a letter (regarding his application for a position?).
1 p. [Series 147-23: 230]

January 1862
M.B. Wright, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had written to Dennison on the condition in which he found Company H, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that since then, the company held an informal election for officers and out of the 72 votes given, William received 59 for 1st Lieutenant, that the votes were taken more to test the wishes of the company than from any expectation that the election would be final, that it had occasioned dissatisfaction with the recruiting Lieutenant and his assistants for whom he claimed commissions, that it was now said that they intended reducing William to the ranks, and that if there was any plan for change, he wished to be advised of it.
2 pp. [Series 147-23: 12]