February 1, 1862
George C. Probert, Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Major McDowell, Columbus, Ohio. Letter stating that he was appointed by the Governor on October 26, 1861, as 1st Lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that he accepted his appointment on November 4, 1861, and reported himself for duty on that day to Colonel L[ouis] R. Zahm, that there was no mustering officer present until December 9, 1861, and then he was mustered in, and that he had attended to his duties since November 4, 1861; and asking if he drew his pay from the date of his acceptance or from the date of mustering in, and that if he drew pay from the date of mustering in, what course could he pursue to draw his pay from November 4, 1861.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 132]

February 1, 1862
Edward Spear, Captain, 15th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in answer to Special Order No. 103, he would say that if their equipments could be furnished in time, they would be ready in eight days, that he saw Quartermaster [John H.] Dickerson on January 31, and that Dickerson did not have enough horses on hand for them and could not purchase more without an order from the authorities at Washington; asking if it would not be as well for them to draw their horses at Leavenworth; and stating that he thought the horses would be better there and it would avoid the risk of shipment.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 153]

February 1, 1862
E[rastus] A. Strong, Camp Jefferson, Kentucky. To Dear Sir. Letter stating that he held a commission dated June 27, 1861, to serve as Chaplain with the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had been with the regiment as such since that time, that a change of circumstances in the regiment rendered it very desirable that he should change also, that Colonel Peter Kinney had appointed him, on the election of his officers, as Chaplain of the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Kinney thought there was no doubt that he could resign from the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and join the 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; asking if this was so, if Kinney could secure him another commission, and if there was any available method of securing the change except by transfer in the regular way; and stating that he was not likely to secure such a transfer although the application had been made in due form with appropriate recommendations.
2 pp. [Series 147-25: 134]

February 1, 1862
Joseph Torrence, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Honorable George Keck, Columbus, Ohio. Letter enclosing an application and recommendation of a young namesake of his who was anxious to obtain a situation in the army; requesting that Keck place the application and recommendation before the proper officers and use his influence in the matter; and stating that his namesake was a poor young man from Warren County, Ohio and worthy of a position, and that his namesake stood high wherever he was known.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 213]

February 1, 1862
Joseph Wildt, Lieutenant, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Assistant Adjutant General R[odney] Mason. Letter reporting that there were 8 new recruits since the last report; and stating that these recruits were enlisted by Louis Wagner who was appointed on December 18, 1861, as an assistant to Lieutenant E.P. Talpy, that Wagner's time expired on January 5, 1862, and had not been extended, that Wagner reported only the first three men to Mason and neglected to report the other five, that Wagner reported himself and the men at Camp Chase, that Talpy enlisted no men at all and had resigned, that he applied to Colonel [Valentine] Bausenwein to have the men in question added to his men and accepted Wagner as an assistant, that they acted in this matter under the advise of their Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major, and now desired Mason's approbation, and that as the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was not yet full and their Colonel wanted him to continue recruiting, he was asking to have his time extended to March 1 in order to have another chance to make up his company.
2 pp. [Series 147-25: 52]

February 1, 1862
Richard Williams, Camp Morrow. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that his health had failed since he enlisted in the service, that he was now no longer fitted for service, and that their Surgeon had so decided yet their Colonel refused to have the necessary papers furnished for his discharge; requesting that Tod intervene in his case; and stating that he was a member of Company K, 56th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry quartered at Camp Morrow, Scioto County, Ohio.
2 pp. [Series 147-25: 223]

February 2, 1862
W[illiam] H. Gibson, Colonel, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wood. To Governor David Tod. Letter requesting that vacancies in the 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be filled upon recommendations as required by army orders; and stating that he made this request because, to his great surprise, Milton F. Miles was commissioned on January 9 as a Lieutenant in a company which contained thirty men qualified for the place and who had been in service five months, that Miles came to command without being acquainted with a single man and held a place justly earned by the faithful services of another, and that he felt confident Tod would rather be ready to confirm well deserved promotions from the ranks than to appoint inexperienced civilians who had not until that late day entered the service.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 126]

February 2, 1862
Owesley Jones, Lafayette, Allen County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had called at Buckingham's office on February 1 as directed by his commission, but owing to some private counsel, he was not admitted, that he spoke of the matter to Colonel [Charles C.] Walcutt, and returned home to see his family, that he wished he could have seen Buckingham as he needed some advice, that some months ago, he made application for recruiting papers to recruit at Lafayette, that a day or two prior to his application, C.L. Lybrane received papers to recruit at Lafayette, that under a promise of position in the company, he went to work for Lybrane in soliciting men which all stood credited to Lybrane, that after proceeding to camp, he received an assistant's commission, that during his tour, the company was organized and the officers elected without notifying him of such a proceeding, that while he considered it his duty to serve his country, he was a poor man, that while he had been soliciting men, it had been accompanied by a cost which he had expected to be returned to him and his family by the position he was aspiring to in the company, that since he returned, he found he could enlist more men locally, that he had received one more name on February 2, that he wished to know whether he could enlist these men and report to Buckingham's office before making his appearance and full report of his last tour, and that Colonel [Thomas] Worthington would probably mention the matter to Buckingham.
3 pp. [Series 147-25: 144]

February 2, 1862
James B. Steedman, Zollicoffer's Camp, Kentucky. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that since writing a letter recommending Moses R. Brailey for Major of the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he had learned that the personal difficulties and troubles in that regiment were of such a character as to render recommendations from persons outside of the regiment injurious to the service, that he desired to withdraw the recommendation of Brailey, and that the good of the service required the entire field and staff of the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with the exception of Lieutenant Colonel [Edward H.] Phelps (who ought to be the Colonel), to be changed. Bears the endorsement of George P. Erte.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 109]

February 2, 1862
William H. Trimble, Colonel, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), Camp Mitchel. To Captain Myres, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Letter requesting transportation for recruiting officers.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 72]

February 2, 1862
M[elancthon] S. Wade, Brigadier General Commanding, [Camp Dennison], Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the movements to Warsaw, [Kentucky] in support of Union men had done more than anything else could have done to prevent the sending of recruits to the Confederates, and that he deemed Colonel [Charles] Whittlesey and his command [20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry] of the highest importance because they were guarding forts and batteries around Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington and Newport, Kentucky, and because it was a prompt, available force against rebels in and near the area; and requesting that Buckingham represent to the Governor the necessity of such a force during the continuance of "a miserable rebellion".
1 p. [Series 147-25: 190]

February 3, 1862
J[acob] Ammen, Colonel Commanding, 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Department of the Ohio, Headquarters, Camp Wickliffe. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham's letter of January 29 had been received, that for more than two months, he had been in command of the 10th Brigade and had not been able to give attention to all matters relating to the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Major A[lbert] S. Hall had recommended and he had approved persons belonging to the regiment for promotion to the vacancies, that they had requested no deviation from the rule of seniority in the case of Lieutenants promoted, that they recommended 1st Lieutenant George M. Bacon for promotion, that Willard J. Stokes had been Adjutant's clerk from the organization of the regiment and had been acting Adjutant since [Moses F.] Wooster's sickness and during his absence, that Stokes was undoubtedly better qualified for the place than any other person in the regiment, that on their march from Virginia, he wrote to Buckingham recommending Stokes for promotion and had written several times since to the same purpose as he considered Stokes worthy and deserving, that the health of the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was good, that the morning report gave 713 enlisted men present for duty, with 38 enlisted men excused from duty and 105 enlisted men absent by authority, that after the long and hard service of the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry without receiving any recruits, he thought this was a favorable report, that he had consulted Major Hall who said the persons recommended would fill all the vacancies, that they had no objection to Lieutenant Colonel Fred[erick] C. Jones appointed to the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Jones reported himself on duty with the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and did not know when he would join them, that they wanted their officers on duty with them, that they needed them very much, that he was on duty commanding the brigade and could of course give no time to regimental duties, that he might be relieved from this duty and return to his regiment, but in that case also, the regiment would need the presence of all the field officers, and that Sergeant Samuel F. Reber of Company E had already been recommended for promotion.
2 pp. [Series 147-25: 74]

February 3, 1862
William H. Bisbee, formerly Major, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), Harmar, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was an applicant for a military position, that he had served twelve months in the 3rd Indiana Volunteers under Colonel James H. Lane and nine months in the 5th Indiana Volunteers under the same Colonel in the Mexican War, that he had been in the Battle of Buena Vista and from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, that in Spring 1861, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant in a company raised in Marietta, that when the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) was organized, he was elected to fill the position of Major, that before the regiment left Virginia, [Charles H.] Grosvenor was appointed to fill his position in the new regiment, that Grosvenor was a personal and political friend of Governor William Dennison, that the appointment took the regiment by surprise as he was the only field officer who had ever drilled or formed the regiment in line of battle, that friends urged him to present his claims, that he had not done so because he supposed the Governor was overwhelmed with applicants for positions, and that unless recently filled, there was now a 1st Lieutenant's vacancy in Captain [Charles H.] Titus' company, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Harmar; requesting the appointment; providing references as to his qualifications; and stating that he had no political or monied influence to bear, and that he could fill the position with honor to the regiment and State.
3 pp. [Series 147-25: 139]

February 3, 1862
P[eter] Brown, Captain, et. al., [61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Camp Medill, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by forty-six officers and men of the companies commanded by Captain [Peter] Hewetson and Captain [Peter] Brown of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; petitioning Tod not to transfer them from said regiment as indicated in an order to Colonel [Newton] Schleich; and stating that they had become attached to the regiment, its officers and men, that by the reports of recruiting officers now actively engaged in filling up the regiment, it would be full shortly and fit for duty, that they had a local pride in their regiment and could not but regret having their associations broken up, that they made this appeal with deep feeling and relied upon the justice of Tod, and that they hoped they did not appeal in vain.
2 pp. [Series 147-25: 56]

February 3, 1862
W.T. Brown, 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking what had been done in regard to mustering him out of the service, and what were his chances for receiving pay for his time served.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 68]

February 3, 1862
E. Burnet, et. al., Canal Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter signed by twenty-eight individuals; stating that they had learned with pleasure that Buckingham had appointed Captain George H. Hildt as Major of the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that this was an excellent appointment for which they thanked Buckingham.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 23]

February 3, 1862
Alexander Campbell, Sergeant, 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had sent his papers by Ohio Senator B[enjamin] Eggleston on January 27, for a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he hoped Tod would consider his case at an early date, that he was at Cincinnati on a furlough from his regiment and the Colonel was urging him to report at headquarters as soon as his time was up, and that his papers complied with the last general order issued by Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 139]

February 3, 1862
John H. Carter, Lieutenant Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on October 1, 1861, he was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for recruiting purposes, that he fulfilled his contract and on November 7, 1861, was promoted by Governor William Dennison to the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the regiment, that on his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant, he was duly mustered by Captain Breslin, U.S. Army into service, that he wished to know if he had any command in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Colonel C.H. Sargent had never recognized him as Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment and never allowed him to take any command, but had placed W.W.H. Bown, an individual with no position in the regiment, in command, that he could not and would not stand this any longer, that as Buckingham had the power and was an experienced officer, he desired, as an old soldier himself, that Buckingham issue an order for him to report to Brigadier General M[elancthon] S. Wade to take his position as Lieutenant Colonel of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the officers and men of the regiment were very desirous and anxious for him to take command, and that from what he had seen, he thought the sooner he did so the better.
2 pp. [Series 147-25: 221]

February 3, 1862
M.A. Daugherty, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he learned an order had been received by Colonel [Newton] Schleich of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for detaching two of his companies for another regiment, that if the public service demanded this, he would not wish to interfere in the matter, that unless the urgency was great, a proper regard for the rights and feelings of the men as well as the officers would forbid the transfer, that the two companies, commanded by Captain [Peter] Brown and Captain [Peter] Hewetson, were recruited in Fairfield County for the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the men composing them were the neighbors and friends of the Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, that the greater part of the rest of the men of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were also the friends and acquaintances of the members of these companies, that no doubt many of these members never would have been such if in addition to the other motives appealing to them, those of local pride in the success of the regiment and personal attachment to the officers and men had not also been present and active, that under these circumstances, it did seem hard that the association thus formed should be sundered, that he would exceedingly regret if anything less than the most urgent necessity should be allowed to bring it about, that he was advised that the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be completed and made ready to go into active service with the addition of as many men as was now proposed to take from it, that at the present rates of accession to the ranks of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, little time would be required to make said addition through the means of its recruiting officers, and that the officers of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been very active and energetic in their efforts to fill up the ranks and had not spared either money or labor to complete their organization; and asking Tod to look into this matter carefully and not allow the reduction of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry if it could, with due regard to the exigencies of the service, be prevented.
2 pp. [Series 147-25: 61]

February 3, 1862
J.M. Estep, Chairman, [Harrison County Military Committee], Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they thought William Cady's time should be extended beyond February 6, that Cady was recruiting for the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Bostwick's company for Colonel [Newton] Schleich's regiment [61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry] was about full and then Cady would have a better chance, that within the month of January, about 125 men had been recruited with some for the regular army, that they thought there was a good chance for a number more, and that the members of Cady's company were doing good service and they wished to fill the company from Harrison County if possible.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 63]

February 3, 1862
John H. Greene, 137 Race St., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had received Buckingham's circular letter dated January 30, calling for his papers as he had not complied with the conditions for a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the papers were herewith returned to Buckingham, that after waiting for several weeks for those papers, he despaired of their coming without a considerable sacrifice of time, that he entered into other engagements which precluded his acceptance of the papers when they did arrive towards the end of December 1861, that on the very day of their receipt, he wrote to Colonel McGroarty, through whom the papers came, telling him as much and expressing his regret that they did not come sooner, and that he felt fairly and justly entitled to indemnity for five weeks expenses waiting for the papers now returned, but made no claim except for the cash spent on railroad fare to and from camp at Hamilton, Ohio and postage.
2 pp. [Series 147-25: 154]

February 3, 1862
P[eter] Hewetson, Captain, et. al., [61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Camp Medill, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by forty officers and men of the companies commanded by Captain [Peter] Hewetson and Captain [Peter] Brown of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; petitioning Tod not to transfer them from said regiment as indicated in an order to Colonel [Newton] Schleich; and stating that they had become attached to the regiment, its officers and men, that by the reports of recruiting officers now actively engaged in filling up the regiment, it would be full shortly and fit for duty, that they had a local pride in the regiment and could not but regret having their associations broken up, that they made this appeal with deep feeling and relied upon the justice of Tod, and that they hoped they did not appeal in vain.
2 pp. [Series 147-25: 55]

February 3, 1862
Edward McK. Hudson, Lieutenant Colonel and Aide-de-Camp, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Washington. To Governor David Tod. Letter presenting Lieutenant Colonel Percy Wyndham, the officer concerning whom General [George B.] McClellan telegraphed and directed him to write some time since; and stating that a telegram had been received from the Adjutant General of Ohio that Tod was endeavoring to make arrangements to give Wyndham command of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and that Wyndham thought it advisable to report to Tod at once that he might be subject to no delay in joining the regiment should the commission be confirmed upon him.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 167]

February 3, 1862
H.H. Hunter, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was just advised that an order had been issued for the transfer of two companies from the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that it was of course within the power and duty of those having charge of the military affairs of the State to issue orders as seemed to them expedient and necessary for the best interests of the service, that he did not wish to be understood as in any way interfering or finding fault with the exercise of said power, that he most respectfully begged leave to suggest that the officers of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had, at great expense and with great exertions, progressed with the formation of their regiment, that these officers desired him to solicit Tod to reconsider the order and, if not inconsistent with the interests of the public service, to countermand it, and that the officers hoped to have their regiment filled within the month if their recruits were not transferred as proposed.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 60]

February 3, 1862
E.P. Jackson, Captain, Company A, 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al., Camp Medill, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by eight company commissioned officers of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that the order transferring Captain [Peter] Hewetson and Captain [Peter] Brown to the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be rescinded because they thought it would be instrumental in doing injury to the service and because the officers and men of the aforesaid companies would not ever be satisfied with this transfer.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 57]