February 6, 1862
J[ohn] W. Sprague, Colonel, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Tupper, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he arrived at Camp Tupper the previous evening and found the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in something of a chaotic state, that he had taken such measures as he thought would secure a speedy organization, that Lieutenant Colonel [William E.] Gilmore, after a little hesitation, assured him that he would cordially cooperate in the work, that all the other officers expressed an earnest desire to do the same, that if he could remain, the whole would be accomplished at once, that in accordance with instructions, he would go on to Patterson's Creek that evening, that he had arranged to have muster rolls made out and various other needful things done, that they had material for a good regiment and he had strong hopes that they should very soon be in condition to be useful, that to accomplish this, they would want good arms, good means of transportation, and the regiment paid off in part at least, that many of the men had already been over three months in service and were in want of money to provide for their families, that he found the regiment had nominally 920 aggregate, but there were some men scattered, that he had taken measures to have them brought in if possible, that he had telegraphed the Adjutant General asking if the 33 men recruited by Lieutenant Davis, who were now at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, were to be sent to Camp Tupper, that he had not received a reply, and that the answer would control, to some extent, the organization of some of the companies.
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[February 6?, 1862]
C[arr] B. White, Colonel, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Warren, near Charleston, Virginia. To Captain Henry Thrall, Assistant Adjutant General. Copy of a letter stating that Special Order No. 17, detailing 1st Lieutenant C. Goddard of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Aid de Camp to the General Commanding, had been received, that no officer of that name was known to the Colonel of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry nor was it known that there was a vacancy of 1st Lieutenant in the regiment, that 1st Lieutenant Ashley Brown, who was captured at Scarey Creek on July 17, 1861, had taken the parole, and that he was daily looking for orders to muster Brown out of the service of the 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but none had been received yet.
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February 6, 1862
T[homas] Worthington, Colonel, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lyon, Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that notwithstanding various sanitary measures adopted for the health of the troops under his command, his sick list was slowly but steadily increasing, that the regimental Surgeons apprehended the advent of typhoid fever from its predisposing causes, i.e. cold, damp, and foul air, to which the men were exposed in the bell tent more than in any other, that the inner angle of the roof with the horizon was so small in the bell tent that the heads and chests of the men were exposed at night to the cold and damp inhalations of the earth within and the atmosphere without, that two or more feet of the outer or lower edge of the bell tent were almost always damp or wet, that if he had no other resort, it would be criminal on his part to refrain from referring to the War Department on the subject, which he trusted Tod would render unnecessary, and that he therefore suggested that the case be referred to the Surgeon General of Ohio or a sanitary commission to consider and report upon the matter.
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February 7, 1862
J.L. Barber, Captain, 7th Company, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his men utterly refused (with few exceptions) to go into any other service than the cavalry unless they were compelled, that if the Government had the power to put them into infantry and chose to do so, they would submit and all go as a company, that he thought if Buckingham would issue an order transferring the whole company without reserve into the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, they would all go to a man, that the officers all wished to go, that he awaited Buckingham's order, and that they did not wish to go as infantry unless they were compelled or were mustered out of service.
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February 7, 1862
William Beaumont, 2nd Lieutenant, Camp Sherman, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that his resignation as 2nd Lieutenant in the 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be granted for obvious reasons; and stating that he had one man who he had turned over to Captain Jerome N. Rappleyea.
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February 7, 1862
Lewis D. Campbell, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Hamilton. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that there was a Lieutenant Colonelcy in the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to compensate for the three companies necessary to complete it, that Lieutenant Colonel [William B.] Cassily, whom Tod appointed a short time since, saw now that he could not recruit the companies he expected to get and upon which he received the appointment, that Cassily had resigned, that Cassily was a gentleman and a good officer, that if Tod contemplated a consolidation, conferring the appointment on some good man in the regiment from which the three companies were taken might prevent the complaints which could otherwise be made, that he was fully satisfied that if his seven companies were held back until three other companies were recruited, the men would become disheartened and the regiment demoralized, that Tod's policy of closing up ranks and perfecting regiments by consolidation met with popular favor, that he believed the true interests of the country demanded it and to these, all personal considerations should yield, that he would rejoice to have the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry put in condition for active service, but he did not desire that it be built up by disregarding the labor of others, and that he would rather be driven into the ranks as a Private than to hold position by means which would subject him to the charge of dishonorable conduct.
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February 7, 1862
O[liver] D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Orders No. 34, stating that the resignations of 1st Lieutenant Romain Lajeane, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 1st Lieutenant N. Willig, 9th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were accepted to take effect on February 7, 1862. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
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February 7, 1862
George W. Hatfield, Captain. Company H, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Recruiting Officer, Station, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that from the daily papers, he found that several regiments had been broken up and consolidated into other regiments; asking if Buckingham could fill the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry if he had a spare company; and stating that they had been in service nine months with only eight companies, that they now had a ninth company and Buckingham's influence could get them the tenth, and that he hoped Buckingham would favor and not forget the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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February 7, 1862
W[illiam C.] Heslop, 7th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter petitioning Buckingham for redress; stating that Captain [Silas A.] Burnap of the 7th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery held an election for officers on January 6, that Burnap had the whole affair preconcerted for some time to have the officers elected of his own choice, not going upon the established rule of the right of freedom, that as a member of the company, he was nominated to run for 1st Lieutenant, that his antagonist was D[avid] R. Jacobs, who opposed him, and that he believed Jacobs was the means of getting James McGuire to intimidate the men and bribe them by saying if they voted for Heslop, he could not get any recommendations to hold the position of 1st Lieutenant; citing references; and stating that McGuire charged that he was a foreigner and it would be wrong to give such people positions, that he considered himself to be a citizen of the United States and entitled to all the privileges that the Americans were, that he came forward as a soldier to put down the rebellion and asked why he could not enjoy the same prerogative, that he was an Englishman and had served in the British Army as a light artilleryman for more than three years, that he received an honorable discharge by performing responsible positions in the Crimean War, that at the outbreak of the current war, he went to work and got up a company of men, that he would have received a position as Captain of the company, but fell down a river bank on August 8, 1861, and broke his thigh, that on September 12, 1861, he fell again and received a fracture of the thigh, that these injuries rendered him unfit for artillery service, that he begged a favorable consideration and hoped to receive an honorable discharge, and that he knew he was unfit for arduous duties, being frequently troubled with the effects of his limb.
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February 7, 1862
U[riel] H. Hutchins, Washington, D.C. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that on February 6, his resignation as 1st Lieutenant in the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was sent to Tod; requesting that the resignation be returned without action; and stating that circumstances had occurred which might change his mind.
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February 7, 1862
Vincit Mitchel, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor [David Tod]. Letter calling Tod's attention to the fact that he was mustered out of the service of the U.S. on December 18, 1861, when he was employed as Commissary and Quartermaster at the Cincinnati City Barracks until January 12, 1862; and stating that he wanted the matter corrected, as he should be paid up to the last date if paid for any part of the time of his employment.
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February 7, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the United States mustering officer would muster Lieutenant B.F. Hawkes out of service on presentation of said order. Official copy made by George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General.
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February 7, 1862
Gordon B. West, Lieutenant, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Tupper. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he had not received any notice from the Adjutant General's Department of his transfer from the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that the order be sent.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 156]
February 7, 1862
William P. Wiltsee, late Captain, Company D, Benton Cadets, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter returning his recruiting commission; and stating that he was much disappointed in his expectations with regard to filling up from his old company, that many of them had returned to their old situations in business, leaving but few to enter the ranks again, that these he would leave for his 1st Lieutenant H.H. Tatem to recruit, and that he would return to his old occupation in life unless he should be the happy recipient of a position as field officer in some good regiment, for which position he could furnish the best of references from military gentlemen with whom he had been associated.
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February 7, 1862
Charles R. Woods, Colonel, 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Sherman, Newark, Licking County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant William Beaumont; and stating that as Beaumont had failed to report his progress, he recommended that the resignation be accepted.
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February 7, 1862
T[homas] Worthington, Colonel, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al., Camp Lyon, near Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by twenty-seven field staff and company officers of the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and representing that the health and discipline of their regiment and also public economy and the efficiency of the service would be greatly promoted by the substitution of the Sibley tent, prescribed in the revised army regulations, for the bell tent in which they were at present most uncomfortably quartered.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 197]
February 8, 1862
John C. Burnet, St. Louis, Missouri. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in accordance with Buckingham's orders, he left Cincinnati immediately to join his regiment, and that he had proceeded as far as St. Louis when he was met by a letter from Colonel [John] Groesbeck; enclosing a copy of Groesbeck's letter; requesting that he might be transferred to some other regiment; and stating that he would much prefer an artillery regiment.
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February 8, 1862
Jacob A. Camp, Paymaster, U.S. Army, Pay Department, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he would be much obliged if Buckingham would send him a copy of the Adjutant General's report for the present year for use in his office, as well as general reference.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 155]
February 8, 1862
Luther Day, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Seraphim Meyer of Canton wrote him that by reason of resignations and promotions, there would probably be vacant Lieutenant Colonelcies and Majorships in the 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Seraphim Meyer's son, Turenne Meyer, was now Captain of Company I, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Seraphim Meyer desired his son's promotion if the opportunity offered, that he knew Turenne Meyer and could very cheerfully endorse him, that Turenne Meyer had been in the service ever since the war began, that Turenne Meyer was with the 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), had a good name at home, and was reputed to be a good officer, and that he thought there were already papers on file which would show how Turenne Meyer was regarded and what his qualifications were.
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February 8, 1862
Em[anuel] Geisy, Quartermaster, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lyon, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating, by order of Colonel Thomas Worthington, that the present health of their regiment was very poor, that this was largely due to the Bell tents their men were required to occupy, that these tents were so arranged that the heads of the men were brought against the canvas by which means they were exposed to all the changes of weather and subject to colds at any moment, that the Bell tents were small and yet the regulation required them to crowd 15 men with all their accoutrements into each tent, that if this was done, every inch of space in the tent would be covered, that the Government had given them 70 Bell tents, that were it not for State tents in the possession of the regiment before the regiment's outfit was received, it would have been impossible for them to have wintered or even to have covered the men this long, and that the outfit of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry included Sibley tents which were not in use; and asking that Tod consider whether the interest of the government and the comfort and health of the men of their regiment would not be materially advanced by returning their present insufficient tents and having them replaced with those of greater comfort and capacity.
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February 8, 1862
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that the muster in roll of Captain [Albert] Chandler's company be forwarded to him as soon as possible; and stating that he would return it with a copy of the same as soon as a copy was made out, that he wanted said roll for the purpose of making two copies, one copy to accompany the roll Buckingham would send and the other copy to be retained by Chandler, that Buckingham's office must have two rolls, but at present had only one, and that Mr. White understood all about it.
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February 8, 1862
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the enclosed muster in rolls, which he brought from Buckingham's office on Thursday, were now correctly signed, that he enclosed the reports of nine Captains giving the names of all soldiers of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry who were absent without leave, or on daily or extra duty, or furlough, or not on regular duty, that Captain [Albert] Chandler, who would make the tenth report and who was now absent, would report in a few days, and that the enclosed reports of Captains were to accompany the morning field reports of the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for December 31, 1861, and were for the clerk who was about to make out the pay rolls at Major McDowall's table.
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February 8, 1862
Thomas McFadden, Surgeon, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lyon. To Colonel T[homas] Worthington. Letter stating that he considered it his duty as a medical officer to inform Worthington that moving the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would greatly benefit the regiment and be for the good of the service, that during the past few weeks, there had been a great amount of sickness, that the amount of sickness was increasing, that the men were in a gloomy, despondent state of mind caused by their long stay in camp, the unsettled state of affairs, their close quarters, and the number of their comrades down with disease, that these influences operated to produce typhoid forms of disease, and there were already indications that they might have much typhoid fever to deal with unless something was done to counteract the influences named, and that nothing would infuse as much life and energy into the men, both sick and well, as the immediate prospect of service.
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February 8, 1862
B[enjamin] F. Smith, Colonel, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Wood, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in the early part of October 1861, after his return from duty in California and while on duty as mustering officer of volunteers in Philadelphia, he received from the War Department, much to his surprise, a leave of absence until further orders to enable him to take command of an Ohio regiment, that he telegraphed Buckingham asking what regiment he was to have the honor to command and was informed that it was the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he came to Columbus, received his commission, and was regularly mustered in, that he joined and took command of the regiment at Camp Corwin near Dayton, Ohio, that after the regiment was armed and provided with the proper equipments, it received orders for the field, that he had drilled and disciplined the regiment in front of the enemy ever since, that he received notification of the recall of his leave of absence about ten days ago, that at the same time, Lieutenant Colonel [Edwin A.] Parrott produced an appointment as Colonel of the regiment, that much to Parrott's surprise, the recall was addressed both inside and out as Captain, 6th U.S. Infantry, and the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was not mentioned in the recall, that the recall was submitted to General [Don Carlos] Buell, the commanding General of the Department of the Ohio, that Buell had ordered him to retain command of the regiment until further orders, that in the meantime, he had officially notified the War Department of the facts in the case, that the endorsements of the Generals of department, division, and brigade would no doubt have the effect to cancel the original order, that he never sought the Colonelcy of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and it did him an injury to remove him now, that the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had the reputation of being one of the finest regiments in the division, that if it could be done justly, he would only ask, for his own sake, that the regiment decide who should be Colonel, that to give him the position without application on his part and take it away without consulting him, to his injury, was a hard thing to deal with, that he could never explain it to his friends satisfactorily and he was obliged to regret accepting the commission, and that Buckingham, being a graduate of West Point and formerly an officer in the U.S. Army, could appreciate his position better than he could describe it.
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February 8, 1862
Thomas Kilby Smith, Colonel, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Edward T. Donaldson, who he begged leave to introduce, had been actively engaged in recruiting for the forces in Ohio for the past four months and had been instrumental in placing a large number of men in the field, that Donaldson was a gentleman of fine attainments and well versed in the school of the soldier, that Donaldson desired to enter the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Donaldson had sent a number of recruits to the regiment, that he regretted that he did not have it in his power to place Donaldson as a commissioned officer, and that if it was possible, he desired to have Donaldson breveted as a 2nd Lieutenant with power to recruit for the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the belief that shortly after the regiment was ordered upon the march, a vacancy would be made for Donaldson.
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