February 8, 1862
Thomas Kilby Smith, Colonel Commanding, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that as the time drew near when the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was expected to be upon the march, desertion from its ranks was rife, that prompt measures were necessary to reclaim deserters and prevent the evil from spreading, and that he was constantly retarded in his action, both in this matter and in recruiting for the regiment, by the refusal of the United States Quartermaster at Camp Dennison to issue the necessary orders for transportation; requesting that Buckingham issue such orders, in the premises, as deemed proper; and stating that Buckingham's approval upon his details, given on February 5, had been disregarded and the service thereby injured.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 199]

[February 8?, 1862]
D[aniel] N. Strayer, Captain, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by eighteen officers of the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that a vacancy had occurred in the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; requesting that Captain A[mericus] V. Rice be appointed to fill said vacancy; and stating that Rice's military skill fit him for the position, and that Rice's appointment would give universal satisfaction to the regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 214]

February 8, 1862
S[anford] F. Timmons, Lieutenant, Company C, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that their Colonel, true to his orders from Buckingham, would not grant any furloughs, that the Colonel advised him to write to Buckingham for one, that his mother, who resided in Tuscarawas County, was sick and he wanted to see her before he took the field, and that he wanted the time of the furlough to be four days.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 149]

February 8, 1862
S[ilas] B. Walker, Major, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he understood that I.N. Hathaway had been removed from his position as Lieutenant Colonel of the 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that someone was to be immediately appointed to fill his place; requesting that Tod appoint Captain [Americus V.] Rice of Company A, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that as a matter of choice, he preferred to remain in his present position for reasons not necessary to mention, especially as the question of promotion could not necessarily be taken into consideration.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 147]

February 8, 1862
Charles Whittlesey, Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter referring the enclosed letter to Buckingham's office; and stating that this was the first they had known of this officer, that they had no room for this officer in the regiment, and that on February 7, all their men except those on detached service were vaccinated.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 157]

February 8, 1862
T[homas] Worthington, Colonel, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lyon. To Governor David Tod. Letter enclosing a memorial of the officers of the regiment and a letter from the regimental Surgeon which he hoped might meet with favorable attention; stating that the Sibley tents of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Lancaster had never been used; requesting that these tents might be appropriated for the use of the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that there was doubtless an ample store of Sibley tents which might never be used, that the bell tents might be worked over and used by the Ohio Militia which was to be, that there was no economy in using bell tents for troops in the field, that bell tents were worse than worthless in winter, that the Sibley tent would accommodate double as many men as the bell tent even though the surface covered was not nearly as large, and that the Sibley tent was the cheapest to say nothing of more important considerations.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 196]

February 9, 1862
A.L. Cass, Chairman, Military Committee of Coshocton County, Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in order to expedite the recruiting of Mr. Neff's company, he desired that authority to aid him be given to Martin Wiser and John V. Heslip, and that if authority could be given to only one, it should be given to Wiser; and requesting that this be attended to immediately.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 161]

February 9, 1862
M.K. McFaddin, Camp Andrews, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that according to Colonel Smith, the Adjutant General had demanded an explanation of McFaddin's case and the desired information was provided, that Smith did not think Williams would get the position, that Smith would treat him as a gentleman if he succeeded, that Smith had not taken an active part in the affair, that Smith would not walk across his camp to interfere, that Smith believed him equal to the position, that Smith had seen less competent men in the same, that being under marching orders, he was inquiring as to what had been done in his case, and that Smith believed McFaddin's statement in the Adjutant General's hands was correct and had nothing to say against it.
2 pp. [Series 147-25: 150]

February 9, 1862
Charles Whittlesey, Colonel, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain James Powers of Company H, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was on his way home on leave given on account of ill health, that Powers' resignation was now in the hands of General [Don Carlos] Buell, that Powers said there were 6 or 7 recruits at Lordstown, Trumbull County who would join the regiment if transportation was furnished, that as Powers did not go as a recruiting officer, he did not see how he could give him transportation, and that he referred Powers to Buckingham's office, hoping the men would be forwarded at an early day.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 145]

February 10, 1862
R[alph] P. Buckland, Colonel Commanding Post, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that by order of General [William S.] Rosecrans, he had forwarded to Wheeling, Virginia, Headquarters, Department of Western Virginia, prisoner of war Allen Ewing of Virginia under escort of Sergeant F.S. Gates of Company A, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 156]

February 10, 1862
Isaac J. Carter, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was addressing Tod in hopes of obtaining an appointment, having served in the capacity of 1st Lieutenant in the three months' service, that he knew the duties connected with his office, that he was enclosing a letter from Brigadier General [William H.] Lytle, recommending him as an officer, that he had served under Lytle, that he could furnish good references regarding his private character, and that he was sober, industrious, and honest; and asking whether it would be necessary for him to go up to Columbus to secure his appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 154]

February 10, 1862
John H. Carter, Lieutenant Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, Lieutenant L.S. Simonds, was visiting Columbus to ascertain the position he now occupied in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Simonds had been a good and very hard worker in the recruiting business, that Simonds would make a good and efficient officer, that Simonds was duly appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that any information Buckingham could give Simonds would be kindly remembered.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 218]

February 10, 1862
Joseph Darr, Jr., Major, 1st Virginia Cavalry, Provost Marshal, Headquarters, Department of Western Virginia, Office of Provost Marshal, Wheeling, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the commanding General directed the release of Jonathan Whisler, taken prisoner at Blue's Gap, Virginia, that Whisler was to parole himself to reside in Ohio until the termination of the present southern rebellion, that Whisler was not to take up arms against the U.S. Government or give aid or information to the enemies of the U.S., that Whisler was to give security in the sum of two thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his obligation, and that if Whisler had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States, he was to take it to the U.S. By order of General [William S.] Rosecrans.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 217]

February 10, 1862
Luther Day, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that their mutual friend, George Robinson, had three sons, all of whom went into the volunteer service, that the oldest was now in Colonel Stanley Matthew's regiment, the second, a noble boy, died at Gauley, and the third, George F. Robinson, served in western Virginia, that George F. Robinson was restrained by his parents from again volunteering at the expiration of his three months' service, that given the military ardor of George F. Robinson, his parents ceased restraining him, that George F. Robinson had again volunteered and was a member of Company E, 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Meigs, that George F. Robinson's friends wished him to have a Lieutenant's commission, that George F. Robinson had a good record, and that he believed George F. Robinson was worthy.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 201]

February 10, 1862
J.W. Gray, Office of Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that his friend, [W.W.] Leland, at present a Captain in the Commissary Department at Cairo, wished promotion to the vacancy of Major in said department, and that if Tod could aid Leland in any way, he would consider it a favor.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 220]

February 10, 1862
Lewis B. Gunckel, State Senator from Montgomery County and Preble County, Jefferson Patterson, Member, Ohio House of Representatives, Montgomery County, and P. Odlin, Columbus, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Nisbet Comly for a Captaincy or 1st Lieutenancy in the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Comly was fully endorsed by the Adjutant of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in a paper now on file, as a good tactician and disciplinarian, and well qualified to command a company, that the Adjutant wrote from personal knowledge and observation of Comly, that Comly served as a Private for three months in the Dayton Zouaves, who were on duty at Camp Jackson and Camp Chase and afterwards on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad guarding the trestle work, that the duty throughout was arduous and faithfully performed, that Comly had been identified with the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from the beginning of its organization, that Comly had served as Adjutant and was entrusted by Colonel Craig (then commanding the regiment) with the command of the battalion which was ordered to erect a battery at the narrows on the Ohio River the previous fall, that a severe illness prevented Comly from completing his compliment of men which would have entitled him to a commission, and that they recommended Comly for a Captaincy or 1st Lieutenancy in the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry believing the interests of the service would be advanced by giving him such a position.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 227]

February 10, 1862
J[esse] Hildebrand, Colonel, 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To William P. Ritchner. Letter stating that Ritchner and Sergeant Samuel Witcerman were detailed and authorized to recruit and enlist able bodied men between the ages of forty-five and eighteen years of age for the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the authority to enlist was confined to Belmont County, Monroe County, and Noble County, that Ritchner and Witcerman were to hold themselves in readiness to move at a minute's warning to rejoin their company and regiment at Camp Dennison or at any other point where they might be ordered should the 77th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be ordered from Camp Dennison while they were absent, and that transportation for themselves and recruits would be furnished at the expense of the United States as the case might be.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 236]

Undated
Sheet which accompanied a letter (not present) from Miner Millikin, Colonel, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, recommending Madison Allen of Henrietta, Ohio for the position of Quartermaster of the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-25: 90]