February 12, 1862
O[scar] F. Moore, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Madison at Green River. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had received a package of commissions for the officers of the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but found that they were inaccurate, that W[illiam] H. Douglass resigned his place as Captain and William R. Foster was elected as Captain, Charles Brooker as 1st Lieutenant, and Edgar J. Higby as 2nd Lieutenant, that all this occurred sometime in September 1861, that Mathias Bacus, for whom a commission had been forwarded, was not and never had been an officer in the 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that John J. Gist was recommended as a 2nd Lieutenant and he presumed the commission was designed for him, that early in December 1861, Lieutenant Milton C. Peters resigned and George C. Winkler was elected by his company and duly recommended for the appointment of 2nd Lieutenant, that no commission had been received for Winkler, and that no commissions had been forwarded for Captain Conduce H. Gatch and 1st Lieutenant William W. Nixon; and requesting that Buckingham oblige all these gentlemen by seeing that the commissions were properly issued and forwarded.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 107]

February 12, 1862
Julius Ochs, Captain, et. al., State Militia, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter signed by five commissioned officers of the state militia; suggesting that if necessity demanded another regiment of volunteer troops from Ohio, that Lieutenant Colonel A.E. Toms be commissioned to raise the regiment; and stating that with Toms as the head, they were confident the regiment could be raised in Hamilton County in a very short time, that the men were devoted to Toms and had more confidence in him than in any other person, that Toms had rendered valuable services to the State in organizing the Militia of the Reserve in Hamilton County, that hundreds of its members were now in the field fighting for the protection of the Union, that Toms merited the confidence reposed in him and was fully qualified and capable to take command of a regiment, that if Toms had been placed in command of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, it would have been full long ago, and that most of the men in their respective commands refused to join the regiment when they learned that the command had not been given to Toms.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 61]

February 12, 1862
J[ohn] B. Purcell, Archbishop, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that there had been great indulgence extended to the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that many men who had enlisted in other regiments throughout the State had requested him to obtain permission for them to enter the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry so that they might have the services of a Catholic Chaplain, that if this permission could be granted, the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be filled in a fortnight, and that he would go to Hamilton within the week and report to Buckingham as to the condition and prospects of the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 55]

February 12, 1862
A.T. Ready, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Given of Coshocton as a suitable person to be promoted to the position of Colonel of the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Given had been in the service from the beginning of the rebellion, that Given was first engaged in raising two companies from Coshocton County for the three months' service, that since then, Given had raised another company for three years' service, that said company was now in the 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry where Given took it as its Captain, from which position he was promoted to his present position as Lieutenant Colonel of the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Given's appointment as Colonel of the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be highly gratifying to his numerous friends in eastern Ohio, and that Given was said to be well qualified, having been in the war from its commencement and having been an efficient officer in the Mexican War.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 24]

February 12, 1862
F[rederick] W. Seward, Department of State, Washington. To Governor David Tod. Letter acknowledging receipt of Tod's note of January 28, introducing General George W. Morgan and requesting the department to consult freely with him relative to prisoners confined at Camp Chase and also to define and point out Tod's duties in the premises; and stating that the department sometimes desired to take the advice of gentlemen of known character and standing in regard to the cases of prisoners confined at different military posts in the country so that the Secretary of State might act intelligently and for the best interests of all concerned, that Governor William Dennison was kind enough to perform these duties for the Secretary of State at Camp Chase and when Dennison's term of office as Governor expired, the Secretary sent to Tod, not as a duty, but as an act of kindness to Dennison and to the Government of the United States, and that if the Secretary should have occasion to make similar requests in the future, he would endeavor to explain the nature of the service required in each case in the communication to Tod upon the subject.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 108]

February 12, 1862
T[homas] C.H. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Willich, Lebanon, Kentucky. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that R.S. Smith, appointed as Major in the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in January, had never reported for duty nor in any way held communication with him, that the only account of Smith's appointment was in the newspapers of January 14 last, that if Smith's appointment was vacated by the lapse of time and failure to report for duty or by his declining, he would recommend the appointment of Captain James Laughlin, and that Laughlin was entitled to the appointment in the regular line of promotion as the ranking Captain of the regiment and because of his high character, undoubted capacity, and military qualities, and the confidence which the officers of the regiment had in him.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 211]

February 12, 1862
Thomas Kilby Smith, Colonel, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of Charles Loomis as Lieutenant in the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that a position could be assigned Loomis in a company now organizing if the appointment was made. Bears a P.S. stating that he had made an arrangement with Captain [Jeremiah] Houser by which a 1st Lieutenancy could be secured in his company.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 96]

February 12, 1862
R.L. Stewart, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Captain C[harles] C. Aleshire had informed him that the post of Captain of Company I, 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was vacant and that he was an applicant for the appointment, that Aleshire was the first man from Gallia County to respond to the call for three months' men and went into the work with such zeal and energy as to get up a company in a few days, that Aleshire was elected Captain of the company and served in the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service) in western Virginia with credit, that the causes alluded to by Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham operated against Aleshire in re-enlisting his men, that by the time the company finally disbanded, many Gallia County citizens had joined Virginia regiments or companies from other counties, that Aleshire spent a large proportion of his wages in attempts to raise a company for three years' service, but without success, that Gallia County had about 1,200 men in the service, but very few in office, that their exposed situation on the border had rendered them liable to heavy expenses, that the burden of the war, so far as it could fall upon any part of a loyal state, had been felt seriously by them, that it would be an act of simple justice to Aleshire and his numerous friends to grant his request, and that it would also be an indication that the efforts of their citizens in behalf of the government were duly appreciated.
3 pp. [Series 147-26: 127]

February 12, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Special Orders No. 32; stating that Lieutenant Colonel James M. Comley, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Hawkes, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Lieutenant Charles E. Mitchener, 51st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sergeant Thomas J. Lambert, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sergeant S. Austin Thayer, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Private Wood Fosdick, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Private Newton R. Alcott, 1st Missouri Artillery, and Private William S. Foster, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were discharged from the service on the specified dates to enable them to accept positions in other regiments, and that 1st Lieutenant David W. Houghton, 1st Ohio Artillery, 2nd Lieutenant Joseph G. Cummins, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 2nd Lieutenant John P. Holt, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry were discharged as supernumeraries on the specified dates. By command of Major General [George B.] McClellan.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 170]

February 12, 1862
Ernest Warden, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that when he was put into commission as a recruiting Lieutenant, he was a Private in the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and willing to continue as such, that he was glad, however, to learn from Colonel [S.J.] McGroarty that if transferred to the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he would be provided with a place as Lieutenant, that this assurance was also given to the Governor, that it was understood that his personal exertions were not expected to procure recruits, that a Mr. Welsh was to procure them for him and had written directions to do so, that whether he or Welsh succeeded or failed in recruiting, he was to be a Lieutenant in the 50th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he faithfully endeavored to recruit, but found the task entirely hopeless, that no recruits were furnished him, that since his commission was issued, he had not heard from McGroarty, that he, his father, and a friend at Cincinnati had written McGroarty, that he did not know why they had not heard from McGroarty, and that he desired to state the facts because they seemed necessary to place him fairly where he ought to stand.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 49]

February 12, 1862
R.B. Warden, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his son (Ernest) had been thrown out of the service, that he had applied to Buckingham some days before for information on the subject, that his reception did not much invite him to submit a full statement, that perhaps he ought to have insisted, that he might prove his right to such an audience, that the mischief seemed to be accomplished and perhaps it was beyond the reach of any remedy whatever, that he had, however, drawn up a statement of the facts as known to him which his son had signed, and that he regarded the statement, being wholly without censure or imputation, as proper to be filed; and asking if he might expect that Buckingham would read the statement and submit it to the Governor.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 49]

February 12, 1862
William S. Williams, Captain, 3rd Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that his battery was now very nearly full, having 145 men, that by the time he got his men together, he would have the full complement, and that he would have all of his men at Canton on February 17 and be ready to leave in the morning on February 18 to any point Buckingham might designate; requesting further instructions forthwith as they had no place to keep the current number of men in Canton; stating that the men were not yet completely uniformed and had nothing but jackets, trousers, and caps; asking if there would be something for the boys to eat if they reported at Columbus; and stating that if he received no further instructions, he would report at Columbus with his men on February 18 via Crestline.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 69]

February 12, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Aide-de-Camp, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that a letter was received from the Judge Advocate General of Ohio reporting the arrest by Colonel J[ohn] C. Lee, 55th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry of Lieutenant James Patterson charged with having been in the rebel army, that no report of the facts in the case had been forwarded, and that he was therefore directed to request that the Adjutant General forward the enclosed letter to Colonel Lee.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 68]

February 13, 1862
J[esse] J. Appler, Colonel, [53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Captain L[orenzo] Fulton of Company G, 53rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had resigned his position; and recommending the appointment of George F. Hosford as Captain, George E. Cutler as 1st Lieutenant, and Elijah J. Copeland as 2nd Lieutenant of said company. Bears a note from L[orenzo] Fulton, Captain, stating that the named officers were elected by Company G on January 7, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 191]

February 13, 1862
William S. Coyner, Wheeling, Virginia. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter stating that the Governor would receive a petition from Captain Conger's cavalry company presenting facts of a momentous character, that the Governor would also receive several letters written by families to company members relating their desperate condition on account of the company being from Ohio and mustered into a Virginia regiment, that the company had been in service some five months and was still without horses, that they had been guarding the hen coops of Wheeling to satisfy the desires of those whose ambition led them to think no farther than the almighty dollar, that they would shortly send a man in order that they might lay before the Governor a fuller account of the circumstances connected with their case, and that it was hoped the Governor would give them an immediate answer if possible.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 178]

February 13, 1862
J[ames] D. Foster, Captain, Company E, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Morris, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter returning muster in rolls of Company E, 75th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry which were sent back for the signature of O.W. Stewart, 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that Stewart's signature could not be had without considerable trouble and expense, that the certificate of Colonel [Nathaniel C.] McLean was said to be sufficient, and that McLean had certified his statements that Stewart had left the regiment and that Stewart's signature as mustering officer could not be obtained.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 156]

February 13, 1862
Benjamin St. James Fry, Chaplain, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Tupper, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter stating that he had been acting as Chaplain of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Chillicothe and was now at Marietta in the same capacity with the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that the authorities at Columbus were unwilling to date his commission prior to the time of the organization of the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry which would probably be on February 15 or February 17 as Colonel [John W.] Sprague was going to Columbus on February 14, that if this was the rule and there was no appeal, then he would be placed in a very unfortunate condition, that he had been serving nearly five months, devoting his whole time to the work, that the loss of so much labor, having no other employment in the meantime, was very severe upon him and even unjust, that in order to secure a Chaplaincy, he found it was necessary to get the appointment from some Colonel, that Colonel [William E.] Gilmore was a former acquaintance and, upon application, appointed him Chaplain of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Gilmore wrote at once for a commission, requesting that it date from September 17, 1861, that this was the date of his being appointed by the Bishop who presided over the Ohio Conference at Circleville, that Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham replied that the commission would be issued and dated back to include the whole time of his service when the regiment was organized, that this was entirely satisfactory to him, that upon the consolidation of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 13th Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, Gilmore requested him to make written application for his commission, the certificate of appointment being at Columbus, that Dennison's private secretary wrote him that the matter was understood between Colonel Crafts J. Wright and Gilmore, but that it needed the certificate of the Colonel of the regiment who was now Wright, that he was further advised to report at St. Louis and that Wright's certificate would procure him a commission dated at the time when his service commenced, that when the consolidation broke up, he remained with Gilmore and had been in service from that time to the present, that he understood there was a bill before the legislature to pay those who did service prior to receiving commissions and muster into service, that he feared he would be shut out since his commission did not date back, that he was a poor man and had a family, that this loss would be a serious embarrassment to him, that he had been steadily on duty, that he thought no officer had spent as little time away from camp as he had in the last five months, and that he ought to have some compensation, even if it was less than the regular pay of Chaplains; and citing references. Bears notes from Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham; stating that all staff officers of a regiment, except the Chaplain, could be appointed at the discretion of the Governor at any time during the organization of the regiment, that a reason existed for delaying the appointment of Chaplain that did not in the other cases, that the Chaplain was appointed by the Colonel, on the nomination of the field officers and company commanders, and that if this appointment was made early in the organization of the regiment, those few who happened to belong to it would have undue advantage in the selection of Chaplain.
4 pp. [Series 147-26: 135]

February 13, 1862
Oliver D. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was instructed to say that the papers in the case of Captain [George] Arnold, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were referred to the Governor of Ohio with the endorsement that the Governor had exclusive action in the matter.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 109]

February 13, 1862
George L. Hartsuff, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of Western Virginia, Wheeling, Virginia. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter notifying the Adjutant General of Ohio that official information had been received of the death of the Chaplain of the 37th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. By command of General [William S.] Rosecrans.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 173]

February 13, 1862
William Heslop, 7th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was an Englishman by birth, that he had served in the British army and during the whole war in Russia, being engaged in four battles as an artilleryman, that at the outbreak of the rebellion, he raised a Home Guard, that he subsequently raised a company for three years' service, that about the time this company was to be organized, he had the misfortune of breaking his thigh, that he later fell and broke his thigh a second time, that he was thereby rendered unfit for arduous duties, and that he enlisted in the 7th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery; and relating problems he had experienced as a member of the battery, including being denied a 1st Lieutenancy and suffering discrimination as a foreigner.
4 pp. [Series 147-26: 162, 163]

February 13, 1862
H[enry] B. Hunter, Lieutenant Colonel, 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To George B. Wright, Quartermaster General, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Letter stating that it was his understanding that the order transferring the organized companies of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would probably not affect the regiment any further than to somewhat retard recruiting until it was understood that the regiment had not been disbanded, that it was also his understanding that as soon as they had recruited a sufficient number of men, together with those transferred, to entitle them to an organization as a regiment, the same number of companies would be returned to the regiment, and that he further understood that the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be filled up in the same way as it had assisted in the completion of other regiments; asking if they could be supplied with arms provided he was right in his supposition as to the manner in which they would be made a full regiment; stating that they now lacked about ninety to one hundred men to form a regiment of ten medium companies, including the six companies transferred; and asking if Wright had received the kind of arms they would like to have, and if Wright would feel at liberty to let them have the arms on making requisition. Bears a note from Wright referring the letter to the Adjutant General.
3 pp. [Series 147-26: 106]

February 13, 1862
John W. Jackson, 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Tupper, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he received an appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in Captain S.K. Williams' company of the 22nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Williams and some of the men were transferred to the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, leaving he and Lieutenant Davis with a few men and only part of a company, that they were now consolidated with and transferred to the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he wanted to know if he was to be commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 63rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he desired and thought he deserved the position, having done more toward recruiting than Williams himself; and asking to be informed as to what would be done in the case.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 181]

February 13, 1862
Jno. Johnston, Member of [Ohio] Senate from Clermont County and Brown County, and E.B. Free, Governor's Room, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Colonel J[ames] P. Fyffe and the officers of the 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Columbia, Kentucky had reported that their regiment lacked one company of its complement, that said company had long since been promised, but not yet furnished, that in the disbanding of some regiments, it was hoped the 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry might be completed, that Major [William] Howard was now in Clermont County and could accompany a company which might be assigned in a week, and that they hoped Tod might be able to favor the 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry which had already done good service.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 57]

February 13, 1862
Granville Moody, Colonel, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lowe, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending J.M. Barr of Galion, Crawford County, Ohio as a proper person to receive a commission for recruiting purposes as 2nd Lieutenant in the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Barr expected to raise a company for the regiment in a short time, and that Buckingham would confer a favor on the regiment by sending Barr a commission.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 140]

February 13, 1862
F.W. Moore, Wheeling, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that on January 9, he was appointed Captain in the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but had been unable to accept the appointment because he had resigned as a 1st Lieutenant in the same regiment on January 2, and that he had asked the War Department to give him the privilege of holding it; asking Buckingham to withhold the appointment of a successor until he obtained an answer from Washington; and stating that he had resigned under wrong impressions.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 103]

February 13, 1862
D.W. Rhodes, Clerk, Senate Chamber, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the Senate had resolved that the Adjutant General be requested to communicate his estimate of the probable cost of carrying into operation the plan recommended in his annual report for the organization of the Ohio Militia, including the establishment of a State Military School, the building of armories and storehouses, and the purchase of ordnance, arms, accoutrements, camp equipage, and wagons for artillery, cavalry, and infantry as therein contemplated, and also his estimate of the probable expense per annum of successfully operating the same; and certifying that the resolution was correctly copied from the Journal of the Senate. By M.L. Morrow, 2nd Assistant.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 131]

February 13, 1862
W[illiam] S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General, U.S.A., Headquarters, Department of Western Virginia, Wheeling, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a letter to Governor David Tod which he wanted Buckingham to lay before Tod; requesting that Buckingham do all he could to give Lieutenant Durbeck (the bearer) the means of filling an artillery company without delay for service on the Kanawha; and stating that he wanted Buckingham's aid in filling up the regiments of Ohio troops in the Department of Western Virginia as soon as possible.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 93]

February 13, 1862
W[illiam] S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General, U.S.A., Headquarters, Department of Western Virginia, Wheeling, Virginia. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Tod's predecessor promised to adopt any artillery companies of Ohio troops he might wish to have organized, that he had no regular artillery company on the Kanawha except [James R.] McMullin's battery [1st Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery] at Fayetteville, and that he wanted an additional battery; requesting Tod to give the bearer [Lieutenant Durbeck] such facilities as might enable him to accomplish the organization of an artillery company; and asking to what extent Tod could aid in filling those Ohio regiments in the Department of Western Virginia which were now so far below the standard.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 94]

February 13, 1862
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that he wanted authority for William T. Payne of Greenfield, Ohio, Stephen Athern of Cincinnati, Ohio, and G.W. Farthing of Cincinnati, Ohio to recruit companies for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 65]

February 13, 1862
N[ewton] Schleich, Colonel, 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he begged Buckingham's pardon for not formally reporting the execution of Buckingham's order transferring the companies from the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to other regiments, that by the exertion of all the officers of the regiment, the order was executed and the men nearly all got to their respective regiments, that he had learned that the Quartermaster and Commissary Sergeants of the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry appeared upon the rolls of Captain Morrison and that an order had been issued to have them join Morrison's company, that he begged to suggest that these officers were not included in the order transferring the companies, that by the regulations, they did not belong to any company but to the regimental staff, that it was true they were mustered into the service of the U.S. by Captain Morrison, who was duly appointed to muster soldiers, that afterwards they were appointed, and received warrants to that effect, to the positions they now held, that it seemed to him unless they were reduced to the ranks by regular court martial, they could not be claimed as members of a company, and that the appearance of their names on a company roll was simply an error; and requesting that Buckingham suggest what course was necessary to pursue to retain them in the regiment.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 110]