February 13, 1862
H[orace] Steele, Jr., Banker, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that certain papers setting forth facts in relation to the case of E.T. Donaldson had doubtless reached Tod, that it was his unqualified conviction that Donaldson's case demanded and should receive most favorable consideration at the hands of the proper authorities, that Donaldson was one of the best and most suitable men who had entered service in Lake County, that Donaldson combined the qualities of energy, militia experience both in artillery and infantry, and excellent habits and moral character, that Donaldson was trustworthy, that Donaldson had labored faithfully and earnestly to recruit his men, that it certainly seemed unfortunate, if not unjust, for Donaldson to be thrown overboard in a summary manner, and that he did not doubt that Tod would at least be instrumental in giving Donaldson a fair hearing.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 180]

February 13, 1862
William H. Trimble, Colonel, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that so much currency had been given to the rumor of smallpox being among his troops that he felt but little encouragement to send out recruiting officers, that he feared his recruiting would be injured everywhere, that the impression had been made with the people of Gallipolis, by the Cincinnati Enquirer, that the 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) had smallpox, that landing with ten men sick with measles and ten more by nightfall, he ran the risk of having no place to take them and no way to provide for them as he had left his Surgeon, hospital tents, and stores with ten sick men in Camp Mitchel, that he soon had his men in comfortable quarters, that even though there were currently twenty-five cases of measles, he now had his men on good straw beds and in good rooms, that the ladies, learning he had no smallpox, had commenced aiding him, that Buckingham would perceive by the Gallipolis paper that he had not praised his men overmuch, that he left his Major to superintend the recruiting and forwarding the troops, and that his Adjutant wished to know to whom he should make his morning reports.
3 pp. [Series 147-26: 122]

February 13, 1862
John Tucker, Assistant Secretary of War, War Department, Washington, D.C. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the Secretary of War directed him to inform Tod of the receipt of his letter dated February 8, relative to the application of J.R. Percival, which had been placed on file for future reference.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 132]

February 13, 1862
[John Tucker], Assistant Secretary of War, War Department, Washington, D.C. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the Secretary of War directed him to inform Tod of the receipt of his letter dated February 8, enclosing a letter from J.D. Osborn and others, which he had referred to the Secretary of State.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 132]

February 14, 1862
L.D. Booth, Lieutenant, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he had twenty men recruited for artillery and could recruit ten or fifteen more by February 25; asking if the Adjutant General would accept these men along with himself; and stating that he could raise fifty recruits in a short time, and that twenty-five or thirty could be had by February 25.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 175]

February 14, 1862
J.J. Ennis, Lieutenant, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, William S. Wood of Ottawa County, Ohio, desired to go into the service and wished to get a commission as 2nd Lieutenant to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; requesting that Buckingham have a commission given to Wood; and stating that Wood was confident he could get men.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 153]

February 14, 1862
C.B. Evans, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Colonel [Granville] Moody. Letter requesting that Moody assist in securing duplicates of the discharge papers for [D.J.] DeCamp.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 174]

February 14, 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. 41, stating that the resignation of 1st Lieutenant Jno. C. Parker, Company D, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on February 14, 1862. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 200]

February 14, 1862
Algernon S. Liggett, Late 2nd Lieutenant, 70th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was happy to be able at last to return his papers and report, that Buckingham would see by the enclosed that the regimental Surgeon had thrown out two of his recruits, that they had been examined by a country doctor, that upon making his final report to the Colonel, they were re-examined by the Surgeon, and that under orders from General [George B.] McClellan, shown him by the Surgeon, he discharged them; thanking Buckingham for the appointment; and stating that he would rather remain a Private until the close of the war than accept another appointment, that he served as a Private in Company H, 12th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from April 1861 until the date of his appointment, that he was bound to see the war through, and that he would return to the honorable position of Private.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 177]

[February 14?, 1862]
Joseph Morris, Chaplain, 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that after seeing Buckingham on Monday last, he intended to join his regiment almost immediately, that on reaching home, he found a little more time was necessary to make suitable provisions for the comfort of his family and to furnish himself with suitable clothing, that he also had a prospect of securing a number of recruits, that with Buckingham's permission, he would like to tarry until Monday, February 24 in the evening, and that if Buckingham did not think this best, he would leave for his regiment immediately; and asking if the Government would pay for the transportation of recruits he might obtain, and if recruits could be sworn into service at Columbus for the 54th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 222]

February 14, 1862
John B. Myers, Captain, 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer had his muster in rolls; asking Buckingham to see that the rolls were in the proper form and have the men mustered into service; stating that he left a roll of 86 men in Buckingham's office on January 15, and had asked that John R. Brown be appointed as 1st Lieutenant and that Edmund B. Lowe be appointed as 2nd Lieutenant, and that the roll was mislaid and consequently they did not get their certificates; requesting that Buckingham have them appointed with their appointments reflecting the date when the roll was first handed in; asking for the appointment of Ezra Bennet as junior 1st Lieutenant and Levi M. Willits as junior 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that they all had papers as assistants, had worked hard, and well deserved the positions, and that he thought they would make capital officers.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 105]

February 14, 1862
J.C. Pearson, Troy, Miami County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that having received a notice from Buckingham in regard to his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he now hastened to inform Buckingham of his turning over what men he recruited to Lieutenant [Newton J.] Harter, that he only succeeded in recruiting four men, that with the consent of Colonel [Barton S.] Kyle, he turned these men over to Harter along with his muster roll, and that as he only spent a small amount of money on recruiting, he made no account of it; and listing the names of those he recruited.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 221]

February 14, 1862
J[ohn] B. Purcell, Archbishop, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending the bearer for the situation which he seemed to deserve; and stating that Mr. Sullivan was a man highly respected for integrity, sobriety, and strict attention to business.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 184]

[February 14?, 1862]
Thomas S. Royse, 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, et. al. To ? Letter signed by ten members and officers of the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that they were personally acquainted with R. Drake who was at present a Private in said regiment, and that they knew Drake to be a good soldier and gentleman; and recommending Drake for a commissioned position in any new regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 175]

February 14, 1862
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that Captain D.C. Daggett, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st Lieutenant Leverett Grover, 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 2nd Lieutenant William J. Hall, 29th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had resigned effective February 6, 1862.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 142]

February 14, 1862
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that William H. Baldwin of Cincinnati, Ohio desired authority to recruit a company for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that Baldwin came highly recommended for energy and facilities to recruit; and asking the Adjutant General to send Baldwin authority to organize a company for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 152]

February 14, 1862
A.P. Shreve, Office of Cole & Hopkins, Retailers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Nos. 82 & 84 Fifth St., Cor. Vine, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he was very anxious to enter the service again, and that he would like to enter the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry as 1st Lieutenant or 2nd Lieutenant; citing references; and stating that he was at Camp Dennison for a time acting as clerk in General Bates' office, that his references would endorse him as competent to fill the post of either 1st Lieutenant or 2nd Lieutenant, and that if Tod could give him any encouragement on the subject, he wished to hear by return mail.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 153]

February 14, 1862
B. Storer, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Captain Runkle of the Ohio volunteers, by an unfortunate mistake of Tod's predecessor, was placed in a very embarrassing and humiliating position, that Runkle had the appointment of Major and yet was reduced to his former rank without any command, that Runkle was a very promising lawyer, educated, high spirited, and full of energy, that Runkle had been in the service since April 1861, and was one of the oldest of his rank in the volunteers, that he felt much interest in Runkle's military reputation, and that it was hoped Tod would appoint Runkle to some position equal to the one taken from him.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 180]

February 14, 1862
Wager Swayne, 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the muster rolls arrived last night and on February 15, he would send those lacking to complete their lists which were nearly ready, that they had been over the regiment pretty carefully, and made certificates of disability for those men whom a winter in camp or severe battalion drill had shown to be unfit for service, that the certificates would probably be sent to Captain Dod on February 15, at the same time that the muster rolls were sent to Buckingham, that when those had been dispatched, he could think of nothing more lacking in their preparation for the field, that they were full, organized, armed, equipped, drilled, and paid, that they had experienced the measles and been vaccinated, that they had in their Quartermaster's store, a moderate supply of such things as they would need, that the recent transfers had been harmoniously completed and he would suggest that commissions for the regiment be now made out, that he trusted the day of their departure was not distant, that the winter rains had rendered the camp wet and unhealthy to a degree which would have long ago demanded their immediate removal had they not been already ordered to hold themselves in readiness, that this status had now continued so long that although the number of patients in the hospital did not increase, yet the preponderance of measles was giving way to symptoms of pneumonia and pleurisy which they viewed with the gravest apprehension, that they were prompted to suggest, if the service to which they were destined was not such as to make it improper, that Buckingham send an intimation that he had the regiment in readiness, that at the conclusion of so large a labor, he wished to express the high sense which they all entertained of the uniform justice and liberality which had characterized Buckingham's dealings with them, that an affectionate remembrance of Buckingham would remain with some of them through whatever the future had in store, that in issuing commissions, Buckingham would observe that Captain [James H.] Coulter had resigned and that Lieutenants [Horace] Park, [Sylvester A.] Larason, and J[ohn] H. Pendergast were respectively acting as Captain, 1st Lieutenant, and 2nd Lieutenant, and that Coulter's resignation had gone on to Washington.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 234]

February 14, 1862
W[illiam] H.H. Taylor, Colonel, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a letter of resignation from Captain C[hester] M. Poor of the 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was forwarded some days since from Camp Dennison to the Governor of Ohio, and that as the copy sent was the original one, he was requesting Buckingham to obtain it from the Governor and advise as to action taken.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 222]

February 14, 1862
M[elancthon] S. Wade, Brigadier General Commanding, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain Barbour's company would act as infantry in guarding the batteries at Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport and Covington, Kentucky, that they would need two companies for said service during the war, and that Colonel Lloyd objected to acting as infantry unless an assurance was given that they would still be equipped as cavalry.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 216]

February 14, 1862
Octavius Waters, Member of the State Union Committee, 5th Congressional District, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that on behalf of the people of Fulton County (a county which in sending men into the field according to population yielded to none), he requested Tod's careful attention to the claims of Brigadier General [Charles W.] Hill for any position Tod might see fit to assign him, that he was confident Hill would fill said position with credit to himself and honor to the State of Ohio, that Hill was a gentleman eminently entitled to Tod's regard, that Hill had the entire confidence of Northwestern Ohio, and that Tod's favorable action would confer a great favor on friends in the 5th Congressional District.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 215]

February 15, 1862
J[oseph] Bradbury, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter presenting the application of Charles Aleshire of Gallia County, Ohio for appointment to the office of Captain of Company I, 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that said office was now vacant, that Aleshire served acceptably as a Captain in the 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three months' service), that Aleshire had been very active in recruiting for the three years' service and had expended a large amount of money, and that Aleshire was a very energetic young man and would do honor to the service if appointed.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 199]

February 15, 1862
E.V. Brookfield, Major, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting an appointment for Chauncy Brown to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Brown was an experienced officer, having served during the Mexican War from the landing at Vera Cruz until the treaty of peace, that for ten months of said period, Brown was attached to Company A, 3rd Artillery, and that for the last four months of said period, Brown commanded the company.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 147]

February 15, 1862
John H. Carter, Lieutenant Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter regarding an order dated November 18, 1861, and issued by C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, stating that until further orders, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Carter, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was assigned and directed to take charge of Regimental City Headquarters No. 60, West Third Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, suitably direct and oversee the recruiting service while performing other duties pertaining to the welfare and interest of the regiment at that location, and make daily reports to regimental headquarters at Camp Dennison; asking if he was obliged to obey this order and whether a Lieutenant Colonel could be ordered on recruiting service; stating that Colonel Sargent had issued an order to the different officers that morning in which he ordered Lieutenant W.H.H. Bown in command of the camp and to be obeyed as such until the appointed Lieutenant Colonel and Major were relieved from recruiting duty; requesting that Tod send him word as to his immediate duty in the premises; and stating that it was his desire and wish to get along as peaceably and quietly as possible, that he hoped to get some official word from Tod, that he had been "belied" by Colonel Sargent, and that to stamp what Sargent had said as false, he would refer Tod to the Hamilton County delegation and to Benjamin Eggleston, his colleague on the city council.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 213]

February 15, 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. 42, stating that the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant Thomas H. Boylan, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on February 15, 1862. By command of Brigadier General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 138]

February 15, 1862
John S. Mathews, Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Buckingham did not furnish him a copy of the communication to the War Department which caused the order to muster him out of the service, that he would not trespass upon Buckingham's time if it was not to vindicate himself and obtain a just recognition of his rights, that if it was incompatible to the interest of the service to furnish him a copy, he would ask the department the reason why his name was not put on the muster roll of the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, that he again sent duplicate notice received on February 6, 1862, and that Buckingham's attention was especially directed to the date of the notice and the date of mustering him out.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 217]

February 15, 1862
Granville Moody, Colonel, 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Lowe, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking that Buckingham write to the War Department in Washington and request the forwarding of duplicates of the discharge of David J. DeCamp from the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and his transfer to the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by promotion, and that Buckingham address a letter to Captain Fry stating that the necessary papers would be sent from Washington at Buckingham's request; and stating that he forwarded DeCamp's commission as 1st Lieutenant and the document mustering DeCamp out of the service of the U.S. to his friends in Cincinnati, that DeCamp's friends went to Louisville on a fruitless errand, and that DeCamp's presence in Cincinnati would greatly aid recruiting for the 74th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-26: 176]

February 15, 1862
R[obert] W.P. Muse, Captain, Company A, 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Cumberland. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that they had seen some pretty hard times since they left Camp Clay near Lexington, Kentucky on January 13, that he would always remember the march to Camp Cumberland, a distance of about 165 miles, made as it was in the dead of winter and over roads that would in a Christian community be considered impassible, that sometimes they had to unload their wagons and carry their loads up the mountains and then put on from 6 to 12 mules to pull up the empty wagon, that in spite of all this, they had succeeded in reaching Camp Cumberland, that he was glad to say that the health of the regiment was good and might be considered better than good when compared with any other regiment in their brigade, that they were in camp on the north bank of the Cumberland River, 31/2 miles from the ford and about 16 or 17 miles from the "Gap", that they had various reports as to the strength of the rebels at the "Gap", that from the most reliable of these reports, he would place their strength of all kinds at from 1500 to 2000, with some 12 or 13 cannon, that it was said the rebels had one or more large field pieces, but of course that was rumor, that the rebels' pickets were said to be within 3 miles of the ford and some 16 of them came over on February 13, that of course he did not know what to anticipate or the time set for their advance, that if he did know, he did not know whether it would be prudent to place it in writing and put it in the mail so near the rebel camp, that they all had the greatest respect for and confidence in General S[amuel] P. Carter, that Carter's commands would be most willingly obeyed by them all, that they were in a wild, barren country and if all of "Dixie Land" was the same, it would scarcely be worth fighting for, that they rarely got any papers or letters, that when they did, they got them by the bushel and none of them less than from a week to a month old, that he was informed that an effort was being made to change the date of the commissions in the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry so as to cast some favorites on the right and left flank, that if this was done, there would of course be some reason for it, that he asked as a matter of simple justice that Buckingham see a reason before it was done, that the first commissions sent gave satisfaction to most of their officers, that they were dated from the date of permits to organize companies, that these were changed for some reason and a new batch sent, which were dated from the time the officers received their appointments, that on these commissions, all of the officers were sworn in save one, that if another change was made, he asked Buckingham to see that justice was done them all, that his company was full some 10 or 15 days before Buckingham gave him his appointment as a Captain, which was on September 20, 1861, that it might be improper for him to thus address Buckingham, but from Buckingham's open frankness with him on all occasions and his knowledge that Buckingham would see justice done to all alike, he trusted Buckingham would pardon any seeming impropriety, that he was satisfied that an effort was made to do him injustice and had heard it rumored that the effort was still being made, that if such was the case, Buckingham would readily see that he had cause to display some feeling in the premises, and that all he asked was for even handed justice and a fair showing as he knew he had the first organized company in the 16th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was the senior Captain.
3 pp. [Series 147-26: 231]

February 15, 1862
L.C. Simmons, 2nd Lieutenant, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was given a report purporting to have been written by himself relative to transferring his men to Captain Galloway's company, that he had never made such a report, that he knew nothing about the consolidation of companies, that his men were taken out of Company I without consulting him at all, that little more than half his men were reported, that four of his men came in after the report was made out and left with the company, that he thought the report was done to keep him out of his position, that all of his men and 3/4 of Lieutenant Williamson's men wanted him for Captain or 1st Lieutenant, that he would go on and recruit all he could, that Colonel Sargent had promised him a good position and he supposed Sargent would attend to it, that Sargent had not and he thought it was because he had acknowledged John Carter as Lieutenant Colonel and William Brookfield as Major of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he had gotten no recruits since he returned from Columbus and reported the same number (twenty-four), and that there were no men in the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Dennison; and asking where he should send his men.
2 pp. [Series 147-26: 139]