March 12, 1862
S[amuel] R. Mott, Captain, Company C, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Thomas, near Nashville, Tennessee. To the Honorable C.C. Marshall. Letter stating that he did not desire the appointment of Major in the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for the reason that he knew it would not suit Colonel [Moses B.] Walker, that occupying the post of Major under a Colonel who did now want him in such a place would be anything but pleasant, that he had returned the commission as Major in the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that he wanted Marshall and his other friends to secure a place for him in a regiment where he would be accepted; and thanking Governor David Tod for his good intentions. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 109]

March 12, 1862
S[amuel] R. Mott, Captain, Company C, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Thomas, near Nashville, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that after mature reflection and believing that the good of the service demanded it, he had concluded to decline the appointment of Major in the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry given him by Tod, and that he believed Captain John [W.] Free ought to have the appointment.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 166]

March 12, 1862
W.P. Reid, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing Colonel C.H. Sargent's recommendation that he be given authority to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 185]

March 12, 1862
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting that John J. Roup of Massillon, Ohio be given authority to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 183]

March 12, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Extract from Special Orders No. 53, stating that Surgeon Benjamin Tappan, 8th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was honorably discharged from the service to take effect upon receipt of the orders at the post where he might be serving. By order of the Secretary of War.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 167]

March 12, 1862
W. Ormsby Watts, Lieutenant, Artillery and Ordnance, C.S.A., Acting Commissary, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter addressing Tod on behalf of the prisoners confined in the Yard No. 3-4; and stating that for the purpose of preserving order and to establish a discipline which would add to their comfort, Adjutant General [W.L.] McConnico was appointed General Superintendent of the Yard, that a report was made to McConnico every morning regarding the condition of each street, that on comparing the report made of the number of persons in each street, he found that the rations delivered in the Yard were less by 41 than the number of prisoners, that having known Tod by character for a long time, he felt assured that everything compatible with the regulations would be attended to when made known, and that there were 406 prisoners in the Yard and 365 rations, leaving a shortage of 41 rations.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 35]

March 12, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Orders No. 12; stating that the resignations of 1st Lieutenant J.E. Thompson, Company D, 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Captain A.F. Beach, Company A, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster C.L. Chase, 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Lieutenant R.M. Horton, Company I, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry were accepted to take effect on March 12, 1862. By command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 160]

March 13, 1862
J.N. Burr, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that two boys belonging to the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been sick in the hospital for some time, that as near as he could ascertain, it was the intention of the officers to muster these boys out of the regiment, that these boys had no funds for transportation home to await their discharge, and that these boys were therefore forwarded on as it was desirable that the hospital of the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Mt. Vernon be soon discontinued. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 170]

March 13, 1862
Lewis D. Campbell, Colonel, 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Captain [John V.] Heslip, who had recruited a company in Coshocton County, had called on him expressing a desire to have it attached to the 69th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was not sufficiently acquainted with the circumstances under which Heslip's men had been recruited to justify him in doing anything in the premises which might seem impertinent, that if Buckingham regarded it as proper to make the attachment, it would not be at all objectionable, that their great desire to get ready for and be put into the field induced them to accept the first men who were ready to go with the regiment, that the men of the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry were rather slow in making up their minds, and that as these men had refused to do guard duty that morning, he felt strongly inclined to accept all men from other services who might be tendered.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 39]

March 13, 1862
W. Dunbar, Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that John Curren, a Private in the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was left at Mt. Vernon due to illness at the time the regiment departed, that Curren was now well and ready to join his regiment, that Curren's furlough would expire on March 20, and he desired a pass to enable him to join the regiment, and that Curren was unable to pay his way without a pass. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 200]

[March 13?, 1862]
Thomas H. Ford. To Dear Ready. Letter stating that William Whitcroft, Company A, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was a first-rate young man, a good soldier, and desirous of a commission as a Lieutenant, and that anything Ready could do for Whitcroft would be appreciated. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 171]

March 13, 1862
Dwight Jarvis, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he had a nephew, Dwight Jarvis, who was the first to raise a company in Stark County, that in about a week, his nephew had the company ready to start, that on April 24, 1861, his nephew marched from Massillon, that his nephew was elected 1st Lieutenant at his own request, that [Albert F.] Beach, being an older man, was made Captain, that at times, Beach had been absent in the hospital, at home on furlough, and to resolve the question of his appointment as Major of the regiment [13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], that during much of the time Beach was absent, his nephew was in charge of the company, that Beach had resumed command of the company and the Colonel was disposed to put his nephew in command of another company, that his nephew did not like this nor did the company, that his nephew would probably resign before he would take command of another company, that by accepting the Majority, Beach did or did not vacate the Captaincy, that if the former was the case, he did not understand how Beach could claim the Captaincy again until commissioned, that his nephew was not Captain until commissioned and did not claim to be, nor was any other person, that what he wanted was for his nephew to have his rights in the matter, that his nephew's absolute right was to be left alone, unless the authorities chose to promote him, and not sent to another company, that his nephew had faithfully discharged his duties at all times, was always at his post, and had marched approximately 500 miles over the mountains and through the streams in almost daily rain, while his Captain had been either in the hospital or at home, that he did not want his nephew cheated out of his place, that the company was attached to his nephew, all being young men of his acquaintance in Massillon, that his nephew had drilled and made the company what it was, a good one, that his nephew desired to remain in command of the company, that the company did not want another to command them, that he could not do less than to state the facts as they were, that just as his nephew was the earliest in Stark County, so had he been among the most devoted in the service, having been every moment in the service and in the field since the middle of April 1861 except for 30 days when he was at Massillon recruiting in October and November 1861, that he trusted Tod would take immediate measures to set his nephew "rectus in curia" on the subject, that he did not want his nephew to come home, but would advise him to do so rather than accepting an unnecessary transfer against his will or having another over his head, and that he feared his nephew would resign unless made Captain of Company A at once. Portion of letter missing.
4 pp. [Series 147-28: 173]

March 13, 1862
A.F. Newman, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking what position N.T. Coverdale held in the 48th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry or if he held any position or place as a military man, when did Coverdale join, and what position did he hold. Portion of letter missing.
2 pp. [Series 147-28: 188]

[March 13?, 1862]
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting that ? Gates of Cincinnati be given authority to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 184]

March 13, 1862
C.H. Sargent, Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter requesting twenty-five or thirty enlistment forms; and stating that he wanted them on Saturday next to make detachment rolls for muster, one to be retained and a duplicate to be kept by the mustering officer. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 184]

March 13, 1862
Henry West, Chairman, Military Committee for the Northern Division of Belmont County, Ohio, St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that at a meeting of the Military Committee for the Northern Division of Belmont County, Ohio, it was unanimously resolved to recommend the appointment of Israel White, 3rd Sergeant, Company A, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (which company was recruited by the northern division of Belmont County) to the office of 2nd Lieutenant of said company. Attested to by D.D.T. Cowen, Secretary.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 130]

March 13, 1862
Elisha Whittlesey, Treasury Department, Comptroller's Office. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending William M. McLain of Company B, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for promotion to Lieutenant. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 175]

March 13, 1862
Unknown, Washington, D.C. To My Dear Sir. Fragment of letter. Topic cannot be determined from what remains.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 176]

March 14, 1862
George C. Benham, Lieutenant and Acting Commissary of Subsistence, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter resigning his position as Lieutenant and Acting Commissary of Subsistence; and asking to be relieved at once from duty with the Ohio troops in the South.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 161]

March 14, 1862
L.C. Brown, Assistant Post Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had discharged a member of Company C, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry from the Post Hospital, Camp Chase. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 206]

March 14, 1862
L.C. Brown, Assistant Post Surgeon, Post Hospital, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To ? Letter stating that sundry members of the 40th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been discharged from the Post Hospital, Camp Chase to rejoin their regiments. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 206]

March 14?, 1862
J[oseph] W. Burke, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter forwarding the roster of commissioned officers of the 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by which Buckingham would see the state of the same and the necessity of filling the vacancies immediately; and stating that the regiment was short of that number of officers necessary to preserve that high state of discipline every volunteer soldier should labor to attain, that several were sick and others were detached from the regiment on special duty, and that he trusted Governor David Tod would issue the commissions as recommended, the selections having been made with a view to merit and competency. Portion of letter missing.
2 pp. [Series 147-28: 132]

March 14?, 1862
A.H. Byers, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter returning his appointment as 2nd Lieutenant; and stating that he had no recruits to report, that he was appointed on November 13, 1861, and was taken sick on November 15, 1861, and that he had scarcely been able to leave his chamber since then. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 187]

March 14, 1862
William O. Collins, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, Mounted Battalion, 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that they were ordered to St. Louis, Missouri and to report to Major General [Henry] Halleck, that they would leave Camp Dennison the next morning, that they had been making arrangements to strengthen their battalion by the examination and discharge of all who were physically unfit for service and otherwise getting rid of some unsuited for cavalry, that they needed some fifty or sixty men from the dismounted part of the regiment if these men could be had, that there were plenty who wished to go with them and they could be given a proper portion of the non-commissioned officers, that Lieutenant Thomas P. Clark was visiting Columbus to see what could be done in the way of making the necessary transfers, that Clark would wait and bring the men with him if satisfactory arrangements could be made, and that they would be exceedingly obliged if Tod could aid them in their efforts to make the battalion as effective as possible.
2 pp. [Series 147-28: 105]

March 14?, 1862
Nathaniel Crouch, Troy, Miami County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting transportation for recruits. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 208]

March 14, 1862
William A. Henderson, Headquarters, Camp Dennison, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Brigadier General M[elancthon] S. Wade had tendered his resignation, that Captain A.T. Kemper, the Assistant Adjutant General of the staff, had made application to be removed from Camp Dennison and in all probability would leave in a few days, that Kemper advised him to write Buckingham as he thought a clerkship could be obtained at Buckingham's headquarters, that he had acted as aid-de-camp to Brigadier General M[elancthon] S. Wade for the past three months, that as affairs had taken the turn they had, it behooved him to be looking about for another situation, and that he was not able to stand the fatigues of a soldier's life.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 129]

March 14, 1862
George W. Maris, Post Surgeon, Camp Chase, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that after a careful examination of the case of Captain St. Clair Morgan of Tennessee confined in Prison No. 1, he was satisfied that Morgan's present situation was in no way calculated to afford him a reasonable chance of recovery, that he therefore had no hesitation in recommending Morgan as a proper subject for parole during his illness, that Dr. Steele, who was Morgan's companion and familiar with his history and habits, desired to accompany him, and that he fully acquiesced in this arrangement as Morgan would require constant care.
2 pp. [Series 147-28: 117]

March 14, 1862
George W. Morgan, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter recommending Captain Thomas P. Cook for a field office should a vacancy occur. Portion of letter missing.
2 pp. [Series 147-28: 120]

March 14, 1862
Alvin E. Nishwitz, Hyattsville, Miami County, Ohio. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he was a Private in Company C, 71st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that when the regiment left Camp Tod at Troy, he was unable to go with them in consequence of having had a severe attack of fever which fell in his limbs and disabled him for duty, and that he was now able to go and also to perform duty; requesting a pass to travel with so that he could go and join his company and regiment; and asking if it was necessary for him to come to Columbus before going to his company.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 133]

March 14, 1862
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Letter reporting that 2nd Lieutenant C.B. Krause, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Captain Thomas W. Moore, 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st Lieutenant Z.S. Adkins, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Adjutant and Lieutenant Louis G. DeForest, 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had resigned effective on the dates specified. Portion of letter missing.
1 p. [Series 147-28: 162]