March 10, 1862
Milton S. Moore, Sergeant Major, 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Metal Landing, Tennessee River. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that 2nd Lieutenant L[ucien] H. Wright of Company H, 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had tendered his resignation and it had been accepted by General [Henry] Halleck, and that this left a vacancy; asking, as he was Sergeant Major, if the position should not properly belong to him by regular promotion; and stating that when Lieutenant W[illiam] S. Wright's detachment was ordered to be broken up to make room for another company in the regiment, he took 23 men that he had recruited with him into Company H, and that he hoped this would be taken into consideration.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 93]

March 10, 1862
O[scar] F. Moore, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Andrew Jackson. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointment of William McKain as Captain and Sergeant Charles R. Pomeroy, Jr. as 2nd Lieutenant of Company I, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that this company was ordered into service before it contained the minimum number of a full company and had been in active service since October 14, 1861, that Lieutenant [Horace M.] Horton was the only commissioned officer allowed the company and he had been absent for more than 70 days, that McKain, although a Private and receiving the pay of a Private, had been in command and had conducted himself with the utmost fidelity, that McKain was certainly entitled to the post of Captain, and that the same could be said of Pomeroy who had earned for himself, by good behavior and soldierly conduct, the place for which he was recommended.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 2]

March 10, 1862
L[ionel] A. Sheldon, Lieutenant Colonel, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that Lieutenant A[ndrew] J. Stone of the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was dead, that it was an occurrence expected before he left the regiment and it was agreed on all hands, and especially by Colonel [James A.] Garfield and himself, that Sergeant Edward Campbell was the most suitable man to be appointed 2nd Lieutenant, that Campbell was the Orderly Sergeant of Company G to which Stone belonged, that Campbell was an excellent man and soldier, that Campbell was in the Crimean War and had behaved most gallantly and competently during the whole campaign, and that the appointment was due Campbell and would give great satisfaction.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 78]

March 10, 1862
W[illiam] W. Smith, Captain, Company D, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Nashville, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the position of 2nd Lieutenant, Company D, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was vacant by the resignation of Isaac F. Biggerstaff, that he felt it his duty to recommend Henry H. Kling as Biggerstaff's successor, that Kling was now and had been since the organization of said company its first or orderly Sergeant, and that Kling was in every way qualified for the post of 2nd Lieutenant. Bears a note from John Ferguson, Colonel, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that he had full confidence in Smith as a man and as an officer; and endorsing and approving his recommendation.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 92]

March 10, [1862]
Elizabeth Walker, Cochrantown, Marion County, Ohio. To William Dennison. Letter stating that it was with feelings of sorrow that she addressed Dennison to let him know of her late bereavement owing to the death of her husband, James Walker, that her husband had been recruiting for the 82nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and before that, he was recruiting for some other Ohio regiment, that her husband was to receive a certain amount by the day and his expenses born, that her husband received his commission under Dennison, that her husband got quite a number of men, but only 13 were accepted, that her husband was in camp only a short time and came home quite unwell, taking his bed for the last time, that her husband got the typhoid fever and was sick for 16 days before his death, that before getting sick, her husband reported every day, that afterwards, he could not report, that two days before her husband died, he received a letter from Dennison stating that he could not receive full pay, that while her husband could go, he was faithful to his duty night and day, that it was from the exposure her husband had to go through that she thought he got his death, that for two months or more, her husband spent his time recruiting and had handbills struck at different times for his meetings, that she did not know how much his expenses were, that if her husband kept an account of expenses, it was lost, that she knew her husband's expenses were great as he stopped for nothing, neither storm or trouble of any kind, that three children were left to mourn for a kind father, that she appealed to Dennison to take into consideration that she was a poor widow left alone in the world and was in need of all that was her just due to keep her poor little children, that she thought it would be just if she received her husband's full pay for his time and expense, that her husband died on January 8, 1862, and that she would have written sooner, but care of mind and trouble had prevented it; asking Dennison to tend to the matter; and stating that she hoped Dennison would be rewarded in a better world.
3 pp. [Series 147-29: 14]

March 10, 1862
A.R. Woolston, Mechanics Bank, Wilmington, Delaware. To Honorable Sir. Letter stating that his deceased brother, Silas C. Woolston, had been a Private in Company C, 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that his brother died at Buckhannon, Virginia on October 14, 1861, and that he wished to ascertain whether his father, C.M. Woolston, could obtain a certificate of Silas' enlistment from the executive of Ohio.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 12]

March 11, 1862
Thomas J. Kelly, 2nd Lieutenant and Assistant Signal Officer, Headquarters, Signal Corps, Nashville, Tennessee. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter enclosing his acceptance of a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 10th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that in the bustle attending an order to break up camp at Green River, while on duty as signal officer, he lost his commission; requesting a duplicate; and stating that the date of the commission was January 9, 1862, that his name was not correctly spelled on the commission, that being permanently detached on signal service, he had need of the duplicate all the time, and that he would feel indebted if the duplicate was transmitted at the earliest convenience.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 51]

March 11, 1862
O[scar] F. Moore, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Andrew Jackson. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending the appointments of Thaddeus A. Minshall as Captain and Sergeant Martin V.B. Morrison as 2nd Lieutenant of Company H, 33rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that Company H like Company I was ordered into active service while incomplete and had only one commissioned officer, that Minshall, although a Private and receiving the pay of a Private, had been in command of the company since October 14, 1861, and had rendered most efficient service to the country, and that Morrison, by his exemplary conduct and soldierly bearing, had shown himself worthy of promotion.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 2]

March 11, 1862
E[dward] H. Phelps, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and William W. Strew, Brigade Surgeon, Nashville, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that on January 20, 1862, Israel A. Coons, Surgeon of the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was discharged from the service of the U.S. by General [Don Carlos] Buell for absenting himself from his regiment without proper authority, that it appeared from the facts that Coons was not acquainted with the proper mode of procuring a furlough, that as Coons was ignorant of the charges preferred against him and knew nothing of his dismissal until he had rejoined his regiment and served with it two weeks, they recommended Coons' reappointment as Surgeon of the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that reappointment was to date from the time of Coons' discharge. Bears the endorsements of A[lbin] Schoepf, Brigadier General Commanding, 1st Brigade, George H. Thomas, Brigadier General Commanding, and the Medical Director, Department of the Ohio. Also bears a note dated March 14, 1862, from J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General stating that the request was approved and the letter forwarded by command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 1]

March 11, 1862
Enoch Weller, Captain, Company B, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Nashville, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that having been acquainted with Thomas Gwynne for a long time, he knew him to be a worthy man, that he took great pleasure in recommending Gwynne to Tod's favorable consideration, that he believed any appointment Gwynne received would be highly appreciated by his many friends, and that as Gwynne was fully capable, there was no doubt he would do his duty as an officer with credit to himself and honor to his country.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 14]

March 11, 1862
Warrington S. Weston, Captain, and J[ohn] W. Brooks, 2nd Lieutenant, Company F, 24th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Andrew Jackson, Nashville, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that having been acquainted with Thomas Gwynne since October 1861, and belonging to the same regiment, they could testify to his soldierly and gentlemanly qualities; and recommending Gwynne to Tod's favorable consideration, thinking that any appointment which he might receive would be duly appreciated.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 56]

March 12, 1862
V[alentine] Bausenwein, Colonel, 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Commanding 4th Brigade, 4th Division, Camp near Fort Henry, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was in a very pressing want of a Chaplain for the 58th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry not only for the regiment, but especially for the hospital, that it seemed to him that Reverend [Frederick W.] Richman from Chicago, to whom he intended to give the Chaplaincy of the regiment, was not very willing to accept it, and that he proposed Reverend Robert Clemen from Columbus for the place; and requesting that the appointment be given to the first one of both these gentlemen who would report to Buckingham, that the appointment be dated back to the day the regiment left Columbus, and that the appointee be sent immediately to the regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 60]

March 12, 1862
John Ferguson, Colonel, 64th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp near Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that given the great number who had been discharged by reason of inability and the number who had died, the regiment was reduced below even the minimum, that the regiment was about to enter into active campaigning, that it was important for the benefit of the Country and the honor of Ohio that the regiment be immediately recruited, that he hoped the energies of the State would be directed toward producing this desirable result, and that about 150 recruits were wanted. Bears a note from C[harles] G. Harker, Colonel, 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Commanding 20th Brigade; approving and forwarding Ferguson's request.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 188]

March 12, 1862
C[harles] G. Harker, Colonel, 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp near Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter calling Buckingham's attention to the number of recruits required for the 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; stating that the severity of a winter campaign had reduced the regiment somewhat below the minimum number of men, and that about one hundred and thirty recruits would be required to bring the regiment up to the maximum strength; requesting that this number be furnished from the men now recruited in the State of Ohio and not assigned to other regiments; and stating that as the regiment was liable soon to be called into active service in the heart of the enemy's country, it should be filled up immediately, that the slow process of recruiting by a detail from the regiment would be inadequate to the emergency, that he trusted the subject would receive the early attention of the military authority of the State of Ohio, that the regiment was furnished with the Springfield rifle musket (a superior arm), and that if the 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry had the requisite number of men, it would be one of the most efficient regiments in the service.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 187]

March 12, 1862
Jacob Lohrer, 1st Lieutenant, Company B, Acting Adjutant, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Savannah, Tennessee. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that within the last two days, they had recruited 47 men at Savannah, Tennessee for the 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 177]

March 12, 1862
F[rederick] Poschner, Colonel, Commanding Post, Headquarters, 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Gauley Mt., Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had the honor several times to send Buckingham a correct list of the commissioned officers of the 47th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to prevent all errors in regard to their appointment; regarding the appointment of a Lieutenant Walter for whom there was no vacancy; and stating that he did not understand by what authority, entirely against General Order No. 3, he was always supplied with commissioned officers by Columbus to fill vacancies occurring in the regiment, that he had two Lieutenants sent from Columbus who had poor qualifications for their rank, that he would find in the regiment three times more Sergeants with a great deal higher qualifications, and that he wished Buckingham would dispense with the conveyance of officers outside of the regiment.
3 pp. [Series 147-29: 12]

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 stating that William P. Reid of Wilmington, Ohio desired authority to recruit for the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and requesting that Reid be given the proper authority.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 61]

March 12, 1862
Orland Smith, Colonel, 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Clarksburg, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that owing to the non-acceptance of the Reverend C.A. Vananda, who was appointed Chaplain of the 73rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, they had thus far been without the services of such an officer, that in view of the large amount of sickness in the regiment, the officers had deemed it advisable to make another effort to secure a spiritual adviser, that they had chosen Reverend C.E. Felton (Episcopal Methodist) of Lancaster, Ohio, and that Felton was accordingly recommended by him for the office of Chaplain; and requesting that a commission be sent to Felton at an early moment.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 119]

March 12, 1862
James B. Steedman, Colonel, 14th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Nashville, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that under a misapprehension apparent from the papers which would be presented to Tod, Doctor I[srael] A. Coons, Surgeon of the 38th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was mustered out of the service by order of General [Don Carlos] Buell, that there was not a shadow of a doubt that the circumstances of the case were not presented to Buell and that flagrant injustice had been done Coons, that Coons was the Surgeon of his regiment in the three months' service and faithfully and skillfully discharged the duties of the position, and that Coons was a good man, a skillful physician, and devoted to his profession and duties; and recommending that Coons be re-appointed as a simple act of justice to him and the regiment which had been deprived of his services by an entire misapprehension of the case.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 6]

March 13, 1862
Gage & Bruce, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Notaries Public, and Pension Agents, Office, No. 168 Superior Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that a soldier named Augustus Hubbell, a Private in Company E, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was sworn into the service on August 27, 1861, and continued until he was wounded so as to require his discharge, that Hubbell had as yet received but ten dollars from the Government which paid him for the period from about October 10 to November 1, that for the month and a half between August 27 and October 10, Hubbell supposed the State of Ohio would pay him, and that Hubbell had a family, was poor and disabled, and badly needed what was his due; and asking how soon, in what manner, and upon what proofs would the State pay him. Bears a pencilled note stating that when a soldier was discharged, he was furnished with a regular discharge and two (duplicate) pay certificates, that his discharge should be accompanied by an order (directing his discharge from service) from the General commanding the division in which he served, that the certificates should give a full history of the soldier from date of entering service to date of discharge, that the amount of clothing drawn should also be specified, that if necessary, blanks would be furnished which he could forward to the commander of his company, and that upon receipt of the forms properly made out, payment could be made.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 63]

March 13, 1862
F[rancis] F. Kibler, 2nd Lieutenant, Company I, 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that having, through the hurry and bustle of marching, mislaid and lost his appointment as recruiting officer and 2nd Lieutenant in the 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was writing to request a duplicate, that he recruited thirty-one men which entitled him to a regular commission and pay from October 7, 1861, the date of his appointment, and that the company of which he was acting 2nd Lieutenant was organized as Company I on February 1, 1862; and requesting either a duplicate of the lost appointment or a regular commission, or both.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 184]

[March 13?, 1862]
William G. Moore, et. al. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by fifty-one citizens of Youngstown, Ohio; recommending Sergeant Joseph H. Ross as eminently worthy of promotion; and stating that the gallantry, industry, and patriotism which Ross had so generally displayed in the service during the present war, as well as his general excellence of character, justified his fellow townsmen in indulging the confident hope that Tod would promote Ross to the grade of Lieutenant if consistent with the present disposition of the volunteer forces of Ohio.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 65]

March 13, 1862
Samuel R. Mott, Captain, Company C, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Thomas, near Nashville, Tennessee. To Colonel William Spencer. Letter stating that for him to take the office of Major in the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would only tend to make his place the more disagreeable and he would be worse off than he now was in his present position, that he wanted Spencer to see Governor David Tod and tell him how he was situated in the regiment and have Tod give him a field office in one of the regiments now forming in Ohio, that Spencer could explain to Tod the reason he did not take the appointment in the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that [Frederick W.] Lister had been promoted from Major to Lieutenant Colonel; asking who would want to be under Lister with his English notions; and stating that he came into the service with good intentions and wanted to serve his country, but not under any Englishman.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 221]

[March 13?, 1862]
John M. Webb, et. al. To Governor David Tod. Letter signed by forty-nine citizens of Youngstown, Ohio; recommending Sergeant Joseph H. Ross as eminently worthy of promotion; and stating that the gallantry, industry, and patriotism which Ross had so generally displayed in the service during the present war, as well as his general excellence of character, justified his fellow townsmen in indulging the confident hope that Tod would promote Ross to the grade of Lieutenant if consistent with the present disposition of the volunteer forces of Ohio.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 64]

March 13, 1862
T[homas] Worthington, Colonel, 46th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, On Board U.S. Transport "B.J. Adams", Savannah, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in reply to Buckingham's dispatch of March 10, in reference to Luke Davis, he was instructed to say by General [William T.] Sherman that the Governor could not discharge and must get an order from the President of the United States or General [Henry] Halleck.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 176]

March 14, 1862
J[ohn] M. Connell, Colonel, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter recommending Andrew J. Davis, Adjutant of the 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for promotion to a field office; and stating that Davis had been Adjutant of the regiment ever since its organization for the three months' service, that in all of the qualifications for the position sought, Davis was superior, having large experience, fine natural abilities, courage, and excellent moral character, and that Davis' promotion would benefit the service. Bears the endorsements of M[arshall] F. Moore, Lieutenant Colonel, and Durbin Ward, Major, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 195]

March 14, 1862
Moses R. Dickey, Colonel, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Andy Johnson, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that the office of Surgeon in the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was now vacant, that the former Surgeon, O[rrin] Ferris, had resigned, that they were south of Nashville in the immediate vicinity of the enemy, and that the office of Surgeon was an important one; requesting the appointment of Dr. William Loughridge of Mansfield, Ohio to the position of Surgeon in the 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry at as early a date as would suit Tod's convenience; stating that Loughridge was a man whose abilities as a Surgeon and whose qualities as a man were known to him; and requesting that the appointment be made without the "tedious formality" of waiting for a meeting of the Board of Examination as the division was moving south on March 15. Bears endorsements dated March 15, 1862, from R[ichard] W. Johnson, Brigadier General, Headquarters, 6th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, and A[lexander] McDowell McCook, Brigadier General, Commanding 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 226]

March 14, 1862
J[ames] A. Garfield, General Commanding, 18th Brigade, Headquarters, Piketon, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that in consequence of the absence of Colonel [Lionel A.] Sheldon, he would not now make any recommendation to fill the proposed vacancy in Company A, 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that if Sheldon should be in Columbus before returning, he would probably do so, and that he would agree with Sheldon's recommendation.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 39]

March 14, 1862
J[ames] A. Garfield, Brigadier General Commanding, 18th Brigade, Headquarters, Piketon, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had accepted a commission of Brigadier General thereby causing a vacancy in the Colonelcy of the 42nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and recommending that Lieutenant Colonel L[ionel] A. Sheldon be appointed Colonel, Major Don A. Pardee be made Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain Frederick A. Williams be made Major. In the hand of J.M. Haworth, Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 183]

March 14, 1862
John Groesbeck, Colonel Commanding, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Mississippi, New Madrid, Missouri. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that he wished to come to an understanding with Tod in regard to filling vacancies in his regiment [39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry], that he had but one object and that was the interest of the military service, that he would recommend no man who was not zealous, upright, and faithful, that being in daily contact with his men, it was fair to presume that he knew who such men were, that he was told that Tod was determined to make no appointments except of persons already in the service, that this was a patriotic, just, and sage determination, and he thanked Tod for it from the bottom of his heart, that he would suggest an additional rule which he trusted might apply to his regiment, that this additional rule would be to appoint only those persons recommended by the officer in command who had seen the parties in active service, that recommendations by interested parties at home should not be the determining factor in making appointments, that he gave Lieutenant Johnson his commission not to please Tod or himself, but because he believed that Johnson would maintain the dignity of his office, that he need not say to one of Tod's experience that promotion was the only reward of the true soldier, that the non-commissioned officers would have no inducements to toil, labor, and qualify themselves for higher places were Tod to take men out of one company and put them over those of another who had been toiling for months with the expectation of promotion at the first vacancy in their company, that Tod had enclosed a commission for Thomas D. Minton as 1st Lieutenant, that there was no 1st Lieutenancy vacant in the regiment and no power to create one, except by death, resignation, or a discharge from cause, that Minton was fine where he was as 2nd Lieutenant of Company C, that he was returning Minton's commission so that Tod might correct the mistake, that he was also enclosing the commission of Louis Sonntag, that when Sonntag was appointed, there was no vacancy for him, that Sonntag had since resigned, that he had the commission of Lieutenant John C. Musser as Captain, that when the proper vacancy occurred, he would act upon it, that he would not permit Musser to draw a Captain's pay until he was truly a Captain, and that 2nd Lieutenancies were vacant in Company A, Company B, and Company H; requesting that commissions be sent for William H. Newman as 2nd Lieutenant of Company A, William C. Buck as 2nd Lieutenant of Company B, and Henry A. Babbitt as 2nd Lieutenant of Company H; and stating that when any vacancies occurred, he would give Tod notice and the names of proper parties to fill them, that in compliance with General [John] Pope's order (March 12) to send out four companies of his brigade, drive in the pickets of the enemy, and plant a battery to fire on the enemy's forts and gun boats, he detailed Company A and Company F, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Company I and Company H, 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry under the command of the gallant Lieutenant Colonel [Henry G.] Kennett, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that they drove in the pickets and established the batteries in the evening, that the next morning, the 1st Division was up at daybreak and at the flanks of the batteries, that they opened fire from a 24-pounder and continued it during the day, that a fearful storm lasted all night, that when day broke, they found that the enemy had evacuated and that New Madrid was theirs, that the official report would advise as to what they had gained, and that he trusted Tod's intercourse with the 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be pleasant and that the 39th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry might be an honor to the state and country.
4 pp. [Series 147-29: 38]