March 14, 1862
Lyman J. Jackson, Major, 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Point Pleasant, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was informed that an application had been made to Buckingham's office for the promotion of William H. Free, Captain, Company D, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that unsolicited by Free and without Free's knowledge, he desired to add his recommendation, that Free was 1st Lieutenant of Company E, 17th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (three month's service) while he was Captain of the company, that Free had been a most faithful, competent officer, that at the end of the three months' term, he sent a recommendation for Free's promotion signed by most of the prominent men at his residence in New Lexington, Ohio, that the recommendation failed and before he heard from it, Free had raised a company and was attached to the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was with Free during all the movements of the 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry until January 1862, when he had the honor to be promoted to the Majority of the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that during his whole connection with Free in the army, he had found him everything he could wish for in a soldier and officer, that he did not know what place Free's friends had requested for him, that he supposed it was a recommendation to a Majority, that he cheerfully supported it and knew Free was worthy and capable, that with present prospects, the 11th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry would be filled, and that at least he had reason to suppose another company would soon be added.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 17]

March 14, 1862
T.W. Sanderson, Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant General, Doubleday's Brigade, Headquarters, Fort Scott, Kansas. To ? Official copy of Special Order No. 44; stating that the resignation of Chauncey Eggleston, Captain, Company B, 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was accepted to take effect on March 14, 1862. By order of Colonel G.W. Deitzler, temporarily commanding Department of Kansas.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 228]

March 14, 1862
James J. Vorhes, Captain, Company H, 68th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Gilead, Wood County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that having leave of absence from his command on account of ill health and having returned home from Fort Donelson, he found that there were some six or eight men locally who would enlist if he had authority to recruit, and that since his company was not full to the maximum number, he was writing for said authority; and requesting the necessary papers to recruit and transportation for the recruits.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 40]

March 14, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Orders No. 14; stating that the resignations of Lieutenant George W. Reed, Company E, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 2nd Lieutenant William Hamilton, Company B, 59th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were accepted to take effect on March 14, 1862. By command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 50]

March 14, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To Colonel [Moses B.] Walker, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Extract from Special Orders No. 14; stating that the resignation of Lieutenant George W. Reed, Company E, 31st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted to take effect on March 14, 1862. By command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 180]

March 15, 1862
Francis Darr, Captain, U.S. Army, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To the Honorable Bellamy Storer. Letter stating that he felt interested in Charles H. Stockell, prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, that Stockell was taken at Fort Donelson and belonged to the 53rd Tennessee Regiment, that the boy's father, William Stockell, resided formerly in Cincinnati, but had resided in Nashville for the past 16 years, that he was told that the young man's grandfather, William Stockell, Sr., was an old friend during Storer's congressional times, that Storer probably remembered the grandfather well and the boy's father also, and that the family was very much distressed and solicited his influence in the boy's behalf; requesting Storer to seek the boy's liberation on parole if only to live with some family in Columbus under stipulation that his beat not extend beyond the city limits; and stating that after hard service in western Virginia, he was ordered to Nashville and was now on General [Don Carlos] Buell's staff, and that he trusted the grand rush of their armies would soon take them to the gulf and finish the war.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 175]

March 15, 1862
William S. Jones, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. To Sir. Letter stating that he was writing on behalf of himself and one hundred and fifty others who were detached from the 2nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry for a battery of light artillery under the command of Captain Hollister, that they were opposed to being formed as an independent battery, that they were not men who expected to adopt arms as a profession, but volunteered to put down armed traitors and sustain the Constitution and Union, that they were willing to serve in any place in the army most conducive to that end, that when this was done, and not until then, they wished to return to the circle of their families and friends and their legitimate vocations, and that they did not wish to be made stepping stones for young aspirants to military fame; and asking if, as volunteer soldiers, they had any voice in the matter.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 46]

March 15, 1862
John L. Reeves, Captain, Company F, 40th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Union City, Darke County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting the necessary papers for recruiting, and transportation for fifteen recruits to supply the place of those who had died, etc.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 40]

March 15, 1862
George D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant General, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Adjutant General of Ohio. Letter stating that he had directed the commanding officer of the 67th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry to muster Lieutenant Gustave W. Fahrion out of service as 2nd Lieutenant of Company D immediately and report the date of such muster out, and that after Fahrion had been mustered out of service, Lieutenant Louis M. Miller would be enabled to assume the position to which he was entitled.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 44]

March 15, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Orders No. 2; stating that the resignations of 1st Lieutenant H[enry] Berkstresser, Company I, 18th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Surgeon O[rrin] Ferris, 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were accepted to take effect on March 15, 1862. By command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 166]

March 15, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Orders No. 1; stating that the resignations of 1st Lieutenant D[avid] P. Dougherty, Company B, and 2nd Lieutenant J.W. Connell, Company K, 13th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Lieutenant W[illiam] Calvin, Company I, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and 2nd Lieutenant Allen W. Pinney, Company A, 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery were accepted to take effect on March 15, 1862. By command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 167]

March 16, 1862
William H. Trimble, Colonel, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service), Camp Convert, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing the election return of 2nd Lieutenant in Company D, 60th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (one year's service) to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lieutenant [George W.] Davis; and stating that he had the return with him at Columbus, but overlooked the paper in his confusion produced by the new order of things to be met in consequence of the unexpected necessity of re-mustering the men enlisted since January 6, that a "would be smart man" (disappointed Private) undertook to excite insubordination on this subject the night he returned, that he suppressed it promptly by doubling the guards instantly, calling out Company A on double quick with loaded arms, calling company rolls, ordering men to quarters, and arresting the ring leader who was now on trial before a court martial, that the spirit of insubordination was aroused among his men for the first time by the "vexatious" order and now he had a chance to show that he was a man among men, that he would rule where it was his duty to do so, that he wished he could have the aid of the Paymaster for it was a sore trial for men to live in the mud and know that their families were in want, that his sick list was diminishing unless the mumps increased it, that he hoped they would soon be ready for marching orders, that they had 105 in hospital and now had 45, that he would send muster-in rolls by express on March 17, and hoped Buckingham would find them all right, and that he was at a loss to know whether they ought to make out pay rolls or send them to Major McDowel.
2 pp. [Series 147-29: 42]

March 16, 1862
Henry S. Wetmore, Captain, 9th Independent Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, Headquarters, Camp Cumberland Ford. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter asking if Buckingham could send him sixty artillery recruits; and stating that he was lying there in front of the enemy and, as a fight was daily expected, he could not spare a single man as a recruiting officer, that he now had six guns instead of his original command of four guns, that he had but 94 men all told, that of these, only thirty-eight were fit for duty, and that Buckingham's immediate attention to this matter was urgently solicited. Bears the endorsement of S[amuel] P. Carter, Acting Brigadier General, Commanding 12th Brigade.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 160]

[March 17?, 1862]
E[dward] P. Fyffe, Colonel, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Andrew Jackson, near Nashville, Tennessee. To My Dear Colonel. Letter stating that there was a vacancy of 2nd Lieutenant in Company I, 26th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry and should be filled forthwith, that James Burbridge had been acting as Commissary Sergeant since the organization of the regiment and was well qualified to fill the office of 2nd Lieutenant, that Burbridge was justly entitled to the position and ought to be appointed, that the office Burbridge had been filling was a very responsible one and one of the most laborious in the regiment with but very little pay ($21 per month), and that he thought if proper representations were made to Governor David Tod, Burbridge would be appointed; and requesting that the Colonel go to Columbus and see the Governor on Burbridge's account.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 207]

March 17, 1862
W.G. George, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Cheat Mt. District, Huttonsville, Virginia. To ? Special Orders No. 71; stating that by Special Orders No. 58, Headquarters, Department of Western Virginia, the resignation of 1st Lieutenant F[rancis] M. Sinclair, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted and he was honorably discharged from the service, and that by Special Orders No. 58, Headquarters, Department of Western Virginia, the resignation of 2nd Lieutenant A[lston] C. Archbold, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was accepted and he was honorably discharged from the service. By order of Brigadier General R[obert] H. Milroy.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 215]

March 17, 1862
George L. Hartsuff, Headquarters, Mountain Department, Wheeling, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting the vacancies which had occurred in the 36th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry by reason of the resignation of commissioned officers, with the respective dates of acceptance. By order of Brigadier General [William S.] Rosecrans.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 49]

March 17, 1862
Charles Haughn, Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was a member of Company G, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that he was left in charge of the hospital when the regiment left Camp Croghan, that since the regiment left Camp Chase, he had been sick, that he was now able to rejoin the regiment, and that there were three others who wanted to go with him; requesting passes; and stating that he was heartily tired of staying there idle.
3 pp. [Series 147-29: 15]

March 17, 1862
George H. Hildt, 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Union, Fayetteville, Virginia. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter enclosing a certificate of muster of himself as Major in the 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that someone was greatly at fault as four companies of the regiment, detached at Sutton, Braxton County, Virginia, had never received any pay from date of enlistment to the present time, and that he hoped it might be remedied soon.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 206]

March 17, 1862
L[eonidas] M. Jewett, Lieutenant and Adjutant, and G[eorge] J. Wygum, Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Medill. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter requesting that the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry be removed from its present locality at Camp Medill to Camp Chase; and stating that to one who was acquainted with the circumstances which clustered around the regiment and had an interest in the welfare and prosperity of the regiment, this request would not seem strange, that there was an influence at Camp Medill against the regiment which was destructive in its effect against their advancement and prosperity, and that they had an eye only to the best interests of the service and a willing obedience to the orders of their superior officers.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 39]

March 17, 1862
H[oratio] G. Johnson, Lieutenant, Company B, 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that being at Mechanicsburg on leave of absence and finding several who wanted to enlist in the 32nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was writing to obtain an order of transportation, and that the order should be for transporting six men from Mechanicsburg, Ohio to Webster, Virginia.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 149]

March 17, 1862
Nelson L. Lutz, Captain, Company A, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, New Madrid, Missouri. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter addressing Buckingham regarding the date of muster of Company A, 27th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and stating that he had reason to believe that the roll in Buckingham's possession was dated four days later than the one at regimental headquarters, that the date of the latter was July 20, 1861, which was correct, and that if Buckingham had the matter investigated, it would confer a great favor.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 157]

March 17, 1862
Frank McFadden, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he was a Private in the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that for three or four weeks, he had been at home on sick leave, that he was well again and desired to return to his regiment, but had no money, that his object in writing was to see if Buckingham could give him transportation to his regiment which was at or near Nashville, Tennessee, that if Buckingham could not send transportation, he might get into trouble by staying over his time, and that there was no way for him to get money as their regiment had not been paid for about five months.
3 pp. [Series 147-29: 15]

March 17, 1862
L[orenzo] Thomas, Adjutant General, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. To the Governor of Ohio. Extract from Special Orders No. 57; stating that Company E, 1st Kentucky Volunteers, and Company D, 25th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, now serving as artillery in the Department of Western Virginia, were permanently detached from their regiments and would be filled up to serve as artillery companies. By order of the Secretary of War.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 35]

March 17, 1862
B[enjamin] F. Wade, Washington. To the Honorable Henry S. Neal. Copy of letter stating that Neal's letter with the papers regarding the independent cavalry company was duly received, that he filed the papers in the War Department and called the attention of the Secretary to them, that the department was so overwhelmed with business that it was almost impossible for anyone there to attend to the papers at present, and that in the meantime, he would say that it was not in the power of the Governor of Ohio or even the President of the United States to compel the men in question to serve in the infantry when they enlisted as cavalry, nor could a majority bind the minority as no one could be compelled to serve except by his own will and consent.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 172]

March 17, 1862
J.W. Wallace, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he had a desire to join the 78th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry now in the field, that he wanted Buckingham to give him the location of their camp and also to furnish him with transportation, that he would not have troubled Buckingham if he knew where to direct Colonel [Mortimer D.] Leggett, that two other recruits wished to join the regiment with him, that he had been in service as 2nd Lieutenant in the 13th Missouri Volunteers, but resigned to transact business in Ohio, and that he now wished to join a regiment from his own state.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 164]

March 17, 1862
J.M. Wright, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Ohio, Nashville, Tennessee. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Extract from Special Orders No. 3; stating that the resignations of Captain James H. Cole, and 2nd Lieutenant C[harles] J. James, 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry were accepted to take effect on March 17, 1862. By command of General [Don Carlos] Buell.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 181]

March 18, 1862
John H. Carter, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that he understood that Brigadier General M[elancthon] S. Wade had resigned his position, and that since there were now no troops in Camp Dennison save the recruits of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was writing to inquire who would be the ranking officer of the post.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 43]

March 18, 1862
John H. Carter, Lieutenant Colonel, 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter stating that the bearer, James O'Donnell of Cincinnati, was very desirous to have his son commissioned as a Lieutenant, that he could only say to judge the son by the father, that a better man could not be found than the father, that the son was now in the "U.S.C." and wished to be transferred to the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and that anything Buckingham could do would be kindly remembered.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 153]

March 18, 1862
E[phraim] R. Eckley, Colonel, 80th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Paducah, Kentucky. To Adjutant General C.P. Buckingham. Letter reporting that in obedience to Buckingham's orders, he proceeded with his command to Paducah, Kentucky where they arrived on February 24; and stating that he reported his regiment to General [William T.] Sherman who ordered them to Cairo, at which place they arrived on the same day, that they reported to General [Eleazer A.] Paine who ordered them to Camp Holt, Kentucky where they remained until March 3, that when their encampment became inundated and they were ordered to strike their tents and pitch them on any high ground above, they escaped from the flood by the timely aid of the Steamer Universe and pitched their tents six miles above on the Kentucky side, that they remained there until March 7, when General Paine ordered them to proceed to Paducah, Kentucky and report for orders to General Sherman, that they arrived at said place on the morning of March 8, and were ordered by General Sherman to go into camp, that such they did and there they remained, that they were without arms until March 12, when they received a full equipment of arms and accoutrements, that their arms were the French rifled muskets, that they were still without colors and side arms for the non-commissioned officers, that the health of the regiment was much damaged by the flooding of Camp Holt, Kentucky, that they had forty-two in hospital and lost three by death, and that the regiment was not presently in good condition for service, but a few days would improve their condition and make them an efficient regiment.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 173]

March 18, 1862
Robert H. Folger, Mayor's Office, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that Mrs. Christina Brannan of Massillon had applied to him to procure the release from U.S. service of her son, William Brannan, that Brannan was currently a Private in the 43rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that Brannan had originally enlisted in the 61st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry when under seventeen years of age, and that he was personally cognizant of this fact; asking if Brannan could be discharged; and stating that he had endeavored to satisfy Brannan's mother that her son was better off where he was than he would be at home, but the yearnings of maternal affection would not yield to any practical views of his, and that if Tod would discharge Brannan upon a proper showing, he would get up such papers as Tod directed.
1 p. [Series 147-29: 37]